By:  Wentworth                                                            S.B. No. 89



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to compensatory time for persons governing state agencies.           
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 659, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 659.024 to read as follows:
	Sec. 659.024.  COMPENSATORY TIME FOR PERSONS GOVERNING STATE 
AGENCIES.  (a)  In this section, "state agency" has the meaning 
assigned by Section 658.001.
	(b)  This section does not apply to an employee who acts as 
the administrative head of a state agency, including an executive 
director.
	(c)  A member of the governing body of a state agency or a 
single state officer who governs a state agency may not accrue 
compensatory time under this subchapter or another state statute.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.