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Amend CSSB 73 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 24, between "subsection" and the underlined comma, insert "and except as provided by Subsection (c)".
(2) On page 2, line 1, strike "who" and substitute "if the employee requests the leave and [who]".
(3) On page 2, line 2, between "determines" and "has", insert "that the employee".
(4) On page 2, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:
(c) An employee is not required to request an emergency leave if the administrative head of the employing agency grants the emergency leave under Subsection (b) because the agency is closed due to weather conditions or in observance of a holiday.
(5) On page 2, line 8, strike "(c)" and substitute "(d)".
(6) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 661.923 to read as follows:
Sec. 661.923. LEAVE DURING AGENCY INVESTIGATION. (a) The administrative head of an agency may grant leave without a deduction in salary to a state employee who is:
(1) the subject of an investigation being conducted by the agency; or
(2) a victim of, or witness to, an act or event that is the subject of an investigation being conducted by the agency.
(b) A state employee who is the subject of an investigation being conducted by the employing agency is ineligible to receive leave for that reason under any other provision of this subchapter.
(c) Not later than the last day of each quarter of a state fiscal year, an agency shall submit a report to the state auditor's office and the Legislative Budget Board that includes the name of each agency employee described by Subsection (a)(1) who has been granted 168 hours or more of leave under this section during that fiscal quarter. The report must include, for each employee, a brief statement as to the reason the employee remains on leave.
(7) On page 3, line 3, strike "applies" and substitute "and Section 661.923, Government Code, as added by this Act, apply".
(8) On page 3, lines 3, 4, and 6, strike "emergency" each time it appears.