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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to overtime pay for child protective services employees in |
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the Department of Family and Protective Services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 40.03211 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 40.03211. OVERTIME PAY FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES |
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PERSONNEL. The department may not authorize child protective |
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services employees to work overtime hours unless the department has |
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sufficient funds to fully compensate employees for the total number |
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of hours worked during each pay period. The department may not delay |
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compensation to child protective services employees for overtime |
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hours worked during a pay period. |
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SECTION 2. Immediately after the effective date of this |
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Act, using funds appropriated to the Department of Family and |
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Protective Services for the 2018-2019 fiscal biennium for the |
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purpose of employee compensation, the department shall reimburse |
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department employees who have previously worked overtime hours and |
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are owed compensation for those hours by the department as of the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |