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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study concerning the establishment of a four-day work |
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week for state employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. FOUR-DAY WORK WEEK STUDY. (a) The comptroller |
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of public accounts shall conduct a study on the establishment of a |
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four-day work week for state employees. |
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(b) In conducting the study, the comptroller shall |
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consider: |
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(1) the experience of other jurisdictions that have |
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instituted a four-day work week; |
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(2) expansion of existing variable work schedule |
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options for state employees; |
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(3) potential environmental, financial, and health |
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benefits of establishing a four-day work week; and |
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(4) any other information that the comptroller |
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determines is necessary. |
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(c) At the comptroller's request, a state agency shall |
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provide information and assistance in conducting the study under |
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this section. |
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(d) Not later than December 10, 2010, the comptroller shall |
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report the results of the study conducted under this section to the |
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members and members-elect of the 82nd Legislature. |
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SECTION 2. EXPIRATION. This Act expires January 1, 2011. |
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SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September |
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1, 2009. |