By Capelo                                             H.B. No. 3603
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to paid leave for peace officers and firefighters in
 1-3     certain municipalities who are injured in the line of duty.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 143.073(b), Local Government Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (b)  At the end of the one-year period, the municipality's
 1-8     governing body may extend the line of duty illness or injury leave
 1-9     at full or reduced pay.  If the fire fighter's or police officer's
1-10     leave is not extended or the person's salary is reduced below 60
1-11     percent of the person's regular monthly salary, and the person is a
1-12     member of a [municipality has a fire fighter's or police officer's]
1-13     pension fund, the person may retire on pension until able to return
1-14     to duty.
1-15           SECTION 2. (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-16           (b)  The change in law made by this Act applies to a leave of
1-17     absence that begins or is in progress on or after the effective
1-18     date of this Act.