1-1     By:  Danburg (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini)             H.B. No. 2260
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2001;
 1-3     May 10, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by
 1-5     the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to
 1-6     printer.)
 1-7                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-8                                   AN ACT
 1-9     relating to accommodations and work assignments for certain
1-10     pregnant municipal and county employees.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1. Chapter 180, Local Government Code, is amended by
1-13     adding Section 180.004 to read as follows:
1-14           Sec. 180.004.  WORKING CONDITIONS FOR PREGNANT EMPLOYEES.
1-15     (a)  In this section, "office" means a municipal or county office,
1-16     department, division, program, commission, bureau, board,
1-17     committee, or similar entity.
1-18           (b)  A municipality or a county shall make a reasonable
1-19     effort to accommodate an employee of the municipality or county who
1-20     is determined by a physician to be partially physically restricted
1-21     by a pregnancy.
1-22           (c)  If the physician of a municipal or county employee
1-23     certifies that the employee is unable to perform the duties of the
1-24     employee's permanent work assignment as a result of the employee's
1-25     pregnancy and if a temporary work assignment that the employee may
1-26     perform is available in the same office, the office supervisor who
1-27     is responsible for personnel decisions shall assign the employee to
1-28     the temporary work assignment.
1-29           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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