Bill Text: TX HB988 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to compensatory time accrued by a correctional officer employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB988 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB988-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 988

AN ACT
relating to compensatory time accrued by a correctional officer
employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 659.015, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (g) and adding Subsection (k) to read as
follows:
(g) Except as provided by Subsection (k), compensatory
[Compensatory] time off to which an employee is entitled under
Subsection (f) must be taken during the 12-month period following
the end of the workweek in which the compensatory time was accrued
or it lapses. An employee may not be paid for that compensatory
time, except as provided by this subsection and Subsections (i) and
(j). An employee of an institution of higher education as defined
by Section 61.003, Education Code, or an employee engaged in a
public safety activity, including highway construction and
maintenance or an emergency response activity, may be paid at the
employee's regular rate of pay for that compensatory time if the
employer determines that taking the compensatory time off would
disrupt normal teaching, research, or other critical functions.
(k) Compensatory time off to which a correctional officer
employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is entitled
under Subsection (f) must be taken during the 24-month period
following the end of the workweek in which the compensatory time was
accrued or it lapses.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 988 was passed by the House on April
14, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 988 was passed by the Senate on May
17, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor