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| 1 | 1 | 87R7517 SMT-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Tinderholt H.B. No. 2735 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the authority of certain counties to use an alternate | |
| 8 | 8 | work period for county peace officers. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 157.021, Local Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c) This section does not limit the authority of the | |
| 13 | 13 | commissioners court of a county to adopt or enforce a work period of | |
| 14 | 14 | up to 28 days for peace officers employed by the county in | |
| 15 | 15 | accordance with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 | |
| 16 | 16 | U.S.C. Section 207). | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. Section 157.022, Local Government Code, is | |
| 18 | 18 | amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | |
| 19 | 19 | (d) This section does not apply to a peace officer | |
| 20 | 20 | commissioned by a county that has adopted a work period of longer | |
| 21 | 21 | than seven days for those peace officers in accordance with the | |
| 22 | 22 | federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 207). | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |