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Senate Bill 297 |
Senate Author: Hinojosa |
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Effective: 9-1-17 |
House Sponsor: Miller et al. |
Senate Bill 297 amends the Government Code to establish what constitutes overtime for certain commissioned officers of the Department of Public Safety (DPS) based on the number of hours worked during a 24-hour period and a 40-hour work week and removes statutory provisions relating to a formula for computing state compensation for overtime entitlements. The bill authorizes DPS to compensate such an officer for overtime earned by allowing or requiring the officer to take compensatory leave at the rate of 1-1/2 hours of leave for each hour of overtime earned or by paying the officer for the overtime hours earned at the rate equal to 1-1/2 times the officer's regular hourly pay rate.