By Uher                                               H.B. No. 2874
         77R9156 PAM-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the withdrawal of time by a county employee from the
 1-3     county sick leave pool.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 157.075(c), Local Government Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (c)  An eligible employee may not use time in the county sick
 1-8     leave pool in an amount that exceeds the lesser of one-third of the
 1-9     total amount of time in the pool or 180 [90] days.  The
1-10     administrator shall determine the exact amount that an eligible
1-11     employee may use.
1-12           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-13     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-14     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-15     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-16     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.