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