HBA-CMT H.B. 2273 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2273
By: Davis, Yvonne
Urban Affairs
3/12/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, there is not a set maximum number of hours that a police officer
may be required to work in one calendar week.  The Local Government Code
only states that police officers may not work more hours in one week than
the majority of the other employees of a municipality who are not police
officers and firefighters.  House Bill 2273 establishes a specific number
of hours in a calendar week in which a police officer in certain
municipalities may be required to work. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 2273 amends the Local Government Code to provide that, except
for the event of an emergency or if a majority of police officers sign a
waiver, police officers in certain municipalities may not be required to
work more than 40 hours during a calendar week  The prohibition applies in
a municipality that has a population of more than one million, is not
subject to provisions pertaining to hours of labor and vacation of members
of fire and police departments in municipalities with populations of more
than 1.5 million,  and has not adopted The Fire and Police Employee
Relations Act. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.