| 1 | 1 | | 88R13977 JON-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Noble H.B. No. 4349 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to compensatory time off for certain state employees. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 662.005(b), Government Code, is amended |
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| 10 | 10 | | to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (b) Except as provided by Section 662.010, and |
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| 12 | 12 | | notwithstanding Section 659.015 or another law, each of the |
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| 13 | 13 | | following state employees who is required to work on a national or |
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| 14 | 14 | | state holiday that falls on a Saturday or Sunday is entitled to |
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| 15 | 15 | | compensatory time off at the rate of one hour for each hour worked |
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| 16 | 16 | | on the holiday: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) an employee of the Department of Family and |
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| 18 | 18 | | Protective Services in the statewide intake division who receives |
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| 19 | 19 | | reports of abuse or neglect; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) [a state employee who is] a peace officer |
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| 21 | 21 | | commissioned by a state officer or state agency listed under |
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| 22 | 22 | | Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) an employee of the Department of Public Safety |
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| 24 | 24 | | who: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (A) performs [, or who is employed by the |
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| 26 | 26 | | Department of Public Safety either to perform] communications or |
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| 27 | 27 | | dispatch services related to traffic law enforcement; or |
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| 28 | 28 | | (B) is [or as] a public security officer, as that |
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| 29 | 29 | | term is defined by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code; or |
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| 30 | 30 | | (4) an employee of the Parks and Wildlife Department |
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| 31 | 31 | | who performs [, or who is employed by the Parks and Wildlife |
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| 32 | 32 | | Department to perform] communications and dispatch services to |
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| 33 | 33 | | assist law enforcement officers commissioned by the Parks and |
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| 34 | 34 | | Wildlife Commission in performing law enforcement duties [, and who |
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| 35 | 35 | | is required to work on a national or state holiday that falls on a |
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| 36 | 36 | | Saturday or Sunday is entitled to compensatory time off at the rate |
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| 37 | 37 | | of one hour for each hour worked on the holiday]. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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