By: Bernsen S.B. No. 609 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the compensation received by state peace officers who 1-3 are required to work on certain holidays. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 662.005, Government Code, is amended by 1-6 adding a new Subsection (b) and relettering the existing Subsection 1-7 (b) as Subsection (c) to read as follows: 1-8 (b) Except as provided by Section 662.010, and 1-9 notwithstanding Section 659.015 or another law, a state employee 1-10 who is a peace officer under Article 2.12, Code of Criminal 1-11 Procedure, and who is required to work on a national or state 1-12 holiday that falls on a Saturday or Sunday is entitled to 1-13 compensatory time off at the rate of one hour for each hour worked 1-14 on the holiday. 1-15 (c) In this section, "state employee": 1-16 (1) includes an individual who uses paid leave from a 1-17 state agency; and 1-18 (2) does not include an individual who uses unpaid 1-19 leave from a state agency. 1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.