Bill Text: TX SB44 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to leave for state employees who are volunteers of certain disaster relief organizations.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2021-05-24 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB44 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB44-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 44

AN ACT
relating to leave for state employees who are volunteers of certain
disaster relief organizations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 661.9075 to read as follows:
Sec. 661.9075. VOLUNTEERS OF TEXAS VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS
ACTIVE IN DISASTER. (a) A state employee who is a volunteer of an
organization that is a member of the Texas Voluntary Organizations
Active in Disaster may be granted leave to participate in disaster
relief services without a deduction in salary or loss of vacation
time, sick leave, earned overtime credit, or state compensatory
time if:
(1) the employee's supervisor authorizes the leave;
(2) the services in which the employee participates
are provided for a state of disaster declared by the governor under
Chapter 418; and
(3) the executive director of the employee's state
agency approves the leave.
(b) Leave granted to a state employee under Subsection (a)
may not exceed 10 days each fiscal year.
SECTION 2. Section 661.907, Government Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 44 passed the Senate on
April 12, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 10, 2021, by the
following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 2.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 44 passed the House, with
amendment, on April 23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 145,
Nays 1, two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor