By Solis of Cameron, Hinojosa, Gutierrez,            H.C.R. No. 243
         Wise, Flores
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                             HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
 1-1           WHEREAS, A group of commissioned and noncommissioned officers
 1-2     employed by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas
 1-3     allege that:
 1-4                 (1)  the officers are highway troopers, lieutenants,
 1-5     captains, sergeants, drug enforcement officers, capitol police,
 1-6     special crimes officers, and other commissioned and noncommissioned
 1-7     officers employed by the department;
 1-8                 (2)  the department has structured and administered the
 1-9     compensation of the officers so that the officers are not
1-10     compensated for overtime hours worked in accordance with law and
1-11     are not awarded compensatory time in accordance with law;
1-12                 (3)  the practices of the department that relate to
1-13     overtime hours worked by the officers violate state and federal
1-14     law; and
1-15                 (4)  the officers are entitled to damages and any other
1-16     relief allowed by law; now, therefore, be it
1-17           RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the
1-18     officers are granted permission to sue the State of Texas and the
1-19     Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas subject to
1-20     Chapter 107, Civil Practice and Remedies Code; and, be it further
1-21           RESOLVED, That the director of the Department of Public
1-22     Safety of the State of Texas be served process as provided by
1-23     Section 107.002(a)(3), Civil Practice and Remedies Code.