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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain leave policies for state employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 661.902(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The administrative head of an agency may determine that |
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a reason other than a reason [that] described by Subsection (a) is |
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sufficient for granting emergency leave. Subject to the provisions |
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of this subsection, the administrative head [and] shall grant an |
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emergency leave to an employee if the employee requests the leave |
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and [who] the administrative head determines that the employee has |
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shown good cause for taking emergency leave. The administrative |
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head may not grant an emergency leave to an employee under this |
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subsection unless the administrative head believes in good faith |
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that the employee being granted the emergency leave intends to |
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return to the employee's position with the agency on expiration of |
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the period of emergency leave. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 661.923 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 661.923. LEAVE DURING AGENCY INVESTIGATION. (a) The |
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administrative head of an agency may grant leave without a |
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deduction in salary to a state employee who is the subject of an |
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investigation being conducted by the agency. |
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(b) A state employee who is the subject of an investigation |
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being conducted by the employing agency is ineligible to receive |
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leave for that reason under any other provision of this subchapter. |
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SECTION 3. Section 661.902(b), Government Code, as amended |
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by this Act, and Section 661.923, Government Code, as added by this |
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Act, apply only to a grant of leave made on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. A grant of leave made before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date that leave was |
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granted, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |