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  86R2017 SMT-F
 
  By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 2313
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of certain counties to use an alternate
  work period for county peace officers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 157.021, Local Government Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  This section does not limit the authority of the
  commissioners court of a county to adopt or enforce a work period of
  up to 28 days for peace officers employed by the county in
  accordance with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29
  U.S.C. Section 207).
         SECTION 2.  Section 157.022, Local Government Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  This section does not apply to a peace officer
  commissioned by a county that has adopted a work period of longer
  than seven days for those peace officers in accordance with the
  federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 207).
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.