73R7365 MLR-F By Carter H.B. No. 2590 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to leave for police officers for purposes of pursuing an 1-3 education. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 142, Local Government Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Section 142.011 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 142.011. EDUCATIONAL LEAVE. (a) On written 1-8 application by a member of the police department, a municipality 1-9 may grant the person a leave of absence to enable the person to 1-10 enroll full-time in college to pursue a course of study related to 1-11 law enforcement or public safety. 1-12 (b) The person is entitled to continue receiving employee 1-13 benefits, including health and life insurance and accumulation of 1-14 retirement credit, while on leave under Subsection (a) if the 1-15 person pays both the person's and the municipality's share of the 1-16 cost of the benefits. 1-17 (c) On reinstatement, the person shall receive full 1-18 seniority credit for the time spent on leave under Subsection (a). 1-19 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-20 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.