By Bailey H.B. No. 2268 77R6923 QS-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to a minimum personal leave program for faculty members at 1-3 public institutions of higher education. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 51.961 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 51.961. MINIMUM PERSONAL LEAVE PROGRAM FOR HIGHER 1-8 EDUCATION FACULTY. (a) In this section: 1-9 (1) "Faculty member" has the meaning assigned by 1-10 Section 51.101. 1-11 (2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning 1-12 assigned by Section 61.003. 1-13 (b) Each institution of higher education shall adopt a 1-14 minimum personal leave program consisting of five days of personal 1-15 leave each academic year for faculty members. An institution of 1-16 higher education may provide additional personal leave to faculty 1-17 members under this section. 1-18 (c) The governing board of an institution of higher 1-19 education may adopt a policy regulating a faculty member's use of 1-20 personal leave granted under this section, provided that the policy 1-21 does not restrict the purposes for which the leave may be used. 1-22 (d) A faculty member may not carry forward from one academic 1-23 year to the next any unused accumulated personal leave granted 1-24 under this section. 2-1 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002 2-2 academic year. 2-3 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 2-4 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 2-5 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 2-6 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-7 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.