Section 411.016 - Compensatory Time; Overtime Pay(a) This section applies to an officer commissioned by the department who is not employed in a position that the director has declared to be administrative, executive, or professional.(b) If, during a 24-hour period, the total number of hours worked by a commissioned officer equals more than eight hours, the excess is overtime.(b-1) If, during a work week, the total number of hours worked by a commissioned officer equals more than 40 hours, the excess is overtime.(c) This section applies only to the computation of overtime entitlements and does not apply to the method of compensating a commissioned officer for working on regularly scheduled state holidays.(d) A commissioned officer may receive a supplement paid by the federal government earned while working on a project funded by the federal government, and that supplement may not be considered in determining a commissioned officer's entitlement under this section.(e) The department may compensate an officer commissioned by the department for the overtime earned by the officer by: (1) allowing or requiring the officer to take compensatory leave at the rate of 1-1/2 hours of leave for each hour of overtime earned; or(2) paying the officer for the overtime hours earned at the rate equal to 1-1/2 times the officer's regular hourly pay rate.(f) If a conflict exists between this section and Section 659.015, this section controls.Tex. Gov't. Code § 411.016
Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 293,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2017.Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 293,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2017. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1987.