Bill Text: TX SB1737 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
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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-Engrossed.html
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-Engrossed.html
By: Van de Putte | S.B. No. 1737 |
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relating to accrual and use of leave of absence for certain training | ||
or duty, including military training or duty, by public employees | ||
and officers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 431.005, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (a-1) and | ||
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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. | ||
(a-1) An officer or employee of the state is entitled to | ||
carry forward from one federal fiscal year to the next the net | ||
balance of unused accumulated leave under Subsection (a) that 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 federal active duty for the | ||
purpose of providing assistance to civil authorities in a declared | ||
emergency or for training for that 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. | ||
(c) The duty or training under Subsection (b) does not | ||
include duty or training carried out under Section 431.005(a). | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |