Bill Text: TX SB1737 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to accrual and use of leave of absence for certain training or duty, including military training or duty, by public employees and officers.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB1737 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB1737-Introduced.html

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By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 1737

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use and accrual of leaves of absence for military
training or duty for officers and employees of the state
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a) of Section 431.005, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 431.005. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND
EMPLOYEES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person who
is an officer or employee of the state, a municipality, a county, or
another political subdivision of the state and who is a member of
the state military forces, a reserve component of the armed forces,
or a member of a state or federally authorized Urban Search and
Rescue Team is entitled to a paid leave of absence from the person's
duties on a day on which the person is engaged in authorized
training or duty ordered or authorized by proper authority for not
more than 15 workdays in a federal fiscal year. During a leave of
absence the person may not be subjected to loss of time, efficiency
rating, personal time, sick leave, or vacation time. To the extent
a person who is an officer or employee of the state does not use the
maximum leave of absence provided under this subsection in a
federal fiscal year, it may be used and carried forward in a
succeeding fiscal year, provided the maximum hours carried forward
from one fiscal year to the next does not exceed 45 workdays.
SECTION 2. Section 431.0825, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 431.0825. EMPLOYEES IN NATIONAL GUARD; EMERGENCY
LEAVE. (a) A state employee called to state active duty as a
member of the state military forces by the governor is entitled to
receive paid emergency leave without loss of military leave under
Section 431.005(a) or annual leave.
(b) A state employee called to active duty for the purpose
of providing assistance to civil authorities, or training for this
purpose, is entitled to receive paid emergency leave for not more
than 22 workdays without loss of military leave under Section
431.005(a) or annual leave.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.