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AN ACT
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relating to job performance on behalf of a fire fighter or police |
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officer who is recovering from an off-duty injury. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 143.073(d), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) If a fire fighter or police officer is temporarily |
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disabled by an injury or illness that is not related to the person's |
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line of duty, the person may: |
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(1) use all sick leave, vacation time, and other |
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accumulated time before the person is placed on temporary leave; or |
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(2) have another fire fighter or police officer |
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volunteer to do the person's work while the person is temporarily |
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disabled by the injury or illness. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1790 was passed by the House on May 8, |
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2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1790 was passed by the Senate on May |
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20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 4. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |