By Moncrief S.B. No. 255 77R176 JRD-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to injury leave for certain state employees injured in the 1-3 course of performance of duty. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 661.915 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 661.915. INJURY LEAVE FOR CERTAIN STATE EMPLOYEES. (a) 1-8 In this section: 1-9 (1) "Custodial officer" has the meaning assigned by 1-10 Section 811.001. 1-11 (2) "Peace officer" means a person who is described by 1-12 Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure. 1-13 (b) A person appointed or employed as a peace officer by a 1-14 state agency, a custodial officer of the Board of Pardons and 1-15 Paroles or the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, or an 1-16 investigatory employee of the Department of Protective and 1-17 Regulatory Services is entitled to injury leave, without a 1-18 deduction in salary, without being required to use compensatory 1-19 time off accrued under Chapter 659, and without being required to 1-20 use any other type of leave allowable under this chapter, for an 1-21 injury that occurs during the course of the person's performance of 1-22 duty and results directly from a risk or hazard to which the person 1-23 is exposed because of the nature of the person's duties. For the 1-24 purposes of this section, the course of performance of a person's 2-1 duty does not include transportation to or from the person's 2-2 designated headquarters or the site of an assignment. 2-3 (c) To be eligible for injury leave under this section, a 2-4 person must submit to the person's employer evidence of a medical 2-5 examination and a recommendation for a specific period of leave 2-6 from a physician licensed to practice in this state. 2-7 (d) The maximum amount of leave available under this section 2-8 for all injuries occurring at one time is one year. 2-9 (e) A person may simultaneously be on injury leave under 2-10 this section and receive workers' compensation benefits under Title 2-11 5, Labor Code, but is not eligible for disability retirement 2-12 benefits under Chapter 814 during the leave period. 2-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and 2-14 applies only to an injury that occurs on or after that date.