By: Raymond, Leo-Wilson H.B. No. 2542
(Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2023;
May 10, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
Government; May 22, 2023, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 1; May 22, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
BettencourtX
SpringerX
EckhardtX
GutierrezX
HallX
NicholsX
ParkerX
PaxtonX
WestX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the adoption of uniform rules for hours of work for
certain county employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 157.021(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) In a county with a population of 350,000 [355,000] or
more or covered by a county civil service system created under
Subchapter A, Chapter 158, the commissioners court may adopt and
enforce uniform rules on the hours of work of department heads,
assistants, deputies, and other employees whose compensation is set
or approved by the court, other than employees of a sheriff's or
constable's office in a county covered by a county civil service
system created under Chapter 158 with a population of less than
350,000.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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