82R1809 CJC-F
 
  By: Menendez H.B. No. 46
 
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to compensatory time off for certain employees of the
 
  Parks and Wildlife Department.
         
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
         SECTION 1.  Section 662.005(b), Government Code, is amended
 
  to read as follows:
         
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 662.010, and
 
  notwithstanding Section 659.015 or another law, a state employee
 
  who is a peace officer commissioned by a state officer or state
 
  agency listed under Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or
 
  who is employed by the Department of Public Safety either to perform
 
  communications or dispatch services related to traffic law
 
  enforcement or as a public security officer, as that term is defined
 
  by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code, or who is employed by the
 
  Parks and Wildlife Department to perform communications and
 
  dispatch services to assist law enforcement officers commissioned
 
  by the Parks and Wildlife Commission in performing law enforcement
 
  duties, and who is required to work on a national or state holiday
 
  that falls on a Saturday or Sunday is entitled to compensatory time
 
  off at the rate of one hour for each hour worked on the holiday.
         
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
 
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 
  Act takes effect September 1, 2011.