Tex. Gov't Code Section 662.004
Minimum Number of Employees Needed to Conduct Business

(a)

A state agency and an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 (Definitions), Education Code, shall have enough employees on duty during a state holiday to conduct the public business of the agency or institution.

(b)

This section does not apply to a state holiday that falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the Friday after Thanksgiving Day, or the 24th or 26th day of December.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 21, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Source: Section 662.004 — Minimum Number of Employees Needed to Conduct Business, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­662.­htm#662.­004 (accessed May 26, 2025).

662.001
Definitions 662.002
Applicability to Employee of the House or Senate 662.003
Dates and Descriptions of Holidays 662.004
Minimum Number of Employees Needed to Conduct Business 662.005
Entitlement to Paid Day Off 662.006
Optional Holiday 662.007
Compensatory Time 662.008
Part-time State Employees 662.009
Employee Working Other than Monday Through Friday 662.010
Holiday Before Work Begins or After Work Ends 662.011
Holidays for Institutions of Higher Education 662.012
Rules 662.013
Optional Holiday for Cesar Chavez Day 662.021
Dates of Holidays 662.022
Closure of Public Offices 662.023
Presentment, Notice of Dishonor, and Protest of Certain Commercial Paper 662.041
Sam Rayburn Day 662.042
Former Prisoners of War Recognition Day 662.043
International Trade Awareness Week 662.044
Columbus Day 662.045
Father of Texas Day 662.046
Texas Parents Day 662.048
Texas Flag Day 662.049
Public School Paraprofessional Day 662.050
Texas First Responders Day 662.051
Women’s Independence Day 662.052
Texian Navy Day 662.053
Volunteers for Democracy Day 662.054
Texas Adoption Day 662.055
Dr 662.056
American Indian Heritage Day 662.057
Texas Arbor Day 662.058
Vietnam Veterans Day 662.059
Influenza Awareness Day 662.060
Willie Velasquez Day 662.061
National Day of the Cowboy 662.062
Iwo Jima Day 662.063
Lung Cancer Awareness Day 662.064
Gold Star Mother’s Day 662.065
Women Veterans Day 662.066
Fallen Law Enforcement Officer Day 662.067
Law Enforcement Appreciation Day 662.068
Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day 662.069
Brave Day 662.070
Waxahachie Chautauqua Day 662.0071
Transfers of Compensatory Time Balances 662.071
Military Spouse Appreciation Day 662.072
Space Exploration Day 662.0072
Transferring Employee: Payment for Holiday 662.073
Texas Girls in Stem Day 662.074
Texas Firefighters Day 662.075
Sexual Assault Survivors Day 662.076
Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day 662.077
Master Sergeant Jonathan J 662.078
Blue Tie Day 662.079
International Holocaust Remembrance Day 662.080
Victims of Communism Day 662.081
Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Day 662.083
Buddy Check Day 662.084
Rosa Parks Day 662.085
Special Forces Day 662.101
Buffalo Soldiers Heritage Month 662.102
Texas History Month 662.103
Texas Fruit and Vegetable Month 662.104
Lung Cancer Awareness Month 662.105
Child Safety Month 662.106
Hydrocephalus Awareness Month 662.107
Human Trafficking Prevention Month 662.108
Minority Cancer Awareness Month 662.109
Persons with Disabilities History and Awareness Month 662.110
Postpartum Depression Awareness Month 662.111
Sexual Assault Awareness Month 662.112
Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month 662.113
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Awareness Month 662.114
Uterine Fibroids Awareness Month 662.115
Mental Health Condition and Substance Use Disorder Parity Awareness Month 662.116
Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month 662.151
Transportation Week 662.152
Obesity Awareness Week 662.153
Monarch Butterfly Week 662.154
Texas Native Plant Week 662.155
Jury Appreciation Week 662.156
Direct Support Professionals Week 662.157
Veterinary Technician Week
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Verified:
May 26, 2025

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