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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 83(R)

House Bill 2924

House Author:  Sheets et al.

Effective:  6-14-13

Senate Sponsor:  Davis et al.


            House Bill 2924 amends the Local Government Code to decrease from 12 continuous months to 3 continuous months the minimum period of active duty service as a member of the Texas National Guard or of the U.S. military reserves that is required for a firefighter or police officer to benefit from a municipality's military leave time account for the applicable department.  The bill removes as a condition for receiving such a benefit the exhaustion of the balance of the firefighter's or police officer's vacation, holiday, and compensatory leave time accumulations.