By: González of El Paso (Senate Sponsor - Blanco) H.B. No. 180
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 12, 2021;
  April 19, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
  Government; May 13, 2021, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 13, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the transfer of vacation leave time to a sick leave pool
  in certain counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 157.072(b), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The commissioners court of a county with a population of
  800,000 [one million] or more may allow an employee to voluntarily
  transfer vacation leave time earned by the employee to a county sick
  leave pool.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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