Bill Text: TX HB46 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to compensatory time off for certain employees of the Parks and Wildlife Department.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-19 - Effective immediately [HB46 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB46-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 46 | ||
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| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 46 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 14, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 46 was passed by the Senate on May 6, | ||
| 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
