82R13458 VOO-D
By: Coleman H.B. No. 3195
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to compensatory time off for certain state employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 662.005(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Except as provided by Section 662.010, and
notwithstanding Section 659.015 or another law, each of the
following state employees [a state employee who is a peace officer
commissioned by a state officer or state agency listed under
Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or who is employed by the
Department of Public Safety either to perform communications or
dispatch services related to traffic law enforcement or as a public
security officer, as that term is defined by Section 1701.001,
Occupations Code, and] who is required to work on a national or
state holiday that falls on a Saturday or Sunday is entitled to
compensatory time off at the rate of one hour for each hour worked
on the holiday:
(1) a state employee who is a peace officer
commissioned by a state officer or state agency listed under
Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure;
(2) a person who is employed by the Department of
Public Safety:
(A) to perform communications or dispatch
services related to traffic law enforcement; or
(B) as a public security officer, as that term is
defined by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code; and
(3) a state employee who works in:
(A) a prison, state jail, or other facility of
the Texas Department of Criminal Justice that houses offenders and
operates 24 hours a day;
(B) a state hospital operated by the Department
of State Health Services that operates 24 hours a day;
(C) a state-supported living center or other
facility operated by the Department of Aging and Disability
Services that serves as a residence and that operates 24 hours a
day; or
(D) a facility operated by the Texas Youth
Commission that serves as a residence for youth committed to the
agency and that operates 24 hours a day.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.