By: Watson S.B. No. 1032
(In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2015; March 11, 2015, read
first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
April 8, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6,
Nays 3; April 8, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authority for certain state employees to work flexible
hours and to work from home or other authorized alternative work
sites.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 658.006, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 658.006. VARIED [STAGGERED] WORKING HOURS.
(a) Normal working hours for employees of a state agency may be
staggered for traffic regulation or public safety.
(b) An employee who works from an alternative work site as
part of a policy approved under Section 658.010 may, with the
approval of the employee's supervisor, complete all or part of the
employee's working hours, including compensatory time and
overtime, at times other than the regular working hours established
under Section 658.005.
SECTION 2. Section 658.010, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [The]
employee's personal residence may not be considered the employee's
regular or assigned temporary place of employment without prior
written authorization from the administrative head of the employing
state agency.
(c) The administrative head of a state agency may adopt an
agency policy that authorizes the supervisor of an employee of the
agency to permit the employee to work from an alternative work site,
including the employee's residence, as the employee's regular or
assigned temporary place of employment.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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