By Tillery H.B. No. 2126 77R4013 KSD-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the computation of the average weekly wage of a school 1-3 district employee. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 504, Labor Code, is amended 1-6 by adding Section 504.0025 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 504.0025. AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE; SCHOOL DISTRICT 1-8 EMPLOYEE. (a) Notwithstanding Section 504.002(6), Subchapter C, 1-9 Chapter 408, does not apply to the computation of the average 1-10 weekly wage of a school district employee. 1-11 (b) The average weekly wage of a school district employee is 1-12 computed on the basis of wages earned in a week rather than on the 1-13 basis of wages paid in a week. The wages earned in any given week 1-14 are equal to the amount that would be deducted from an employee's 1-15 salary if the employee were absent from work for one week and the 1-16 employee did not have personal leave available to compensate the 1-17 employee for lost wages. 1-18 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and 1-19 applies only to a claim for workers' compensation benefits based on 1-20 a compensable injury that occurs on or after that date. A claim 1-21 based on a compensable injury that occurs before the effective date 1-22 of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date that the 1-23 compensable injury occurred, and the former law is continued in 1-24 effect for that purpose.