HB4929 - Relating to compensatory time and vacation leave accrued by an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

  89R11068 JCG-D     By: Jones of Dallas H.B. No. 4929       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to compensatory time and vacation leave accrued by an   employee of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 659.015(k), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (k)  Compensatory time off to which an employee of the Texas   Department of Criminal Justice is entitled under Subsection (f) :                 (1)   must be taken during the 24-month period following   the end of the workweek in which the compensatory time was accrued ;   and                 (2)     if not taken during the period described by   Subdivision (1), shall be credited to the employee's accumulated   vacation leave for purposes of Chapter 661 [ or it lapses ].          SECTION 2.  Section 661.152(b), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  The amount of vacation accrues in accordance with this   subchapter and Section 659.015(k) and may be taken in accordance   with this subchapter.          SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply to   compensatory time accrued by an employee of the Texas Department of   Criminal Justice before, on, or after the effective date of this   Act.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.