Bill Text: TX SB442 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to leave for certain veterans returning to state employment.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-21 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB442 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB442-Engrossed.html
| By: Birdwell, Rodriguez | S.B. No. 442 | |
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| relating to leave for certain veterans returning to state | ||
| employment. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 661.920 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 661.920. LEAVE FOR REEMPLOYED VETERANS. A state | ||
| employee who is reemployed by a state agency after military service | ||
| as provided by Section 431.006 or Chapter 613 shall be granted leave | ||
| to tend to matters relating to the employee's military service or | ||
| reintegration into civilian life, including obtaining medical or | ||
| mental health care and receiving employee assistance counseling. | ||
| Leave under this section may not exceed 15 days without a deduction | ||
| in salary or loss of vacation time, sick leave, earned overtime | ||
| credit, or state compensatory time. Leave under this section may | ||
| not be used after the first anniversary of the date the employee is | ||
| reemployed by the state agency. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
