Tex. Gov't Code § 659.017 · Subchapter B. SALARY AMOUNTS; OVERTIME AND COMPENSATORY TIME
OVERTIME COMPENSATION FOR LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Consistent with the requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), overtime pay and compensatory time off for employees of the legislative branch, including employees of the lieutenant governor, are determined:
(1) for employees of the house of representatives or the senate, by the presiding officer of the appropriate house of the legislature;
(2) for employees of an elected officeholder, by the employing officeholder; and
(3) for employees of a legislative agency, by the administrative head of the agency.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.659.htm
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- 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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