Bill Text: TX HB2995 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 2995 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to overtime pay for certain information technology state employees.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-13 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB2995 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB2995-Introduced.html

	84R6830 YDB-D

	By: Walle	H.B. No. 2995



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to overtime pay for certain information technology state
	employees.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 659.015(i), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(i) With authorization from the administrative head of the
	agency for which an employee works, or that person's designee, an
	employee may be paid an amount based on the employee's regular rate
	of pay for:
	(1) the hours of compensatory time the employee earns
	for work directly related to a disaster or emergency declared by the
	appropriate officer of the state or federal government; or
	(2) all or part of the hours of compensatory time the
	employee earns for work in an information technology position
	requiring skills in high demand in the information technology labor
	market.
	SECTION 2. Section 659.016(i), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(i) Except as provided by this subsection and Subsection
	(j), an employee covered by this section may not be paid for any
	unused compensatory time. With authorization from the
	administrative head of the agency for which a state employee works,
	or that person's designee, an employee may be paid an amount based
	on the employee's regular rate of pay for:
	(1) the hours of compensatory time the employee earns
	for work directly related to a disaster or emergency declared by the
	appropriate officer of the state or federal government; or
	(2) all or part of the hours of compensatory time the
	employee earns for work in an information technology position
	requiring skills in high demand in the information technology labor
	market.
	SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
	compensatory time earned on or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.