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. |