Bill Text: TX HB1832 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to authorizing the payment to employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for vacation leave.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-05 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB1832 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1832-Engrossed.html
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| By: Kacal, Herrero, Morales of Maverick, | H.B. No. 1832 | |
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| relating to authorizing the payment to employees of the Texas | ||
| Department of Criminal Justice for vacation leave. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 493.035 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 493.035. PAYMENT FOR VACATION LEAVE. (a) The | ||
| department may adopt a policy allowing department employees, one | ||
| time during a fiscal year, to elect to receive a lump-sum payment | ||
| for the employee's accumulated vacation leave in lieu of taking the | ||
| leave. | ||
| (b) The number of hours of accumulated vacation leave for | ||
| which an employee may be paid under a policy authorized by this | ||
| section may not exceed all of the employee's accumulated vacation | ||
| leave or 40 hours of accumulated vacation leave, whichever is less. | ||
| (c) If the department pays a department employee for the | ||
| employee's accumulated vacation leave under a policy authorized by | ||
| this section, the department shall: | ||
| (1) compute the amount of the payment by multiplying | ||
| the employee's hourly rate of compensation on the date the employee | ||
| notifies the department of an election by the number of hours of | ||
| accumulated vacation leave for which the employee elects to be | ||
| paid; and | ||
| (2) on making the payment, deduct the number of hours | ||
| for which the employee received payment from the employee's | ||
| accumulated vacation leave balance. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
