Bill Text: TX SB2313 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain counties to use an alternate work period for county peace officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB2313 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2313-Introduced.html
86R2017 SMT-F | ||
By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 2313 |
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relating to the authority of certain counties to use an alternate | ||
work period for county peace officers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 157.021, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) This section does not limit the authority of the | ||
commissioners court of a county to adopt or enforce a work period of | ||
up to 28 days for peace officers employed by the county in | ||
accordance with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 | ||
U.S.C. Section 207). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 157.022, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) This section does not apply to a peace officer | ||
commissioned by a county that has adopted a work period of longer | ||
than seven days for those peace officers in accordance with the | ||
federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 207). | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |