Sec. 411.0161. DONATION OF ACCRUED COMPENSATORY TIME OR ACCRUED ANNUAL LEAVE FOR LEGISLATIVE PURPOSES. (a) The director shall allow a department employee to voluntarily transfer to a legislative leave pool up to eight hours of compensatory time or annual leave per year earned by the employee.
(b) The director or designee shall administer the legislative leave pool.
(c) The Public Safety Commission shall adopt rules and prescribe procedures relating to the operation of the legislative leave pool.
(d) The director or designee shall credit the legislative leave pool with the amount of time contributed by an employee and deduct a corresponding amount of time from the employee's earned compensatory time or annual leave as if the employee had used the time for personal purposes.
(e) An employee is entitled to use time contributed to the legislative leave pool if the employee uses the time for legislative leave on behalf of a law enforcement association of at least 1,000 active or retired members governed by a board of directors.
(f) The director of the pool administrator shall transfer time from the pool to the employee and credit the time to the employee.
(g) An employee may only withdraw time from the legislative leave pool in coordination and with the consent of the president or designee of the law enforcement association described in Subsection (e), and may not draw more than 80 hours of time from the pool in a 160-hours work cycle with the maximum time taken not to exceed 480 hours per fiscal year.
(h) In addition to Subsection (g), the use of any time from the legislative leave pool must also be in accordance with rules adopted by the Public Safety Commission.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1146 (H.B. 2730), Sec. 6.02, eff. September 1, 2009.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - Law Enforcement and Public Protection
Chapter 411 - Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas
Subchapter A. General Provisions and Administration
Section 411.002. Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas
Section 411.003. Public Safety Commission
Section 411.0031. Training for Commission Members
Section 411.0035. Member and General Counsel Restriction
Section 411.0036. Removal of Commission Member
Section 411.004. Duties and Powers of Commission
Section 411.0041. Open Meetings Exception: Criminal Investigations
Section 411.0042. Division of Responsibilities
Section 411.0043. Technology Policy; Review
Section 411.0044. Negotiated Rulemaking and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Section 411.0045. Physical Fitness Programs
Section 411.005. Director, Deputy Directors, and Assistant Directors
Section 411.006. Duties of Director
Section 411.007. Officers and Employees
Section 411.0071. Direct Appointment to Management Team Positions by Director
Section 411.0073. Mediation of Personnel Disputes
Section 411.0074. Polygraph Examinations for Certain Applicants
Section 411.00741. Polygraph Examinations for Certain Officers and Employees
Section 411.0075. Personnel Policies
Section 411.00755. Personnel Records of Commissioned Officers
Section 411.0076. Minority Recruiting
Section 411.0077. Limitation on Restrictions on Certain Off-Duty Activities
Section 411.0078. Use of Uniform While Performing Certain Off-Duty Activities
Section 411.0079. Working Conditions for Certain Pregnant Officers
Section 411.008. District Headquarters
Section 411.0085. Driver's License Facilities: Personnel
Section 411.009. Local Cooperation
Section 411.0091. Sex Offender Compliance Unit
Section 411.0095. Vehicle Theft Checkpoints at Border Crossing
Section 411.0097. Transportation and Inspections Meeting With Representatives of Mexican States
Section 411.0097. Multicounty Drug Task Forces
Section 411.0098. Coordination With Department of Transportation
Section 411.0099. Needs Assessment for Enforcement of Commercial Motor Vehicle Rules
Section 411.010. Assistance of State Agencies
Section 411.011. Assistance of State Educational Institutions
Section 411.0111. Provision of Certain Information to Comptroller
Section 411.012. Command by Governor
Section 411.013. Expenditures, Donations, and Appropriations
Section 411.0131. Use of Seized and Forfeited Assets
Section 411.0132. Use of Funds to Support Certain Persons
Section 411.0135. Method of Payment of Fees and Charges
Section 411.014. Buildings and Equipment
Section 411.0141. Multiuse Training and Operations Center Facility
Section 411.016. Compensatory Time; Overtime Pay
Section 411.0162. Salaries for Certain Troopers
Section 411.0163. Hiring Officers With Previous Law Enforcement Experience
Section 411.0164. 50-Hour Workweek for Commissioned Officers
Section 411.0165. Veteran Applicants for Trooper Training
Section 411.017. Unauthorized Acts Involving Department Name, Insignia, or Division Name
Section 411.018. Hazardous Materials
Section 411.019. Toll-Free Number
Section 411.0195. Public Complaints
Section 411.0196. Access to Programs
Section 411.020. Purchase of Firearm From Department by Officer
Section 411.0201. Reproduction of Records
Section 411.0202. Disposal of Records
Section 411.0206. Abatement or Deferral for Victims of Identity Theft
Section 411.0207. Public Corruption Unit
Section 411.0208. Reserve Officer Corps
Section 411.0209. Department Assistance at International Border Checkpoints
Section 411.02095. Statewide Program for the Prevention and Detection of Certain Criminal Offenses
Section 411.02096. Report Regarding Certain Firearm Statistics