By Duncan S.B. No. 1624 75R6932 MLS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the use and management of the state employee sick leave 1-3 pool. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 661.005, Government Code, is amended to 1-6 read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 661.005. WITHDRAWAL OF TIME FROM POOL. (a) An 1-8 employee may apply to the pool administrator for permission to 1-9 withdraw time from the sick leave pool. 1-10 (b) If the employee is seeking permission to withdraw time 1-11 because of a catastrophic illness or injury, the employee must 1-12 provide the pool administrator with a written statement from the 1-13 licensed practitioner who is treating the employee or the 1-14 employee's immediate family member. The statement must provide 1-15 sufficient information regarding the illness or injury to enable 1-16 the pool administrator to evaluate the employee's eligibility. 1-17 (c) If the pool administrator determines that the employee 1-18 is eligible, the administrator shall: 1-19 (1) approve the transfer of time from the pool to the 1-20 employee; and 1-21 (2) credit the time to the employee. 1-22 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-23 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.