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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to overtime pay for certain information technology state |
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employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 659.015(i), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(i) With authorization from the administrative head of the |
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agency for which an employee works, or that person's designee, an |
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employee may be paid an amount based on the employee's regular rate |
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of pay for: |
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(1) the hours of compensatory time the employee earns |
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for work directly related to a disaster or emergency declared by the |
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appropriate officer of the state or federal government; or |
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(2) all or part of the hours of compensatory time the |
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employee earns for work in an information technology position |
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requiring skills in high demand in the information technology labor |
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market. |
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SECTION 2. Section 659.016(i), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(i) Except as provided by this subsection and Subsection |
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(j), an employee covered by this section may not be paid for any |
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unused compensatory time. With authorization from the |
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administrative head of the agency for which a state employee works, |
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or that person's designee, an employee may be paid an amount based |
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on the employee's regular rate of pay for: |
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(1) the hours of compensatory time the employee earns |
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for work directly related to a disaster or emergency declared by the |
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appropriate officer of the state or federal government; or |
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(2) all or part of the hours of compensatory time the |
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employee earns for work in an information technology position |
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requiring skills in high demand in the information technology labor |
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market. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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compensatory time earned on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |