{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-411.016","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 411.016","heading":"COMPENSATORY TIME; OVERTIME PAY.","body":"(a) This section applies to an officer commissioned by the department who is not employed in a position that the director has declared to be administrative, executive, or professional.\n(b) If, during a 24-hour period, the total number of hours worked by a commissioned officer equals more than eight hours, the excess is overtime.\n(b-1) If, during a work week, the total number of hours worked by a commissioned officer equals more than 40 hours, the excess is overtime.\n(c) This section applies only to the computation of overtime entitlements and does not apply to the method of compensating a commissioned officer for working on regularly scheduled state holidays.\n(d) A commissioned officer may receive a supplement paid by the federal government earned while working on a project funded by the federal government, and that supplement may not be considered in determining a commissioned officer's entitlement under this section.\n(e) The department may compensate an officer commissioned by the department for the overtime earned by the officer by:\n(1) allowing or requiring the officer to take compensatory leave at the rate of 1-1/2 hours of leave for each hour of overtime earned; or\n(2) paying the officer for the overtime hours earned at the rate equal to 1-1/2 times the officer's regular hourly pay rate.\n(f) If a conflict exists between this section and Section 659.015, this section controls.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 293 (S.B. 297), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 293 (S.B. 297), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE B. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC PROTECTION","CHAPTER 411. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND ADMINISTRATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.411.htm#411.016","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"e1737a069f0b5ba1e4f47836b322c3d5041e59c68869cd743eb52f04bbbe840a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-411.015","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-411.0161"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}