| 1 | 1 | | 84R8279 DDT-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Israel, Rodriguez of Travis, Naishtat H.B. No. 1839 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to authority for certain state employees to work flexible |
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| 8 | 8 | | hours and to work from home or other authorized alternative work |
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| 9 | 9 | | sites. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 658.006, Government Code, is amended to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 658.006. VARIED [STAGGERED] WORKING HOURS. (a) |
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| 14 | 14 | | Normal working hours for employees of a state agency may be |
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| 15 | 15 | | staggered for traffic regulation or public safety. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) An employee who works from an alternative work site as |
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| 17 | 17 | | part of a policy approved under Section 658.010 may, with the |
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| 18 | 18 | | approval of the employee's supervisor, complete all or part of the |
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| 19 | 19 | | employee's working hours, including compensatory time and |
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| 20 | 20 | | overtime, at times other than the regular working hours established |
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| 21 | 21 | | under Section 658.005. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. Section 658.010, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 23 | 23 | | amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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| 24 | 24 | | follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [The] |
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| 26 | 26 | | employee's personal residence may not be considered the employee's |
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| 27 | 27 | | regular or assigned temporary place of employment without prior |
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| 28 | 28 | | written authorization from the administrative head of the employing |
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| 29 | 29 | | state agency. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (c) The administrative head of a state agency may adopt an |
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| 31 | 31 | | agency policy that authorizes the supervisor of an employee of the |
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| 32 | 32 | | agency to permit the employee to work from an alternative work site, |
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| 33 | 33 | | including the employee's residence, as the employee's regular or |
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| 34 | 34 | | assigned temporary place of employment. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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