82R5629 MCK-D
 
  By: Guillen H.B. No. 1562
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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 [Normal] office
  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.