78R2768 KEG-F

By:  Solis                                                        H.B. No. 769



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to compensatory time off for certain communications 
service employees of the Department of Public Safety.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 662.005(b), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(b)  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 Public 
Safety or who is employed by the Department of Public Safety 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.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.