Pay Cards for Payroll/Retirement Payments
Issued: Feb. 25, 2011
Updated: Sept. 8, 2022 – 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
USPS instructions
Contact your USPS representative
Program marketing
Payment Services help desk at (512) 936-8138 or tins.mail@cpa.texas.gov
Overview
Applicable to
State agencies. Excludes institutions of higher education.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |