SRC-JBJ S.B. 609 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 609
77R4075 KSD-FBy: Bernsen
State Affairs
3/23/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, state employees who work state or federal holidays are entitled
to compensatory time off during the 12 months after the holiday, but not if
the holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday.  Peace officers who are state
employees frequently must work holidays such as Christmas and the  Fourth
of July.  If these holidays fall on a weekend day, the employee cannot
receive compensatory time for that work unless the hours worked exceed 40
hours in work week.  As proposed, S.B. 609 entitles a state employee who is
a peace officer to receive one hour of compensatory time for each hour
worked on a state or federal holiday if the holiday falls on a Saturday or
Sunday. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 662.005, Government Code, by adding a new
Subsection (b) and redesignating previous Subsection (b) as Subsection (c),
to provide that except as provided by Section 662.010, and notwithstanding
Section 659.015 or another law, a state employee who is a peace officer
under Article 2.12 (Who Are Peace Officers), Code of Criminal Procedure,
and who is required to work on a national or state holiday that falls on a
Saturday or Sunday is entitled to compensatory time off at the rate of one
hour for each hour worked on the holiday. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.