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. 1-28 * * * * *