| 1 | 1 | | 84R6830 YDB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Walle H.B. No. 2995 |
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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 overtime pay for certain information technology state |
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| 8 | 8 | | employees. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 659.015(i), Government Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (i) With authorization from the administrative head of the |
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| 13 | 13 | | agency for which an employee works, or that person's designee, an |
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| 14 | 14 | | employee may be paid an amount based on the employee's regular rate |
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| 15 | 15 | | of pay for: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) the hours of compensatory time the employee earns |
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| 17 | 17 | | for work directly related to a disaster or emergency declared by the |
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| 18 | 18 | | appropriate officer of the state or federal government; or |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) all or part of the hours of compensatory time the |
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| 20 | 20 | | employee earns for work in an information technology position |
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| 21 | 21 | | requiring skills in high demand in the information technology labor |
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| 22 | 22 | | market. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Section 659.016(i), Government Code, is amended |
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| 24 | 24 | | to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (i) Except as provided by this subsection and Subsection |
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| 26 | 26 | | (j), an employee covered by this section may not be paid for any |
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| 27 | 27 | | unused compensatory time. With authorization from the |
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| 28 | 28 | | administrative head of the agency for which a state employee works, |
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| 29 | 29 | | or that person's designee, an employee may be paid an amount based |
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| 30 | 30 | | on the employee's regular rate of pay for: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) the hours of compensatory time the employee earns |
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| 32 | 32 | | for work directly related to a disaster or emergency declared by the |
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| 33 | 33 | | appropriate officer of the state or federal government; or |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) all or part of the hours of compensatory time the |
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| 35 | 35 | | employee earns for work in an information technology position |
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| 36 | 36 | | requiring skills in high demand in the information technology labor |
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| 37 | 37 | | market. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 39 | 39 | | compensatory time earned on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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