By: Raymond, Leo-Wilson H.B. No. 2542
        (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini)
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2023;
  May 10, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
  Government; May 22, 2023, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 1; May 22, 2023, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
         YeaNayAbsentPNV
         BettencourtX
         SpringerX
         EckhardtX
         GutierrezX
         HallX
         NicholsX
         ParkerX
         PaxtonX
         WestX
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the adoption of uniform rules for hours of work for
  certain county employees.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 157.021(a), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  In a county with a population of 350,000 [355,000] or
  more or covered by a county civil service system created under
  Subchapter A, Chapter 158, the commissioners court may adopt and
  enforce uniform rules on the hours of work of department heads,
  assistants, deputies, and other employees whose compensation is set
  or approved by the court, other than employees of a sheriff's or
  constable's office in a county covered by a county civil service
  system created under Chapter 158 with a population of less than
  350,000.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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