By: Kacal, Plesa, Slawson H.B. No. 1914
(Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2023;
May 5, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 17, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 17, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to compensatory time accrued by an employee of the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 659.015(k), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(k) Compensatory time off to which an employee of [a
correctional officer employed by] the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice is entitled under Subsection (f) must be taken during the
24-month period following the end of the workweek in which the
compensatory time was accrued or it lapses.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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