Bill Text: TX HB1562 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to authorizing state agencies to establish a four-day workweek.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-03 - Referred to State Affairs [HB1562 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1562-Introduced.html
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By: Guillen | H.B. No. 1562 |
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relating to authorizing state agencies to establish a four-day | ||
workweek. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 658.005, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 658.005. REGULAR OFFICE HOURS FOR STATE EMPLOYEES. | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), normal [ |
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hours of a state agency are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through | ||
Friday. These hours are the regular working hours for a full-time | ||
state employee of an agency that is open five days each week. | ||
(a-1) The chief administrator of a state agency may choose | ||
to keep the agency open only four days each week, from Monday | ||
through Thursday or from Tuesday through Friday. A state agency | ||
that operates under this subsection is not required to provide | ||
regular services from Friday through Sunday or from Saturday | ||
through Monday, as applicable. The normal office hours of a state | ||
agency that operates four days each week are from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., | ||
and those hours are the regular working hours for a full-time state | ||
employee of the agency. The state agency shall publicize the | ||
agency's business days and hours on the agency's Internet website. | ||
(a-2) The offices of a state agency shall remain open during | ||
the noon hour each working day with at least one person on duty to | ||
accept calls, receive visitors, or transact business. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |