Payroll Amendment

Payroll Amendment

Passed by the Senate on the 6th April and signed by the President on the 7th

Article 1: Change

§1. Economic Code Act 2026, Part III, Public Finance: Budgets, Appropriations, and Payroll, Article 9, Payroll administration, shall be repealed and replaced with:

§1. The DoT shall administer payroll and shall process payroll in accordance with this Code and the Government Salaries Act 2025. §2. A Treasurer shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury to administer pay.

§2.1. The respective secretary is considered to be fully and distinctly responsible for the consistent and accurate upkeep of their employee records for the purposes of administration of wages and payroll. Failure to maintain those records, resulting in delayed or unpaid wages, shall result in the respective secretary and their department being responsible for owed wages and the consequences of said issues.

§2.1.1. If a Government Employee/Official is not paid appropriately or on time due to employee records not being kept up to date, then they are owed the appropriate sum of tau by the Treasury in full for every wage not paid fully or at all, until the full and correct fulfillment of debts.

§2.2. The Treasurer, and by extension the DoT, are to be considered fully and distinctly responsible for the appropriate and timely administration and disbursement of wages to Government Employees and Officials, once the reporting entities have supplied the up-to-date and accurate employee records.

§2.2.1. If a Government Employee/Official is not paid appropriately or on time due to the Treasurer’s delay, they are owed the appropriate sum of tau by the Treasury in full for every wage not paid fully or at all, until the full and correct fulfillment of debts.

Article 2: Implementation

This act comes into effect upon passage.