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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to additional sick leave for certain peace officers and |
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corrections officers who work overtime. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 661, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 661.2021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 661.2021. ADDITIONAL SICK LEAVE FOR PEACE OFFICERS AND |
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CORRECTIONS OFFICERS. (a) This section applies only to: |
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(1) a state employee who is a peace officer under |
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Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, and commissioned by a |
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state officer or state agency; and |
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(2) a member of the class of employees of the |
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institutional division or the state jail division of the Texas |
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Department of Criminal Justice formally designated as custodial |
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personnel under Section 615.006 by the Texas Board of Criminal |
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Justice or its predecessor in function. |
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(b) In addition to the sick leave provided under Section |
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661.202(c), a person described by Subsection (a) who works overtime |
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during a month accrues additional sick leave for the month as |
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follows: |
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(1) less than 20 hours of overtime during the month, |
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one hour of sick leave; |
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(2) at least 20 hours but less than 40 hours of |
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overtime during the month, two hours of sick leave; |
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(3) at least 40 hours but less than 60 hours of |
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overtime during the month, three hours of sick leave; |
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(4) at least 60 hours but less than 80 hours of |
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overtime during the month, four hours of sick leave; and |
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(5) 80 hours or more of overtime during the month, five |
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hours of sick leave. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |