Bill Text: TX SB1599 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the donation of sick leave by state employees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-23 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1599 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1599-Introduced.html
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| By: Kolkhorst | S.B. No. 1599 | |
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| relating to the donation of sick leave by state employees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 661, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 661.207 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 661.207. DONATION OF SICK LEAVE. (a) An employee may | ||
| donate any amount of the employee's accrued sick leave to another | ||
| employee who: | ||
| (1) is employed in the same state agency as the donor | ||
| employee; and | ||
| (2) has exhausted the employee's sick leave, including | ||
| any time the individual may be eligible to withdraw from a sick | ||
| leave pool. | ||
| (b) An employee may not provide or receive remuneration or a | ||
| gift in exchange for a sick leave donation under this section. | ||
| (c) In this section, "employee" and "state agency" have the | ||
| meanings assigned by Section 661.001. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
