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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to injury leave and related benefits for certain state |
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peace officers injured in the course of performance of duty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 661.918(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) A peace officer to whom this section applies is entitled |
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to injury leave, without a deduction in salary, without being |
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required to use compensatory time off accrued under Chapter 659, |
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and without being required to use any other type of leave allowable |
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under this chapter, for an injury sustained due to [resulting from
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an assaultive offense under Chapter 22, Penal Code, to which the
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person is exposed because of] the nature of the officer's [person's] |
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duties and that occurs during the course of the officer's [person's] |
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performance of duty, except an officer is not entitled to injury |
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leave under this subsection if: |
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(1) the officer's own gross negligence contributed to |
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the officer's injury; or |
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(2) the injury was related to the performance of |
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routine office duties. [For the purposes of this section, the
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course of performance of a person's duty does not include
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transportation to or from the person's designated headquarters or
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the site of an assignment.] |
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SECTION 2. Section 661.918(b), Government Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies only to an injury that occurs on or after |
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January 1, 2009. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |