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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to leave for certain veterans returning to state |
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employment. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. 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 FOR REEMPLOYED VETERANS. (a) Except as |
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provided by Subsection (b), a state employee who is reemployed by a |
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state agency after military service as provided by Section 437.204 |
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or Chapter 613 may be granted leave to tend to matters relating to |
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the employee's military service or reintegration into civilian |
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life, including obtaining medical or mental health care and |
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receiving employee assistance counseling. Leave granted under this |
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section may not exceed 15 days each fiscal year without a deduction |
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in salary or loss of vacation time, sick leave, earned overtime |
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credit, or state compensatory time. |
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(b) The administrative head of a state agency may annually |
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grant additional days of leave described by Subsection (a) as the |
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administrative head determines appropriate for the employee. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |