74R9274 CAG-F
By Lewis of Orange H.B. No. 1849
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1849:
By Chisum C.S.H.B. No. 1849
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to uniform rules on the hours of work by county employees.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 157.021, Local Government Code, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 157.021. HOURS OF WORK OF COUNTY EMPLOYEES <IN COUNTIES
1-7 OF 355,000 OR MORE>. (a) In a county with a population of 355,000
1-8 or more, the commissioners court may adopt and enforce uniform
1-9 rules on the hours of work of department heads, assistants,
1-10 deputies, and other employees whose compensation is set or approved
1-11 by the court.
1-12 (b) The commissioners court of any county may adopt and
1-13 enforce uniform rules on overtime and compensatory time for
1-14 department heads, assistants, deputies, and other employees whose
1-15 compensation is set or approved by the commissioners court. The
1-16 rules may:
1-17 (1) prohibit unbudgeted overtime, except when the
1-18 commissioners court or an elected county or district officer
1-19 declares an emergency; and
1-20 (2) require that emergency overtime be reported to the
1-21 county auditor and the commissioners court.
1-22 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-3 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-4 passage, and it is so enacted.