84R6830 YDB-D
By: Walle H.B. No. 2995
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to overtime pay for certain information technology state
employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 659.015(i), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(i) With authorization from the administrative head of the
agency for which an employee works, or that person's designee, an
employee may be paid an amount based on the employee's regular rate
of pay for:
(1) the hours of compensatory time the employee earns
for work directly related to a disaster or emergency declared by the
appropriate officer of the state or federal government; or
(2) all or part of the hours of compensatory time the
employee earns for work in an information technology position
requiring skills in high demand in the information technology labor
market.
SECTION 2. Section 659.016(i), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(i) Except as provided by this subsection and Subsection
(j), an employee covered by this section may not be paid for any
unused compensatory time. With authorization from the
administrative head of the agency for which a state employee works,
or that person's designee, an employee may be paid an amount based
on the employee's regular rate of pay for:
(1) the hours of compensatory time the employee earns
for work directly related to a disaster or emergency declared by the
appropriate officer of the state or federal government; or
(2) all or part of the hours of compensatory time the
employee earns for work in an information technology position
requiring skills in high demand in the information technology labor
market.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
compensatory time earned on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.