{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-658.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 658.002","heading":"WORK HOURS REQUIRED FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES.","body":"(a) A state employee paid a full-time salary shall work not less than 40 hours a week.\n(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.\n(c) This section does not apply to a houseparent who is employed by and lives at a Texas Juvenile Justice Department facility.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 102, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 6. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE B. STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 658. HOURS OF LABOR"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.658.htm#658.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"cb95b2f1157e42b80e990e1ae934b8365baa63b3d1749d256092e9b85baf6ca1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-658.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-658.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}