1-1     By:  Uher (Senate Sponsor - Madla)                    H.B. No. 2874
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
 1-3     April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; May 4, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 4, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the withdrawal of time by a county employee from the
 1-9     county sick leave pool.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 157.075(c), Local Government Code, is
1-12     amended to read as follows:
1-13           (c)  An eligible employee may not use time in the county sick
1-14     leave pool in an amount that exceeds the lesser of one-third of the
1-15     total amount of time in the pool or 180 [90] days.  The
1-16     administrator shall determine the exact amount that an eligible
1-17     employee may use.
1-18           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-19     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-20     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-21     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-22     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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