Bill Text: TX SB1417 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to compensatory time and vacation leave accrued by an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-19 - Filed [SB1417 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB1417-Introduced.html

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89R11068 JCG-D
By: West S.B. No. 1417

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to compensatory time and vacation leave accrued by an
employee of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 659.015(k), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(k) Compensatory time off to which an employee of the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice is entitled under Subsection (f):
(1) must be taken during the 24-month period following
the end of the workweek in which the compensatory time was accrued;
and
(2) if not taken during the period described by
Subdivision (1), shall be credited to the employee's accumulated
vacation leave for purposes of Chapter 661 [or it lapses].
SECTION 2. Section 661.152(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The amount of vacation accrues in accordance with this
subchapter and Section 659.015(k) and may be taken in accordance
with this subchapter.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to
compensatory time accrued by an employee of the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice before, on, or after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.