Bill Text: TX HB1022 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the hours of work of certain county employees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB1022 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1022-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the hours of work of certain county employees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB1022 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1022-Introduced.html
By: Leo-Wilson | H.B. No. 1022 |
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relating to the hours of work of county employees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 157.021, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 157.021. HOURS OF WORK OF COUNTY EMPLOYEES. (a) In a | ||
county with a population of 350,000 [ |
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commissioners court may adopt and enforce uniform rules on the | ||
hours of work of department heads, assistants, deputies, and other | ||
employees whose compensation is set or approved by the court. | ||
(b) The commissioners court of any county may adopt and | ||
enforce uniform rules on overtime and compensatory time for | ||
department heads, assistants, deputies, and other employees whose | ||
compensation is set or approved by the commissioners court. The | ||
rules may: | ||
(1) prohibit unbudgeted overtime, except when the | ||
commissioners court or an elected county or district officer | ||
declares an emergency; and | ||
(2) require that emergency overtime be reported to the | ||
county auditor and the commissioners court. | ||
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, 2023. |