By Lindsay                                            S.B. No. 1149
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the hours of work of county employees.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Section 157.021, Local Government Code, is amended
 1-5     to read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 157.021.  HOURS OF WORK OF COUNTY EMPLOYEES. (a)  The
 1-7     [In a county with a population of 355,000 or more, the]
 1-8     commissioners court of a county may adopt and enforce uniform rules
 1-9     on the hours of work of department heads, assistants, deputies, and
1-10     other employees whose compensation is set or approved by the court.
1-11           (b)  The commissioners court of a [any] county may adopt and
1-12     enforce uniform rules on overtime and compensatory time for
1-13     department heads, assistants, deputies, and other employees whose
1-14     compensation is set or approved by the commissioners court.  The
1-15     rules may:
1-16                 (1)  prohibit unbudgeted overtime, except when the
1-17     commissioners court or an elected county or district officer
1-18     declares an emergency; and
1-19                 (2)  require that emergency overtime be reported to the
1-20     county auditor and the commissioners court.
1-21           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-22     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-23     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-24     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 2-1     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.