Sec. 659.022. USE OF COMPENSATORY TIME BEFORE LAPSING. (a) If an employee of a state agency as defined by Section 658.001 who wishes to use accrued compensatory time that is subject to lapsing submits a written request for permission to use the accrued compensatory time to the employing state agency not later than the 90th day before the date on which the accrued compensatory time will lapse, the employing state agency shall:
(1) approve in writing the employee's request; or
(2) provide the employee with an alternate date on which the employee may use the compensatory time.
(b) The employee may request permission to use the accrued compensatory time within 90 days of the date on which it will lapse, and the employing agency is encouraged to reasonably accommodate the employee's use of the accrued compensatory time before it lapses.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees
Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees
Subchapter B. Salary Amounts; Overtime and Compensatory Time
Section 659.011. Salaries Set in Appropriations Act
Section 659.012. Judicial Salaries
Section 659.0125. Salary for District Judge or Retired Judge Presiding Over Multidistrict Litigation
Section 659.013. Statutory Salaries Suspended
Section 659.014. Suspended Laws Continued in Effect
Section 659.015. Overtime Compensation for Employees Subject to Fair Labor Standards Act
Section 659.0155. Payment to Employees of Texas Department of Criminal Justice for Overtime
Section 659.017. Overtime Compensation for Legislative Employees
Section 659.018. Compensatory Time: Place Where Work Performed
Section 659.019. Part-Time and Hourly Employment
Section 659.020. Salary Supplementation
Section 659.0201. Gifts, Grants, and Donations for Salary Supplement; Reporting
Section 659.021. Administrative Head of Agency
Section 659.022. Use of Compensatory Time Before Lapsing
Section 659.023. Compensatory Time Policy
Section 659.024. Compensatory Time for Persons Governing State Agencies