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79R599 SLO-D

By:  Dutton                                                       H.B. No. 453



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the use of personal leave by a public school employee.            
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 22.003, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
	(f)  A public school employee who retains any sick leave 
accumulated under former Section 13.904(a), as that section existed 
on January 1, 1995, is entitled to use the sick leave provided under 
that section or the personal leave provided under Subsection (a) in 
any order to the extent that the leave the employee uses is 
appropriate to the purpose of the leave.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2005-2006 
school year.       
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.