Reallocation or Reclassification to a Different Salary Group and Job Classification
Background
Each biennium, the State Classification Team of the State Auditor’s office reviews the job descriptions and job titles in the Position Classification Act (PCA) and the salary schedule in the General Appropriations Act (GAA).
Based on this review, the State Classification Team makes recommendations to the Legislature that may result in changes to the PCA and/or salary schedule. These changes can result in reallocations and/or reclassifications.
Reallocations
Reallocations are determined each biennium by the Legislature, based on recommendations from the State Classification Team of the State Auditor’s office.
As the Legislature adopts the listing of the classified positions for the biennium, it creates reallocations when it assigns existing classified job classifications to different salary groups (either higher or lower). If the job classification is reallocated, the action is generally effective Sept. 1 of the first year of the new biennium.
Reallocation to a Higher Salary Group
If the reallocation is to a higher salary group, those employees whose job classifications are reallocated will be moved to the higher salary group at the salary rate they would have had if there had not been a reallocation, unless the agency chooses to give additional salary to maintain desirable salary relationships.
In the case of allowing extra pay, the salary may be increased by not more than 6.8 percent more than the previous salary, if the previous salary is in the new higher salary group. If the previous salary is below the new higher salary group, the salary must first go to the minimum of the new salary group and can then be increased by not more than an additional 6.8 percent.
Reallocation to a Lower Salary Group
If the reallocation is to a lower salary group, the employee whose job classification is being reallocated will see their pay group go to a lower group but the salary will remain the same, unless the previous salary is above the maximum of the new lower salary group, in which case the employee’s salary will decrease to the maximum of the new lower salary group.
Source
Texas Government Code, Sections 654 and 659.254.