81R960 MCK-D
By: Gonzalez Toureilles H.B. No. 137
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to compensatory time accrued by a correctional officer
employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 659, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 659.0156 to read as follows:
Sec. 659.0156. PAYMENT TO CORRECTIONAL OFFICER FOR UNUSED
COMPENSATORY TIME. (a) A correctional officer employed by the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice who is entitled to
compensatory time off under Section 659.015 or 659.016 and who, on
the anniversary of the date on which the correctional officer began
employment, has not used all of the correctional officer's accrued
compensatory time, is entitled to payment for the accrued
compensatory time if the correctional officer:
(1) was not subject to a disciplinary action during
the preceding 12-month period, including a disciplinary action for
a violation of the leave with pay policy; and
(2) received an evaluation of at least satisfactory in
the correctional officer's most recent performance evaluation.
(b) A correctional officer who is paid for accrued
compensatory time under Subsection (a) shall be paid:
(1) at the rate described by Section 659.015(c)(2), if
the employee is covered by Section 659.015; and
(2) at the rate equal to the correctional officer's
regular rate of pay, notwithstanding Section 659.016(i), if the
employee is covered by Section 659.016.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.