1-1 By: Bernsen S.B. No. 609 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 8, 2001; February 12, 2001, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; 1-4 April 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, 1-5 Nays 0; April 11, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the compensation received by state peace officers who 1-9 are required to work on certain holidays. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Section 662.005, Government Code, is amended by 1-12 adding a new Subsection (b) and relettering the existing Subsection 1-13 (b) as Subsection (c) to read as follows: 1-14 (b) Except as provided by Section 662.010, and 1-15 notwithstanding Section 659.015 or another law, a state employee 1-16 who is a peace officer under Article 2.12, Code of Criminal 1-17 Procedure, and who is required to work on a national or state 1-18 holiday that falls on a Saturday or Sunday is entitled to 1-19 compensatory time off at the rate of one hour for each hour worked 1-20 on the holiday. 1-21 (c) In this section, "state employee": 1-22 (1) includes an individual who uses paid leave from a 1-23 state agency; and 1-24 (2) does not include an individual who uses unpaid 1-25 leave from a state agency. 1-26 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-27 * * * * *