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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing the payment to employees of the Texas |
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Department of Criminal Justice for vacation leave. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 493.035 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 493.035. PAYMENT FOR VACATION LEAVE. (a) The |
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department may adopt a policy allowing department employees, one |
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time during a fiscal year, to elect to receive a lump-sum payment |
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for the employee's accumulated vacation leave in lieu of taking the |
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leave. |
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(b) The number of hours of accumulated vacation leave for |
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which an employee may be paid under a policy authorized by this |
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section may not exceed all of the employee's accumulated vacation |
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leave or 40 hours of accumulated vacation leave, whichever is less. |
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(c) If the department pays a department employee for the |
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employee's accumulated vacation leave under a policy authorized by |
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this section, the department shall: |
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(1) compute the amount of the payment by multiplying |
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the employee's hourly rate of compensation on the date the employee |
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notifies the department of an election by the number of hours of |
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accumulated vacation leave for which the employee elects to be |
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paid; and |
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(2) on making the payment, deduct the number of hours |
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for which the employee received payment from the employee's |
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accumulated vacation leave balance. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |