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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (f) to |
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read as follows: |
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(e) After recovery from a temporary disability, a fire |
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fighter or police officer shall be reinstated at the same rank and |
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with the same seniority the person had before going on temporary |
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leave. |
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(f) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), a municipality may not |
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require a fire fighter or police officer who is temporarily |
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disabled by an injury that is not related to the person's line of |
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duty to use sick leave, vacation time, or other accumulated time, or |
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place the fire fighter or police officer on a temporary leave, if |
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another [Another] fire fighter or police officer volunteers to [may
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voluntarily] do the work of the [an] injured fire fighter or police |
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officer until the person returns to duty. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |