Bill

SB 297

85(R) - 2017
Senate Criminal Justice
House Appropriations
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Senate Criminal Justice
House Appropriations

Vote Recommendation

Neutral
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Author(s)

Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa

Sponsor(s)

Rick Miller

Co-Sponsor(s)

Terry Canales

Bill Caption

Relating to the compensatory time and overtime pay for commissioned officers of the Department of Public Safety.

Fiscal Notes

The bill would provide the Department of Public Safety with the option of compensating its commissioned law enforcement officers for overtime worked with compensatory leave, rather than payment. It is assumed that compensating officers with compensatory leave rather than payment would spare payroll costs. While it is unknown how often DPS would opt to exercise this new option, presumably the bill would have a positive, if undetermined, fiscal impact.

Bill Analysis

Under current law, overtime pay is tracked weekly for Department of Public Safety officers. If they exceed 40 hours for any one calendar week, then that employee is entitled to overtime pay. This bill would amend that by replacing it with tracking every 24 hours. If an employee works more than eight hours in a 24 hour period, then they are entitled to overtime pay or leave as well as if an officer works over 40 hours in one week.

Vote Recommendation Notes

This bill does not offend or support any of our liberty principles and for that, we are going to be neutral on this bill.