82R5629 MCK-D
By: Guillen H.B. No. 1562
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing state agencies to establish a four-day
workweek.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 658.005, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to
read as follows:
Sec. 658.005. REGULAR OFFICE HOURS FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), normal [Normal] office
hours of a state agency are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday. These hours are the regular working hours for a full-time
state employee of an agency that is open five days each week.
(a-1) The chief administrator of a state agency may choose
to keep the agency open only four days each week, from Monday
through Thursday or from Tuesday through Friday. A state agency
that operates under this subsection is not required to provide
regular services from Friday through Sunday or from Saturday
through Monday, as applicable. The normal office hours of a state
agency that operates four days each week are from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.,
and those hours are the regular working hours for a full-time state
employee of the agency. The state agency shall publicize the
agency's business days and hours on the agency's Internet website.
(a-2) The offices of a state agency shall remain open during
the noon hour each working day with at least one person on duty to
accept calls, receive visitors, or transact business.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.