Sec. 662.001. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Part-time state employee" means a state employee who normally works fewer than 40 hours each week.
(2) "State agency" means a unit of state government, including a state board, commission, council, department, committee, agency, or office that was created by the constitution or a statute of this state and is in any branch of state government. The term does not include a local government, a river authority, a special district, any other political subdivision, or an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.
(3) "State employee" means an employee of a state agency or an appointed officer of a state agency whose office is not created by the state constitution. The term includes a part-time, hourly, or temporary state employee.
(4) "Workday" means a day on which a state employee is normally scheduled to work. The term does not include a national or state holiday.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 27, eff. June 19, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees
Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees
Chapter 662 - Holidays and Recognition Days, Weeks, and Months
Subchapter A. Holidays for State Employees
Section 662.002. Applicability to Employee of the House or Senate
Section 662.003. Dates and Descriptions of Holidays
Section 662.004. Minimum Number of Employees Needed to Conduct Business
Section 662.005. Entitlement to Paid Day Off
Section 662.006. Optional Holiday
Section 662.007. Compensatory Time
Section 662.0071. Transfers of Compensatory Time Balances
Section 662.0072. Transferring Employee: Payment for Holiday
Section 662.008. Part-Time State Employees
Section 662.009. Employee Working Other Than Monday Through Friday
Section 662.010. Holiday Before Work Begins or After Work Ends
Section 662.011. Holidays for Institutions of Higher Education