SRC-TJG H.B. 769 78(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterH.B. 769
78R2768 KEG-FBy: Solis (Averitt)
Administration
5-9-2003
Engrossed

DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

State employees who work state or federal holidays are entitled to
compensatory time off during the 12 months after the holiday, but not if
the holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday.  In 2001, the 77th Texas
Legislature authorized Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers, who
often must work holidays, to receive one hour of compensatory time for
each hour worked on a state or federal holiday if the holiday falls on a
Saturday or Sunday.  However, DPS employees who perform communications or
dispatch services related to traffic law enforcement are not eligible to
receive the same compensatory time off.  H.B. 769 entitles a state
employee who is employed by DPS to perform communications or dispatch
services related to traffic law enforcement to receive one hour of
compensatory time for each hour worked on a state or federal holiday if
the holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 662.005(b), Government Code, to provide that
except as provided by Section 662.010, and notwithstanding Section 659.015
or another law, a state employee who is a peace officer commissioned by
the Department of Safety (DPS) or who is employed by DPS to perform
communications or dispatch services related to traffic law enforcement and
who is required to work on a national or state holiday that falls on a
Saturday or Sunday is entitled to compensatory time off at the rate of one
hour for each hour worked on the holiday. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date  September 1, 2003.