Amend SB 2298 on third reading as follows:                                   
	(1)  Strike the recital to SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1, 
lines 4 and 5, house committee printing) and substitute the 
following:
	SECTION 1.  Section 659.016, Government Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (i) and adding Subsection (j) to read as 
follows:
	(2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike amended Section 
659.016(i), Government Code (page 1, lines 6-12, house committee 
printing), and substitute the following:
	(i)  Except as provided by this subsection and Subsection 
(j), an [An] employee covered by this section may not be paid for 
any unused compensatory time.  An employee may be paid for the hours 
of compensatory time the employee earns for work directly related 
to a disaster or emergency declared by the appropriate officer of 
the state or federal government.
	(3)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Section 659.016, 
Government Code (page 1, between lines 12 and 13, house committee 
printing), insert the following:
	(j)  An employee employed by a state mental health or mental 
retardation facility may be paid for any unused compensatory time 
if the employing agency determines that taking the compensatory 
time off would disrupt the normal business functions of the agency.
	(4)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the 
bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill as appropriate:
	SECTION ____.  Section 659.015, Government Code, is amended 
by amending Subsection (g) and adding Subsections (i) and (j) to 
read as follows:
	(g)  Compensatory time off to which an employee is entitled 
under Subsection (f) must be taken during the 12-month period 
following the end of the workweek in which the compensatory time was 
accrued or it lapses.  An employee may not be paid for that 
compensatory time, except as provided by this subsection and 
Subsections (i) and (j).  An [However, an] employee of an 
institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, 
Education Code, or an employee engaged in a public safety activity, 
including highway construction and maintenance or an emergency 
response activity, may be paid at the employee's regular rate of pay 
for that compensatory time if the employer determines that taking 
the compensatory time off would disrupt normal teaching, research, 
or other critical functions.
	(i)  A state employee may be paid for the hours of 
compensatory time the employee earns for work directly related to a 
disaster or emergency declared by the appropriate officer of the 
state or federal government.
	(j)  An employee employed by a state mental health or mental 
retardation facility may be paid for any unused compensatory time 
if the employing agency determines that taking the compensatory 
time off would disrupt the normal business functions of the agency.