Bill Text: TX HB1589 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 1589 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to paid leave for public officers and employees engaged in certain military service.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB1589 Detail]

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	By: Davis, Burrows, Guillen	H.B. No. 1589
	(Senate Sponsor - Menéndez)
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 12, 2021;
	May 6, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
	Commerce; May 20, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 2021, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT

	relating to paid leave for public officers and employees engaged in
	certain military service.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 437.202, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1) In addition to the leave provided under Subsection
	(a), a person described by Subsection (a) called to state active
	duty by the governor or another appropriate authority in response
	to a disaster is entitled to a paid leave of absence from the
	person's duties for each day the person is called to active duty
	during the disaster, not to exceed seven workdays in a fiscal year.
	During a leave of absence under this subsection, the person may not
	be subjected to loss of time, efficiency rating, personal time,
	sick leave, or vacation time. For purposes of this subsection,
	"disaster" has the meaning assigned by Section 418.004.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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