Bill Text: TX HB2899 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the accumulation and payment of sick leave for certain employees in sheriff's departments in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-11 - No action taken in committee [HB2899 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2899-Introduced.html
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By: Naishtat | H.B. No. 2899 |
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relating to the accumulation and payment of sick leave for certain | ||
employees in sheriff's departments in certain counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 158, Local Government | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 158.0365 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 158.0365. ACCUMULATION AND PAYMENT OF SICK LEAVE FOR | ||
CERTAIN EMPLOYEES. (a) This section applies only to the following | ||
employees of a sheriff's department civil service system created by | ||
a county with a population of more than 900,000 and less than 1.5 | ||
million: | ||
(1) a peace officer included under Article 2.12, Code | ||
of Criminal Procedure; or | ||
(2) a county jailer as defined by Section 1701.001, | ||
Occupations Code. | ||
(b) An employee may accumulate sick leave without limit and | ||
may use the leave if the employee is unable to work because of a bona | ||
fide illness. | ||
(c) An employee who leaves the classified service for any | ||
reason is entitled to receive in a lump-sum payment the full amount | ||
of the employee's salary for accumulated sick leave if the employee | ||
has accumulated not more than 720 hours of sick leave. If an | ||
employee has accumulated more than 720 hours of sick leave, the | ||
employer may limit payment to the amount that the employee would | ||
have received if the employee had been allowed to use 720 hours of | ||
accumulated sick leave during the last six months of the employee's | ||
employment. The lump-sum payment is computed by compensating the | ||
employee for the accumulated time at the highest permanent pay | ||
classification for which the employee was eligible during the last | ||
six months of the employee's employment. The employer shall pay the | ||
employee for the same period for which the employee would have been | ||
paid if the employee had taken sick leave, other than for additional | ||
holidays, sick leave, or vacation time that the employee would have | ||
accrued during the 720 hours. | ||
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, 2013. |