By Bailey H.B. No. 1530 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the accumulation and valuation of sick leave by certain 1-3 firefighters and police officers. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 143.116(d) and (e), Local Government 1-6 Code, are amended to read as follows: 1-7 (d) Each fire fighter or police officer hired before 1-8 September 1, 1985, may select coverage under the municipal 1-9 ordinance governing sick leave benefits and policy for the 1-10 municipal employees who are not subject to this chapter. This 1-11 option is a onetime only option that expires on December 31 of the 1-12 year in which this section takes effect in that municipality. A 1-13 fire fighter or police officer who selected coverage under the 1-14 municipal ordinance governing sick leave benefits and policy is 1-15 entitled after August 31, 2001, to accumulate without limit sick 1-16 leave valued at the fire fighter's or police officer's average 1-17 salary in the fiscal year in which the sick leave was accumulated. 1-18 Any accumulated sick leave to which a fire fighter or police 1-19 officer is entitled on August 31, 2001, under the municipal 1-20 ordinance governing sick leave benefits will be retained and 1-21 governed by Subsection (c). 1-22 (e) The sick leave of a fire fighter or police officer who 2-1 becomes a member of the fire or police department on or after 2-2 September 1, 1985, is covered by the municipal ordinance governing 2-3 sick leave benefits and policy for the municipal employees who are 2-4 not subject to this chapter, except that after August 31, 2001, a 2-5 fire fighter or police officer is entitled to accumulate without 2-6 limit sick leave valued at the fire fighter's or police officer's 2-7 average salary in the fiscal year in which the sick leave was 2-8 accumulated. Any accumulated sick leave to which a fire fighter or 2-9 police officer is entitled on August 31, 2001, under the municipal 2-10 ordinance governing sick leave benefits will be retained and 2-11 governed by Subsection (c). 2-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.