1-1     By:  Wentworth                                        S.B. No. 1278
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 1999; March 11, 1999, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
 1-4     April 21, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 8,
 1-5     Nays 0; April 21, 1999, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the use of leave by a state employee who is a reserve
 1-9     peace officer to attend peace officer training.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 661, Government Code, is
1-12     amended by adding Section 661.152 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 661.152.  LEAVE FOR RESERVE PEACE OFFICERS.  (a)  This
1-14     section applies only to a state employee who serves as a reserve
1-15     peace officer.
1-16           (b)  A person to whom this section applies is entitled to an
1-17     administrative leave of absence from work as a state employee
1-18     without loss of compensation or risk of termination for the hours
1-19     during which the employee receives necessary peace officer
1-20     training.  The amount of administrative leave taken under this
1-21     section may not exceed 80 hours in a state fiscal year.
1-22           (c)  An employee shall give reasonable advance notice of the
1-23     employee's intention to use the administrative leave to attend
1-24     necessary peace officer training.
1-25           (d)  The state agency that employs a person who requests
1-26     administrative leave under this section shall verify the person's
1-27     eligibility to take the leave.
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