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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to restoration of the position of public employees when |
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relieved of duty from the Texas military forces or a similar unit. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 437.202(d), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) An employee of this state or a municipality, a county, |
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or another political subdivision of this state with at least five |
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full-time employees |
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[A state employee] who is a member of the Texas |
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military forces, a reserve component of the armed forces, or a |
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member of a state or federally authorized urban search and rescue |
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team and who is ordered to duty by proper authority is entitled, |
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when relieved from duty, to be restored to the position that the |
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employee held when ordered to duty. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |