Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2400 amends a Local Government Code chapter applicable to a municipality of population 10,000 or more that has paid fire and police departments, if it has adopted the chapter or the law the chapter codifies. The bill requires the municipality to continue existing insurance and benefits coverage for a fire fighter or police officer who is called to active military duty. The bill also requires the municipality to establish a military leave account for each of the two departments. Fellow fire fighters or police officers may donate vacation, holiday, sick, or compensatory leave to the account, and the donated leave must be distributed on an equal basis to all eligible beneficiaries. Fellow fire fighters or police officers also may voluntarily substitute for a reservist or National Guard member from their department who is called to active federal military duty for a period expected to last 12 months or longer. If continuous service on such active duty has reached that duration and the mobilized reservist or National Guard member has exhausted all leave, he or she becomes an eligible beneficiary for distributions from the military leave time account.