By Zaffirini S.B. No. 549
77R4103 PAM-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the pooling of sick leave by county employees.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 157.073(a), Local Government Code, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 (a) The commissioners court may adopt rules and prescribe
1-7 procedures and forms relating to the operation of the county sick
1-8 leave pool program. The commissioners court by rule may require an
1-9 employee to:
1-10 (1) enroll in the county sick leave pool as a
1-11 condition for eligibility under Section 157.075(a); and
1-12 (2) transfer at least one day of accrued sick leave
1-13 time or, if allowed under Section 157.072(b), accrued vacation
1-14 leave time earned by the employee as a condition of enrollment.
1-15 SECTION 2. Section 157.074, Local Government Code, is
1-16 amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-17 (c) An employee who is terminated or who resigns or retires
1-18 may donate not more than 10 days of accrued sick leave time or, if
1-19 allowed under Section 157.072(b), accrued vacation leave time
1-20 earned by the employee to take effect immediately before the
1-21 effective date of termination, resignation, or retirement.
1-22 SECTION 3. Section 157.075(a), Local Government Code, is
1-23 amended to read as follows:
1-24 (a) An employee is eligible to use time contributed to the
2-1 county sick leave pool if:[,]
2-2 (1) because of a catastrophic injury or illness, the
2-3 employee has exhausted all the accrued paid leave and compensatory
2-4 time to which the employee is otherwise entitled; and
2-5 (2) the employee is enrolled in the county sick leave
2-6 pool, if the commissioners court requires enrollment under Section
2-7 157.073(a).
2-8 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-9 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-10 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-11 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-12 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.