§ 14.053. COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES OF OFFICE. (a) Chapter 654, Government Code, applies to an office position only if the position is classified in salary groups 1-10 under the state's position classification plan in effect on January 1, 1989, or a comparable position under a successor plan. (b) The legislature in the General Appropriations Act may determine the total amount appropriated to the office but may not determine the number or salaries of employees of the office in exempt positions. (c) The finance commission, subject to the limits provided by this subchapter, shall determine the number of employees of the office in exempt positions and the salaries of those employees. (d) The office may use money appropriated to it for any purpose to pay salaries determined by the finance commission unless the legislature in the General Appropriations Act expressly limits the use of particular funds for a particular purpose. (e) An employee of the office in an exempt position other than the position of commissioner may not receive a salary that exceeds an amount that is $2,000 less than the commissioner's salary. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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