Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. Line and page numbers may not match official copy. By Ehrhardt H.B. No. 604 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the hours worked by peace officers employed by 1-3 counties. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 157, Subchapter B, Section 157.022, Local 1-6 Government Code is amended to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 157.022. HOURS OF WORK OF PEACE OFFICERS IN COUNTIES OF 1-8 MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND. (a) A peace officer employed by a 1-9 county with a population of more than one hundred thousand may not 1-10 be required to work more hours during a calendar week than the 1-11 number of hours in the normal work week of the majority of other 1-12 county employees. 1-13 (b) A sheriff or constable may require a peace officer to 1-14 work more hours than allowed by Subsection (a) if the sheriff or 1-15 constable determines an emergency exists that requires the officer 1-16 to work extra hours. 1-17 (c) A peace officer who elects to work extra hours during a 1-18 calendar week shall be compensated on a basis consistent with 1-19 overtime provision of the county personnel policy. 1-20 SECTION 2. This act takes effect September 01, 1997. 1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses created an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-2 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-3 passage, and it is so enacted.