7-4-2509. Sheriff's office -- work period in lieu of workweek -- overtime compensation. (1) (a) A sheriff's office may establish a work period other than the workweek provided in 39-3-405 or 7-32-2111 for determining when an employee may be paid overtime.
     (b) The aggregate of all work periods in a year, when expressed in hours, may not exceed 2,080 hours.
     (2) The board of county commissioners may by resolution establish that any undersheriff or deputy sheriff who works in excess of the regularly scheduled work period will be compensated for the hours worked in excess of the work period at a rate to be determined by that board of county commissioners.

     History: En. Secs. 3, 4, Ch. 603, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 36, L. 2005.