By: Burns, Holland (Senate Sponsor - Birdwell) H.B. No. 792
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2021;
May 6, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
Government; May 22, 2021, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 22, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use an
alternate work schedule for police dispatchers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 142.0015, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
(k) For purposes of this subsection, "police dispatcher"
means an operator or dispatcher employed by a municipal police
department who provides communication support services for the
police department by responding to requests for assistance. If a
majority of police dispatchers for a municipal police department
vote in favor of an alternate work schedule, the municipality may
adopt an alternate work schedule for the department's dispatchers.
A dispatcher working under an alternate work schedule adopted under
this subsection is entitled to overtime pay if the dispatcher works
more hours during a calendar month than the number of hours in the
normal work month of the majority of the employees of the
municipality other than fire fighters and police officers.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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