85R3478 MK-D
By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 2717
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to overtime pay for child protective services employees in
the Department of Family and Protective Services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 40.03211 to read as follows:
Sec. 40.03211. OVERTIME PAY FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
PERSONNEL. The department may not authorize child protective
services employees to work overtime hours unless the department has
sufficient funds to fully compensate employees for the total number
of hours worked during each pay period. The department may not delay
compensation to child protective services employees for overtime
hours worked during a pay period.
SECTION 2. Immediately after the effective date of this
Act, using funds appropriated to the Department of Family and
Protective Services for the 2018-2019 fiscal biennium for the
purpose of employee compensation, the department shall reimburse
department employees who have previously worked overtime hours and
are owed compensation for those hours by the department as of the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.