1-1 By: Kuempel (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 1299
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
1-3 April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; May 4, 2001, reported favorably by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 4, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the pooling of sick leave by county employees.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. Section 157.073(a), Local Government Code, is
1-11 amended to read as follows:
1-12 (a) The commissioners court may adopt rules and prescribe
1-13 procedures and forms relating to the operation of the county sick
1-14 leave pool program. The commissioners court by rule may require an
1-15 employee to:
1-16 (1) enroll in the county sick leave pool as a
1-17 condition for eligibility under Section 157.075(a); and
1-18 (2) transfer at least one day of accrued sick leave
1-19 time or, if allowed under Section 157.072(b), accrued vacation
1-20 leave time earned by the employee as a condition of enrollment.
1-21 SECTION 2. Section 157.074, Local Government Code, is
1-22 amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-23 (c) An employee who is terminated or who resigns or retires
1-24 may donate not more than 10 days of accrued sick leave time or, if
1-25 allowed under Section 157.072(b), accrued vacation leave time
1-26 earned by the employee to take effect immediately before the
1-27 effective date of termination, resignation, or retirement.
1-28 SECTION 3. Section 157.075(a), Local Government Code, is
1-29 amended to read as follows:
1-30 (a) An employee is eligible to use time contributed to the
1-31 county sick leave pool if:[,]
1-32 (1) because of a catastrophic injury or illness, the
1-33 employee has exhausted all the accrued paid leave and compensatory
1-34 time to which the employee is otherwise entitled; and
1-35 (2) the employee is enrolled in the county sick leave
1-36 pool, if the commissioners court requires enrollment under Section
1-37 157.073(a).
1-38 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-39 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-40 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-41 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-42 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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