By Gallego H.B. No. 569
77R2074 BDH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to administrative approval of state employee contributions
1-3 to the sick leave pool.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 661.003, Government Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 661.003. CONTRIBUTION TO POOL. (a) An [To contribute
1-8 to the sick leave pool, an employee must apply to the pool
1-9 administrator in the manner prescribed by the governing body of the
1-10 state agency.]
1-11 [(b) On approval by the pool administrator, an] employee may
1-12 contribute to the sick leave pool one or more days of the
1-13 employee's accrued sick leave.
1-14 (b) [(c)] The pool administrator shall credit the sick leave
1-15 pool with the amount of time contributed by an employee and deduct
1-16 a corresponding amount of time from the employee's earned sick
1-17 leave as if the employee had used the time for personal purposes.
1-18 (c) [(d)] A retiring employee may designate the number of
1-19 the retiring employee's accrued sick leave hours to be used for
1-20 retirement credit and the number of the retiring employee's accrued
1-21 sick leave hours to be donated on retirement to the sick leave
1-22 pool.
1-23 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.