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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to compensation of certain state employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (i), Section 659.016, Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(i) Except as provided by this subsection, an [An] employee |
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covered by this section may not be paid for any unused compensatory |
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time. With authorization from the administrative head of the |
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agency for which the employee works or that person's designee, an |
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employee may be paid for the hours of compensatory time the employee |
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earns for work directly related to a disaster or emergency declared |
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by the appropriate officer of the state or federal government. |
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SECTION 2. Section 659.018, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 659.018. COMPENSATORY TIME: PLACE WHERE WORK |
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PERFORMED. (a) Except under circumstances specified in the |
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General Appropriations Act or as provided by Subsection (b), an |
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employee of a state agency as defined by Section 658.001 may not, |
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for hours worked during any calendar week, accumulate compensatory |
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time off under Section 659.015(f) or 659.016 to the extent that the |
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hours are attributable to work performed at a location other than |
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the employee's regular or temporarily assigned place of employment. |
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(b) An employee may accumulate compensatory time off for |
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hours worked during any calendar week at the [The] employee's |
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personal residence if the employee obtains the advance approval of |
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the administrative head of the agency for which the employee works |
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or that person's designee [may not be considered the employee's
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regular or temporarily assigned place of employment]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 659.255, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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(g) The six-month limitations prescribed by Subsections |
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(f)(2) and (5) do not apply if the administrative head of the agency |
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determines in writing that the merit payment is made in relation to |
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the employee's performance during a natural disaster or other |
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extraordinary circumstance. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |