unused comp time rolls into vacation leave after 24 months

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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.