By Davis of Dallas                                    H.B. No. 2273
         77R3743 ATP-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the hours worked during a week by police officers in
 1-3     certain municipalities.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 142.0015(f), Local Government Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (f)  Except [A police officer may not, except] as provided by
 1-8     Subsection (g) or (j), a police officer may not be required to
 1-9     work:
1-10                 (1)  more than 40 hours during a calendar week in a
1-11     municipality that:
1-12                       (A)  has a population of more than one million;
1-13                       (B)  is not subject to Section 142.0017; and
1-14                       (C)  has not adopted Chapter 174; or
1-15                 (2)  more hours during a calendar week than the number
1-16     of hours in the normal work week of the majority of the employees
1-17     of the municipality other than fire fighters and police officers in
1-18     a municipality not described by Subdivision (1).
1-19           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.