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	Amend CSSB 11 by adding a new appropriately numbered SECTION 
to read as follows:
	SECTION ____. Section 431.005, Government Code is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 431.005. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND 
EMPLOYEES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person who is 
an officer or employee of the state, a municipality, a county, or 
another political subdivision of the state and who is a member of 
the state military forces, or a reserve component of the armed 
forces or a member of a state or federally authorized Urban Search 
and Rescue Team is entitled to a paid leave of absence from the 
person's duties on a day on which the person is engaged in 
authorized training or duty ordered or authorized by proper 
authority for not more than 15 workdays in a federal fiscal year. 
During a leave of absence the person may not be subjected to loss of 
time, efficiency rating, personal time, sick leave, or vacation 
time.
	(b) A member of the legislature is entitled to pay for all 
days that the member is absent from a session of the legislature and 
engaged in training and duty as provided by Subsection (a).
	(c) A state employee who is a member of the state military 
Forces, or a reserve component of the armed forces or a member of 
state or federally authorized Urban Search and Rescue Team and who 
is ordered to duty by proper authority is entitled, when relieved 
from duty, to be restored to the position that the employee held 
when ordered to duty.