By: Burns, Holland (Senate Sponsor - Birdwell) H.B. No. 792

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2021; May 6, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government; May 22, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 22, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of certain municipalities to use an alternate work schedule for police dispatchers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 142.0015, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:

(k) For purposes of this subsection, "police dispatcher" means an operator or dispatcher employed by a municipal police department who provides communication support services for the police department by responding to requests for assistance. If a majority of police dispatchers for a municipal police department vote in favor of an alternate work schedule, the municipality may adopt an alternate work schedule for the department's dispatchers. A dispatcher working under an alternate work schedule adopted under this subsection is entitled to overtime pay if the dispatcher works more hours during a calendar month than the number of hours in the normal work month of the majority of the employees of the municipality other than fire fighters and police officers.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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