By: Menendez (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 46
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2011;
April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Agriculture and Rural Affairs; May 3, 2011, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; May 3, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to compensatory time off for certain employees of the
Parks and Wildlife Department.
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, 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, or who is employed by the
Parks and Wildlife Department to perform communications and
dispatch services to assist law enforcement officers commissioned
by the Parks and Wildlife Commission in performing law enforcement
duties, 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.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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