By Truan S.B. No. 363 77R1736 MCK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to a leave of absence for certain state employees who are 1-3 donating an organ, bone marrow, or blood. 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 Sections 661.915 and 661.916 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 661.915. LEAVE FOR ORGAN OR BONE MARROW DONORS. (a) A 1-8 state employee is entitled to a leave of absence without a 1-9 deduction in salary for the time necessary to permit the employee 1-10 to serve as a bone-marrow or organ donor. 1-11 (b) The leave of absence provided by this section may not 1-12 exceed: 1-13 (1) five working days in a fiscal year to serve as a 1-14 bone-marrow donor; or 1-15 (2) 30 working days in a fiscal year to serve as an 1-16 organ donor. 1-17 Sec. 661.916. LEAVE FOR BLOOD DONATION. A state agency shall 1-18 allow each agency employee sufficient time off, without a deduction 1-19 in salary or accrued leave, to donate blood. An employee may 1-20 receive time off under this section not more than four times in a 1-21 fiscal year. 1-22 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.