Pay Cards for Payroll and Retirement Payments
Issued: Feb. 25, 2011
Updated: March 18, 2025 – View Changes
FPP P.004
Details
Form
Pay Card Enrollment Authorization form (74-224)
Contacts
SPRS instructions
Contact your SPRS representative
CAPPS HR/Payroll instructions
Contact your agency’s CAPPS support staff
Payment Services help desk at (512) 936-8138 or tins.mail@cpa.texas.gov
Overview
Applicable to
State agencies. Excludes institutions of higher education.
The pay card program will be discontinued Aug. 31, 2025.
Summary
Pay cards for payroll, travel or retirement payments provide an optional alternative from warrants or direct deposit to a debit card. State employees and annuitants can contact their paying agency to elect this option. Paying agencies may not require a payee to use a pay card.
The Comptroller’s contract bank (the bank) loads the pay cards with the payment. Payees can then use the card at the point-of-sale or receive cash from an ATM. There is no fee for point-of-sale purchases, and other fees are nominal for the payee.
The pay card program provides a convenient financial management tool to the payee and savings to the state from not printing and distributing warrants.
| Date | Updates |
|---|---|
| 03/18/2025 | Added program cancellation date. |
| 09/08/2022 | Updated pay card requirements and instructions |
| 08/12/2021 | Updated with notice of program hold |
| 09/17/2019 | Updated to reflect new federal disclosure requirements and retiree eligibility |