Bill Text: TX HB2885 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to paid leave for public officers and employees engaged in certain military service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-10 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB2885 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2885-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Davis of Dallas, Reynolds | H.B. No. 2885 | |
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| relating to paid leave for public officers and employees engaged in | ||
| certain military service. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 437.202, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) In addition to the leave provided under Subsection | ||
| (a), a person described by Subsection (a) called to state active | ||
| duty by the governor or another appropriate authority in response | ||
| to a disaster is entitled to a paid leave of absence from the | ||
| person's duties for each day the person is called to active duty | ||
| during the disaster, not to exceed seven workdays in a fiscal year. | ||
| During a leave of absence under this subsection, the person may not | ||
| be subjected to loss of time, efficiency rating, personal time, | ||
| sick leave, or vacation time. For purposes of this subsection, | ||
| "disaster" has the meaning assigned by Section 418.004. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
