HBA-MPM H.B. 269 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 269 By: Flores Public Education 4/28/1999 Committee Report (Amended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, school districts are not required to pay employees at the normal rate of pay for time spent replying to a jury summons or valid subpoena. H.B. 269 prohibits a school district from penalizing or discriminating against an employee who complies with a jury summons. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Education Code, by adding Section 22.006, as follows: Sec. 22.006. DISCRIMINATION BASED ON JURY SERVICE PROHIBITED. (a) Prohibits a school district from discharging, disciplining, reducing the compensation of, or penalizing or discriminating against a school district employee because the employee complies with a summons to serve on a jury. (b) Requires a school district to pay an employee who is serving in any phase of jury service compensation for each regularly scheduled workday at the daily rate of an employee on salary, or otherwise at the employee's normal daily compensation. (c) Establishes that an employee's accumulated personal leave time may not be reduced because the employee serves on a jury. SECTION 2. Makes application of this Act prospective beginning with the 1999-2000 school year. SECTION 3. Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage. EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENTS Committee Amendment #1: Amends SECTION 1 (proposed Section 22.006(a), Education Code), to prohibit a school district from reducing the salary of, rather than compensation of, a school district employee because of the employee's compliance with a summons to appear as a juror. Replaces proposed Section 22.006(b), Education Code, with the following: (b) Requires a school district to pay an employee the employee's normal daily compensation for each regularly scheduled workday on which a non-salaried employee serves in any phase of jury service.