Tex. Gov't Code § 658.002 · Chapter 658. HOURS OF LABOR
WORK HOURS REQUIRED FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A state employee paid a full-time salary shall work not less than 40 hours a week.
(b) The chief administrator of a state agency that must maintain certain services 24 hours a day may require essential employees who perform those services to be on duty for a workweek that exceeds 40 hours in necessary or emergency situations.
(c) This section does not apply to a houseparent who is employed by and lives at a Texas Juvenile Justice Department facility.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 102, eff. September 1, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.658.htm
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- sha256 3ff859f5b9507c93549ea0f9c3626c54ac6a530cc0b02aaf137e084554856642
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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