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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use and accrual of leaves of absence for military |
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training or duty for officers and employees of the state |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a) of Section 431.005, Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 431.005. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND |
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EMPLOYEES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person who |
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is an officer or employee of the state, a municipality, a county, or |
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another political subdivision of the state and who is a member of |
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the state military forces, a reserve component of the armed forces, |
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or a member of a state or federally authorized Urban Search and |
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Rescue Team is entitled to a paid leave of absence from the person's |
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duties on a day on which the person is engaged in authorized |
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training or duty ordered or authorized by proper authority for not |
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more than 15 workdays in a federal fiscal year. During a leave of |
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absence the person may not be subjected to loss of time, efficiency |
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rating, personal time, sick leave, or vacation time. To the extent |
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a person who is an officer or employee of the state does not use the |
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maximum leave of absence provided under this subsection in a |
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federal fiscal year, it may be used and carried forward in a |
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succeeding fiscal year, provided the maximum hours carried forward |
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from one fiscal year to the next does not exceed 45 workdays. |
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SECTION 2. Section 431.0825, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 431.0825. EMPLOYEES IN NATIONAL GUARD; EMERGENCY |
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LEAVE. (a) A state employee called to state active duty as a |
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member of the state military forces by the governor is entitled to |
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receive paid emergency leave without loss of military leave under |
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Section 431.005(a) or annual leave. |
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(b) A state employee called to active duty for the purpose |
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of providing assistance to civil authorities, or training for this |
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purpose, is entitled to receive paid emergency leave for not more |
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than 22 workdays without loss of military leave under Section |
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431.005(a) or annual leave. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |