Amend SB 525 on third reading, in SECTION 1 of the bill, by
striking Subsection (a), Section 431.006, Government Code (house
committee report, page 1, lines 7-16), and substituting the
following:
      (a)  A private employer may not terminate the employment of a
permanent employee who is a member of the state military forces
because the employee is ordered to authorized training or <active>
duty by proper authority <during an emergency within the state>.
The employee is entitled to return to the same employment held when
ordered to training or <active> duty and may not be subjected to
loss of time, efficiency rating, vacation time, or any benefit of
employment during or because of the absence.  The employee, as soon
as practicable after release from duty, must give written or actual
notice of intent to return to employment.  This subsection does not
require a private employer to pay the regular wage of an employee
during the period that the employee is absent from work to
participate in authorized training or duty.