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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to legislative leave for certain peace officers |
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commissioned by the Parks and Wildlife Department. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 11, Parks and Wildlife |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 11.0183 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.0183. DONATION OF ACCRUED COMPENSATORY TIME OR |
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ACCRUED ANNUAL LEAVE FOR LEGISLATIVE PURPOSES. (a) The director |
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shall allow a peace officer commissioned by the department to |
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voluntarily transfer to a legislative leave pool up to eight hours |
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of compensatory time or annual leave per year earned by the peace |
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officer. |
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(b) The director or the director's designee shall |
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administer the legislative leave pool. |
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(c) The commission shall adopt rules and prescribe |
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procedures relating to the operation of the legislative leave pool. |
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(d) The director or the director's designee shall credit the |
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legislative leave pool with the amount of time contributed by a |
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peace officer commissioned by the department and deduct a |
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corresponding amount of time from the peace officer's earned |
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compensatory time or annual leave as if the peace officer had used |
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the time for personal purposes. |
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(e) A peace officer commissioned by the department is |
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entitled to use time contributed to the legislative leave pool if |
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the peace officer uses the time for legislative leave on behalf of a |
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law enforcement association: |
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(1) related to the peace officer's employment with the |
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department; |
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(2) that has at least 300 active or retired members; |
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and |
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(3) that is governed by a board of directors. |
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(f) The director or the director's designee shall transfer |
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time from the pool to the peace officer and credit the time to the |
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peace officer. |
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(g) A peace officer commissioned by the department may only |
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withdraw time from the legislative leave pool in coordination with |
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and with the consent of the president or designee of the law |
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enforcement association described in Subsection (e). A peace |
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officer may not draw more than 80 hours from the pool in a 160-hour |
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work cycle and may not draw more than 480 hours from the pool in a |
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fiscal year. |
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(h) A peace officer commissioned by the department shall use |
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time from the legislative leave pool in accordance with rules |
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adopted by the commission. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |