Assignment of employee's wages.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 2-26
in effectSec. 2-26. - Assignment of employee's wages.
No assignment of wages, whether earned or unearned, made and executed by any city employee for wages due and owing to said employee by reason of employment with the city, or for wages that may become due and owing to said employee by reason of employment with the city, nor any power of attorney executed by any employee of the city authorizing any person to collect wages due and owing to such employee, or which may become due and owing to such employee by reason of employment with the city, shall ever be recognized by the city, and the city controller is hereby directed to refuse to recognize or honor any such assignment of wages or powers of attorney, and he is hereby further directed to pay any wages due and owing to any employees of the city to the employee who actually earned said wages.
(Code 1968, § 2-37; Ord. No. 69-534, § 1, 4-1-69)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH2AD_ARTIIOFEMGE_DIV1GE_S2-26ASEMWAFetched: 10/26/2026