77R14108 KSD-D
By Bernsen S.B. No. 609
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 609:
By Junell C.S.S.B. No. 609
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the compensation received by peace officers
1-3 commissioned by the Department of Public Safety who are required to
1-4 work on certain holidays.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 662.005, Government Code, is amended by
1-7 adding a new Subsection (b) and relettering the existing Subsection
1-8 (b) as Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-9 (b) Except as provided by Section 662.010, and
1-10 notwithstanding Section 659.015 or another law, a state employee
1-11 who is a peace officer commissioned by the Department of Public
1-12 Safety and who is required to work on a national or state holiday
1-13 that falls on a Saturday or Sunday is entitled to compensatory time
1-14 off at the rate of one hour for each hour worked on the holiday.
1-15 (c) [(b)] 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.