By Danburg                                            H.B. No. 2260
         77R10491 SMJ-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to accommodations and work assignments for certain
 1-3     pregnant municipal and county employees.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Chapter 180, Local Government Code, is amended by
 1-6     adding Section 180.004 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 180.004.  WORKING CONDITIONS FOR PREGNANT EMPLOYEES.
 1-8     (a)  In this section, "office" means a municipal or county office,
 1-9     department, division, program, commission, bureau, board,
1-10     committee, or similar entity.
1-11           (b)  A municipality or a county shall make a reasonable
1-12     effort to accommodate an employee of the municipality or county who
1-13     is determined by a physician to be partially physically restricted
1-14     by a pregnancy.
1-15           (c)  If the physician of a municipal or county employee
1-16     certifies that the employee is unable to perform the duties of the
1-17     employee's permanent work assignment as a result of the employee's
1-18     pregnancy and if a temporary work assignment that the employee may
1-19     perform is available in the same office, the office supervisor who
1-20     is responsible for personnel decisions shall assign the employee to
1-21     the temporary work assignment.
1-22           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.