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                                                                  H.B. No. 89 




AN ACT

relating to a leave of absence for certain state employees who are 
donating an organ, bone marrow, or blood.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.   Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Sections 661.916 and 661.917 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.    
	Sec. 661.917.  DONATION OF BLOOD.  (a)  A state agency shall 
allow each agency employee sufficient time off, without a deduction 
in salary or accrued leave, to donate blood.
	(b)  An employee may not receive time off under this section 
unless the employee obtains approval from the employee's supervisor 
before taking time off.
	(c)  On returning to work after taking time off under this 
section, an employee shall provide the employee's supervisor with 
proof that the employee donated blood during the time off.  If an 
employee fails to provide proof that the employee donated blood 
during the time off, the state agency shall deduct the period for 
which the employee was granted time off from the employee's salary 
or accrued leave, whichever the employee chooses.
	(d)  An employee may receive time off under this section not 
more than four times in a fiscal year.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 89 was passed by the House on April 3, 
2003, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in Senate 
amendments to H.B. No. 89 on May 9, 2003, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	
I certify that H.B. No. 89 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on May 8, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                      Secretary of the Senate   



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              Governor