| 1 | 1 | | 89R14116 LRM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hinojosa of Nueces S.B. No. 2186 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to compensatory time off for certain state employees. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 662.005(b), Government Code, as amended |
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| 12 | 12 | | by Chapters 109 (S.B. 2214), 765 (H.B. 4504), and 950 (S.B. 1727), |
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| 13 | 13 | | Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is reenacted |
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| 14 | 14 | | and amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) Except as provided by Section 662.010, and |
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| 16 | 16 | | notwithstanding Section 659.015 or another law, each of the |
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| 17 | 17 | | following state employees who is required to work on a national or |
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| 18 | 18 | | state holiday that falls on a Saturday or Sunday is entitled to |
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| 19 | 19 | | compensatory time off at the rate of one hour for each hour worked |
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| 20 | 20 | | on the holiday: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) an employee of the Department of Family and |
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| 22 | 22 | | Protective Services in the statewide intake division who receives |
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| 23 | 23 | | reports of abuse or neglect; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) a peace officer commissioned or appointed, as |
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| 25 | 25 | | applicable, by a state officer or state agency listed under Article |
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| 26 | 26 | | 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (3) an employee of the Department of Public Safety |
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| 28 | 28 | | who: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (A) performs communications or dispatch services |
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| 30 | 30 | | related to traffic law enforcement; [or] |
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| 31 | 31 | | (B) is a public security officer, as that term is |
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| 32 | 32 | | defined by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code; or |
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| 33 | 33 | | (C) performs criminal intelligence analysis or |
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| 34 | 34 | | crime analysis work related to traffic law enforcement or other |
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| 35 | 35 | | criminal law enforcement; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (4) an employee of the Parks and Wildlife Department |
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| 37 | 37 | | who performs communications and dispatch services to assist law |
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| 38 | 38 | | enforcement officers commissioned by the Parks and Wildlife |
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| 39 | 39 | | Commission in performing law enforcement duties; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (5) an employee of[, or who is employed by] the Texas |
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| 41 | 41 | | Juvenile Justice Department who: |
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| 42 | 42 | | (A) performs [to perform] communication service |
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| 43 | 43 | | duties for the incident reporting center; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | (B) assists [to assist] law enforcement officers |
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| 45 | 45 | | appointed by the office of inspector general of the Texas Juvenile |
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| 46 | 46 | | Justice Department in performing investigative duties; [,] or |
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| 47 | 47 | | (6) [who is employed as] a security officer providing |
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| 48 | 48 | | security and entry searches for secure correctional facilities |
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| 49 | 49 | | operated by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department[,]. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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| 51 | 51 | | over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, |
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| 52 | 52 | | relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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| 53 | 53 | | codes. |
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| 54 | 54 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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