| 1 | 1 | | S.B. No. 922 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to legislative leave for certain peace officers |
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| 6 | 6 | | commissioned by the Parks and Wildlife Department. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 11, Parks and Wildlife |
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| 9 | 9 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 11.0183 to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | Sec. 11.0183. DONATION OF ACCRUED COMPENSATORY TIME OR |
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| 11 | 11 | | ACCRUED ANNUAL LEAVE FOR LEGISLATIVE PURPOSES. (a) The director |
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| 12 | 12 | | shall allow a peace officer commissioned by the department to |
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| 13 | 13 | | voluntarily transfer to a legislative leave pool up to eight hours |
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| 14 | 14 | | of compensatory time or annual leave per year earned by the peace |
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| 15 | 15 | | officer. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) The director or the director's designee shall |
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| 17 | 17 | | administer the legislative leave pool. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (c) The commission shall adopt rules and prescribe |
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| 19 | 19 | | procedures relating to the operation of the legislative leave pool. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (d) The director or the director's designee shall credit the |
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| 21 | 21 | | legislative leave pool with the amount of time contributed by a |
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| 22 | 22 | | peace officer commissioned by the department and deduct a |
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| 23 | 23 | | corresponding amount of time from the peace officer's earned |
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| 24 | 24 | | compensatory time or annual leave as if the peace officer had used |
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| 25 | 25 | | the time for personal purposes. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (e) A peace officer commissioned by the department is |
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| 27 | 27 | | entitled to use time contributed to the legislative leave pool if |
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| 28 | 28 | | the peace officer uses the time for legislative leave on behalf of a |
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| 29 | 29 | | law enforcement association: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) related to the peace officer's employment with the |
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| 31 | 31 | | department; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) that has at least 150 active or retired members; |
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| 33 | 33 | | and |
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| 34 | 34 | | (3) that is governed by a board of directors. |
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| 35 | 35 | | (f) The director or the director's designee shall transfer |
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| 36 | 36 | | time from the pool to the peace officer and credit the time to the |
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| 37 | 37 | | peace officer. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (g) A peace officer commissioned by the department may only |
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| 39 | 39 | | withdraw time from the legislative leave pool in coordination with |
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| 40 | 40 | | and with the consent of the president or designee of the law |
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| 41 | 41 | | enforcement association described in Subsection (e). A peace |
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| 42 | 42 | | officer may not draw more than 80 hours from the pool in a 160-hour |
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| 43 | 43 | | work cycle and may not draw more than 480 hours from the pool in a |
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| 44 | 44 | | fiscal year. |
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| 45 | 45 | | (h) A peace officer commissioned by the department shall use |
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| 46 | 46 | | time from the legislative leave pool in accordance with rules |
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| 47 | 47 | | adopted by the commission. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 49 | 49 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 51 | 51 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 922 passed the Senate on |
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| 52 | 52 | | March 29, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 53 | 53 | | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | 54 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 55 | 55 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 922 passed the House on |
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| 56 | 56 | | May 16, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 1, one |
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| 57 | 57 | | present not voting. |
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| 58 | 58 | | ______________________________ |
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| 59 | 59 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 60 | 60 | | Approved: |
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| 61 | 61 | | ______________________________ |
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| 62 | 62 | | Date |
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| 63 | 63 | | ______________________________ |
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| 64 | 64 | | Governor |
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