1-1 By: Brown S.B. No. 936
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 1993; March 15, 1993, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Education; March 31, 1993,
1-4 reported favorably, as amended, by the following vote: Yeas 10,
1-5 Nays 0; March 31, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Ratliff x
1-9 Haley x
1-10 Barrientos x
1-11 Bivins x
1-12 Harris of Tarrant x
1-13 Luna x
1-14 Montford x
1-15 Shapiro x
1-16 Sibley x
1-17 Turner x
1-18 Zaffirini x
1-19 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Ratliff
1-20 Amend S.B. No. 936 as follows:
1-21 (1) In Section 13.904(f), SECTION 1, after the phrase,
1-22 "provision of law," insert "assault".
1-23 (2) In Section 13.904(f), SECTION 1, after the phrase, "will
1-24 equal 100 percent of the employee's" delete "daily" and insert
1-25 "weekly".
1-26 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-27 AN ACT
1-28 relating to the coordination of leave policies and workers'
1-29 compensation for school employees.
1-30 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-31 SECTION 1. Subsection (f), Section 13.904, Education Code,
1-32 is amended to read as follows:
1-33 (f) In addition to all other days of leave provided by this
1-34 section or by the school district, an employee of a school district
1-35 who is physically assaulted during the performance of his regular
1-36 duties is entitled to the number of days of leave necessary to
1-37 recuperate from all physical injuries sustained as a result of the
1-38 assault. Days of leave taken under this subsection may not be
1-39 deducted from accrued sick leave. The period provided in this
1-40 subsection shall not extend more than two years beyond the date of
1-41 the assault. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, leave
1-42 policy benefits due to an employee will be coordinated with
1-43 benefits due from workers' compensation in order that the
1-44 employee's total compensation will equal 100 percent of the
1-45 employee's daily rate of pay.
1-46 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-47 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-48 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-49 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-50 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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1-52 Austin,
1-53 Texas
1-54 March 31, 1993
1-55 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-56 President of the Senate
1-57 Sir:
1-58 We, your Committee on Education to which was referred S.B. No. 936,
1-59 have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to
1-60 report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
1-61 pass, as amended, and be printed.
1-62 Ratliff,
1-63 Chairman
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1-65 WITNESSES
1-66 FOR AGAINST ON
1-67 ___________________________________________________________________
1-68 Name: Dave Duty x
2-1 Representing: Austin ISD
2-2 City: Austin
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2-4 Name: Bill Carpenter x
2-5 Representing: Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
2-6 City: Houston
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2-8 Name: Larry Yawn x
2-9 Representing: Houston I.S.D.
2-10 City: Houston
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2-12 Name: Walter Hinojosa x
2-13 Representing: Texas Federation of Teachers
2-14 City: Austin
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