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.