84R12686 TSR-D
 
  By: Raney, King of Taylor, Smith, Farias, H.B. No. 445
      Sheets, et al.
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to providing notice of the availability of paid leave for
  military service to public officers and employees.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 437.202, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
         (e)  This state, a municipality, a county, or another
  political subdivision of this state shall provide written notice of
  the number of workdays of paid leave to which an officer or employee
  described by Subsection (a) is entitled each fiscal year under
  Subsection (a) and, if applicable, the number of workdays of paid
  leave to which an officer or employee described by Subsection (a) is
  entitled to carry forward each fiscal year under Subsection (b):
               (1)  on employment, in the case of an employee; or
               (2)  as soon as practicable after appointment or
  election, in the case of an officer.
         (f)  This state, a municipality, a county, or another
  political subdivision of this state shall, on the request of an
  officer or employee described by Subsection (a), provide to that
  officer or employee a statement that contains:
               (1)  the number of workdays for which the officer or
  employee claimed paid leave under Subsection (a) in that fiscal
  year; and
               (2)  if the statement is provided to an officer or
  employee of this state:
                     (A)  the net balance of unused accumulated leave
  under Subsection (a) for that fiscal year that the officer or
  employee is entitled to carry forward to the next fiscal year; and
                     (B)  the net balance of all unused accumulated
  leave under this section to which the officer or employee is
  entitled.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.