(a) The position classification plan and the salary rates and provisions in the General Appropriations Act apply to all hourly, part-time, temporary, and regular, full-time salaried employments in the state departments, agencies, or judicial entities specified in the articles of the General Appropriations Act that appropriate money to:
(1) general government agencies;
(2) health and human services agencies;
(3) the judiciary, except for judges, district attorneys, and assistant district attorneys;
(4) public safety and criminal justice agencies;
(5) natural resources agencies;
(6) business and economic development agencies;
(7) regulatory agencies; and
(8) agencies of public education, but only the Texas Education Agency, the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the State Board for Educator Certification, and the Texas School for the Deaf.
(b) Except as provided by this chapter, the position classification plan and the salary rates and provisions in the General Appropriations Act apply to all hourly, part-time, temporary, and regular, full-time salaried employments in executive and administrative agencies of the state without regard to whether the money of the agency is kept in the state treasury.