| 1 | 1 | | By: Menendez (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 46 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Agriculture and Rural Affairs; May 3, 2011, reported favorably by |
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| 5 | 5 | | the following vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; May 3, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to compensatory time off for certain employees of the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Parks and Wildlife Department. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 662.005(b), Government Code, is amended |
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| 14 | 14 | | to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) Except as provided by Section 662.010, and |
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| 16 | 16 | | notwithstanding Section 659.015 or another law, a state employee |
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| 17 | 17 | | who is a peace officer commissioned by a state officer or state |
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| 18 | 18 | | agency listed under Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or |
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| 19 | 19 | | who is employed by the Department of Public Safety either to perform |
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| 20 | 20 | | communications or dispatch services related to traffic law |
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| 21 | 21 | | enforcement or as a public security officer, as that term is defined |
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| 22 | 22 | | by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code, or who is employed by the |
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| 23 | 23 | | Parks and Wildlife Department to perform communications and |
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| 24 | 24 | | dispatch services to assist law enforcement officers commissioned |
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| 25 | 25 | | by the Parks and Wildlife Commission in performing law enforcement |
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| 26 | 26 | | duties, and who is required to work on a national or state holiday |
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| 27 | 27 | | that falls on a Saturday or Sunday is entitled to compensatory time |
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| 28 | 28 | | off at the rate of one hour for each hour worked on the holiday. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 34 | 34 | | * * * * * |
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