1-1 By: Carter (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister) H.B. No. 2590
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 1993;
1-3 May 4, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; May 20, 1993, reported favorably by
1-5 the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 1993, sent to
1-6 printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-9 Armbrister x
1-10 Leedom x
1-11 Carriker x
1-12 Henderson x
1-13 Madla x
1-14 Moncrief x
1-15 Patterson x
1-16 Rosson x
1-17 Shapiro x
1-18 Wentworth x
1-19 Whitmire x
1-20 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-21 AN ACT
1-22 relating to leave for police officers for purposes of pursuing an
1-23 education.
1-24 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-25 SECTION 1. Chapter 142, Local Government Code, is amended by
1-26 adding Section 142.011 to read as follows:
1-27 Sec. 142.011. EDUCATIONAL LEAVE. (a) On written
1-28 application by a member of the police department, a municipality
1-29 may grant the person a leave of absence to enable the person to
1-30 enroll full-time in college to pursue a course of study related to
1-31 law enforcement or public safety.
1-32 (b) The person is entitled to continue receiving employee
1-33 benefits, including health and life insurance and accumulation of
1-34 retirement credit, while on leave under Subsection (a) if the
1-35 person pays both the person's and the municipality's share of the
1-36 cost of the benefits.
1-37 (c) On reinstatement, the person shall receive full
1-38 seniority credit for the time spent on leave under Subsection (a).
1-39 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
1-40 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-41 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-42 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-43 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-44 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
1-45 * * * * *
1-46 Austin,
1-47 Texas
1-48 May 20, 1993
1-49 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-50 President of the Senate
1-51 Sir:
1-52 We, your Committee on Intergovernmental Relations to which was
1-53 referred H.B. No. 2590, have had the same under consideration, and
1-54 I am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the
1-55 recommendation that it do pass and be printed.
1-56 Armbrister,
1-57 Chairman
1-58 * * * * *
1-59 WITNESSES
1-60 FOR AGAINST ON
1-61 ___________________________________________________________________
1-62 Name: Jim Lyde x
1-63 Representing: Tx Municipal Polce Assoc.
1-64 City: Austin
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