78R6078 MCK-D


By:  McClendon, Menendez, Naishtat,                               H.B. No. 89 
 
    Jones of Bexar, Crownover, et al.                                        

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a leave of absence for certain state employees who are donating an organ or bone marrow. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 661.916 to read as follows: Sec. 661.916. LEAVE FOR ORGAN OR BONE MARROW DONORS. (a) A state employee is entitled to a leave of absence without a deduction in salary for the time necessary to permit the employee to serve as a bone marrow or organ donor. (b) The leave of absence provided by this section may not exceed: (1) five working days in a fiscal year to serve as a bone marrow donor; or (2) 30 working days in a fiscal year to serve as an organ donor. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.