By Carter H.B. No. 2590 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to leave for peace 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 peace officer, a municipality may grant the peace 1-9 officer a leave of absence for the peace officer to enroll in a 1-10 college on a full-time basis to pursue an educational study plan 1-11 related to law enforcement of public safety. 1-12 (b) A municipality may not adopt a policy that denies 1-13 employee benefits, including health and life insurance plans, 1-14 promotional seniority, and accumulation of retirement credit, to a 1-15 peace officer on leave as provided by Subsection (a) if the peace 1-16 officer pays both the peace officer's and the municipality's share 1-17 of the cost of the benefits. 1-18 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-19 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.