By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 311

(In the Senate - Filed January 24, 2007; February 14, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations; March 12, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; March 12, 2007, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 311 By: Van de Putte

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to reemployment rights of certain members of the National Guard.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 431.006, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) A private employer may not terminate the employment of a permanent employee who is a member of the state military forces of this state or any other state because the employee is ordered to authorized training or duty by proper authority. The employee is entitled to return to the same employment held when ordered to training or duty and may not be subjected to loss of time, efficiency rating, vacation time, or any benefit of employment during or because of the absence. The employee, as soon as practicable after release from duty, must give written or actual notice of intent to return to employment.

SECTION 2. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the legislative session.

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