{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-142.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 142.012","heading":"OVERTIME COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES.","body":"(a) This section applies only to a municipality with a population of one million or more that has not adopted Chapter 143.\n(b) Subject to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), a municipality may but is not required to establish a system under which compensation is paid or compensatory time off is allowed for overtime worked by the following officers and employees of the municipality's police department:\n(1) a police officer who has a rank above the rank of captain and whose appointment to the officer's current rank was not based at least in part on the officer's performance on a competitive examination; or\n(2) a civilian who receives a salary greater than the lowest base salary that the municipality pays a captain and whose appointment to the civilian's current position was not based at least in part on the civilian's performance on a competitive examination.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 928, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 142. ASSISTANCE, BENEFITS, AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.142.htm#142.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"72d7bdcfb57257e812b998ececaa194d48c3ec66fcb2eb7f0a524715b8c837ea","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-142.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-142.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}