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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to vacation leave time accounts for firefighter employee |
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organizations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 142, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 142.015 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 142.015. VACATION LEAVE TIME ACCOUNT FOR FIREFIGHTERS. |
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(a) A municipality shall establish and maintain a vacation leave |
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time account for each firefighter employee organization. |
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(b) A firefighter who is a member of an employee |
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organization may donate any amount of accumulated vacation time to |
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the vacation leave time account of the employee organization to |
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which the firefighter belongs. |
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(c) A firefighter who wishes to donate time to the account |
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established under this section must authorize the donation in |
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writing on a form provided by the employee organization and |
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approved by the municipality. |
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(d) Only a firefighter who is a member of an employee |
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organization may use the vacation time donated to the account of the |
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employee organization. A firefighter may use the time donated under |
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this section without receiving a reduction in salary and without |
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reimbursing the municipality. |
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(e) A request to use the vacation time in an employee |
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organization's vacation leave time account must be in writing and |
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be submitted to the municipality by the president or the equivalent |
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officer of the employee organization or by that officer's designee. |
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(f) The municipality shall account for the time donated to |
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each vacation leave time account and used from each account. The |
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municipality shall credit and debit the applicable vacation leave |
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time account on an hour-for-hour basis regardless of the cash value |
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of the time donated or used. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |