BWH S.B. 660 75(R)BILL ANALYSIS


COUNTY AFFAIRS
S.B. 660
By: Luna, Gregory (Longoria)
5-12-97
Committee Report (Unamended)


BACKGROUND 

Currently, the County Sick Leave Pool Program, created during the 74th
Legislative Session, allows an employee to transfer between one and three
days of accrued sick leave time or vacation leave time to the county sick
leave pool in a certain county.  Bexar County commissioners speculated as
to whether or not there was a need to clarify the application of the
county sick leave pool program. Minor clarification could assist counties
in more effectively and efficiently administering the program.  S.B. 660
would clarify application of the County Sick Leave Pool Program in order
to assist counties in administering the program most effectively. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 660 outlines provisions regarding the operation of a
county sick leave pool program. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or
institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 157.071(2), Local Government Code, to redefine
"employee." 

SECTION 2. Amends Section 157.074(b), Local Government Code, to authorize
an employee to transfer to the county sick leave pool not less than one
day or more than five, rather than three, days of accrued sick leave time
or vacation leave time in a county operating under Section 157.072(b),
earned by the employee in a fiscal year. 

SECTION 3. Amends Section 157.075(a), Local Government Code, to provide
that an employee is eligible to use time contributed to the county sick
leave pool if, because of a catastrophic injury or illness, rather than
because of the injury or illness or because of a previous donation of sick
leave time to the pool, the employee has exhausted all the accrued paid
leave and compensatory, rather than sick leave, time to which the employee
is otherwise entitled. 

SECTION 4. Effective date: September 1, 1997.

SECTION 5. Emergency clause.