| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to allowing state employees and employees of a public |
|
|
junior college to receive payment for a portion of accrued vacation |
|
|
or sick leave at a discounted rate. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Chapter 661, Government Code, is amended by |
|
|
adding Subchapter H to read as follows: |
|
|
SUBCHAPTER H. PAYMENT FOR ACCRUED VACATION OR SICK LEAVE AT |
|
|
DISCOUNTED RATE |
|
|
Sec. 661.041. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: |
|
|
(1) "Governing body" includes a single statewide |
|
|
elected or appointed officer who heads a state agency. |
|
|
(2) "State agency" means a state board, commission, |
|
|
office, institution, or other agency in any branch of state |
|
|
government, including an institution of higher education as defined |
|
|
by Section 61.003, Education Code. The term includes a public |
|
|
junior college. |
|
|
(3) "State employee" means an employee of a state |
|
|
agency. |
|
|
Sec. 661.042. ACCRUED VACATION OR SICK LEAVE: VOLUNTARY |
|
|
PROGRAM FOR PAYMENT AT DISCOUNTED RATE. (a) The governing body of a |
|
|
state agency may institute a program under which an employee of the |
|
|
agency may voluntarily choose to receive payment for a portion of |
|
|
the employee's accrued vacation or sick leave at a discounted rate |
|
|
in lieu of taking the leave. |
|
|
(b) The governing body shall set the discount rate. On |
|
|
request the comptroller shall assist the governing body in |
|
|
determining an appropriate discount rate. |
|
|
(c) The governing body shall set a limit on the number of |
|
|
hours of vacation or sick leave for which an employee may receive a |
|
|
discounted payment and prescribe a minimum number of hours of |
|
|
vacation and sick leave that must remain accrued or be taken by the |
|
|
employee. |
|
|
(d) On receiving payment for a number of hours of accrued |
|
|
vacation or sick leave at a discounted rate, the number of hours for |
|
|
which the employee received a discounted payment are deducted from |
|
|
the applicable accrued leave balances. |
|
|
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |