78R5058 KEG-F

By:  Rose                                                         H.B. No. 1505



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to compensatory time off for certain persons who are 
employed by the state as peace officers.
	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 a state officer or state 
agency listed under Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, [the 
Department of Public Safety] 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 immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.