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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use an |
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alternate work schedule for police dispatchers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 142.0015, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (k) to read as follows: |
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(k) For purposes of this subsection, "police dispatcher" |
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means an operator or dispatcher employed by a municipal police |
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department who provides communication support services for the |
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police department by responding to requests for assistance. If a |
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majority of police dispatchers for a municipal police department |
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vote in favor of an alternate work schedule, the municipality may |
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adopt an alternate work schedule for the department's dispatchers. |
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A dispatcher working under an alternate work schedule adopted under |
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this subsection is entitled to overtime pay if the dispatcher works |
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more hours during a calendar month than the number of hours in the |
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normal work month of the majority of the employees of the |
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municipality other than fire fighters and police officers. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |