| 1 | 1 | | By: Raymond, Leo-Wilson H.B. No. 2542 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) |
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| 3 | 3 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2023; |
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| 4 | 4 | | May 10, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local |
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| 5 | 5 | | Government; May 22, 2023, reported favorably by the following |
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| 6 | 6 | | vote: Yeas 7, Nays 1; May 22, 2023, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 10 | 10 | | COMMITTEE VOTE |
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| 11 | 11 | | YeaNayAbsentPNV |
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| 12 | 12 | | BettencourtX |
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| 13 | 13 | | SpringerX |
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| 14 | 14 | | EckhardtX |
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| 15 | 15 | | GutierrezX |
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| 16 | 16 | | HallX |
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| 17 | 17 | | NicholsX |
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| 18 | 18 | | ParkerX |
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| 21 | 21 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 22 | 22 | | AN ACT |
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| 23 | 23 | | relating to the adoption of uniform rules for hours of work for |
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| 24 | 24 | | certain county employees. |
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| 25 | 25 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 1. Section 157.021(a), Local Government Code, is |
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| 27 | 27 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) In a county with a population of 350,000 [355,000] or |
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| 29 | 29 | | more or covered by a county civil service system created under |
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| 30 | 30 | | Subchapter A, Chapter 158, the commissioners court may adopt and |
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| 31 | 31 | | enforce uniform rules on the hours of work of department heads, |
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| 32 | 32 | | assistants, deputies, and other employees whose compensation is set |
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| 33 | 33 | | or approved by the court, other than employees of a sheriff's or |
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| 34 | 34 | | constable's office in a county covered by a county civil service |
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| 35 | 35 | | system created under Chapter 158 with a population of less than |
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| 36 | 36 | | 350,000. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 38 | 38 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 39 | 39 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 40 | 40 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 41 | 41 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 42 | 42 | | * * * * * |
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