Tex. Government Code § 659.2532: TRANSFER WITHIN AGENCY BETWEEN CLASSIFIED POSITIONS WITH SAME POSITION TITLE WHEN EMPLOYEE IS COMPETITIVELY SELECTED.

(a) In this section, "classified position" means a position classified under the state's position classification plan.

(b) A state employee's annual salary rate immediately after a transfer may be set at any rate in the appropriate salary group if the employee:

(1) transfers within a state agency between two classified positions that:

(A) are allocated to the same salary group; and

(B) have the same position title as listed in the General Appropriations Act;

(2) transfers to a position for which the employment opening is publicly listed in accordance with Chapter 656;

(3) voluntarily applies for the position to which the employee transfers; and

(4) agrees to accept the position to which the employee transfers at the publicly listed salary.

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 498 (H.B. 2157), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.