HBA-CMT H.B. 2273 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2273 By: Davis, Yvonne Urban Affairs 7/10/2001 Enrolled BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE State law does not set a maximum number of hours that a police officer may be required to work in one calendar week. The Local Government Code only states that police officers may not work more hours in one week than the majority of the other employees of a municipality who are not police officers and firefighters. House Bill 2273 establishes a specific number of hours in a calendar week in which a police officer in certain municipalities may be required to work. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS House Bill 2273 amends the Local Government Code to provide that, except for the event of an emergency or if a majority of police officers sign a waiver, police officers in certain municipalities may not be required to work more than 40 hours during a calendar week The prohibition applies in a municipality that has a population of more than one million, is not subject to provisions pertaining to hours of labor and vacation of members of fire and police departments in municipalities with populations of more than 1.5 million, and has not adopted The Fire and Police Employee Relations Act. The bill provides that in determining whether a police officer is considered to have been required to work overtime, all hours are counted during which the police officer is required to remain available for immediate call to duty by continuously remaining in contact with a police department office by telephone or radio, during which the officer is taking any authorized leave, including sick leave, vacation, holiday leave, compensatory time off, or leave because of a death in the family, and during which the officer is considered to have worked in the event of an emergency. EFFECTIVE DATE Vetoed.