Bill Text: TX HB339 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to leave for certain veterans returning to state employment.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-12 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB339 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB339-Introduced.html
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By: Farias | H.B. No. 339 |
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relating to leave for certain veterans returning to state | ||
employment. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 661.923 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 661.923. LEAVE FOR REEMPLOYED VETERANS. (a) Except as | ||
provided by Subsection (b), a state employee who is reemployed by a | ||
state agency after military service as provided by Section 437.204 | ||
or Chapter 613 may be granted leave to tend to matters relating to | ||
the employee's military service or reintegration into civilian | ||
life, including obtaining medical or mental health care and | ||
receiving employee assistance counseling. Leave granted under this | ||
section may not exceed 15 days each fiscal year without a deduction | ||
in salary or loss of vacation time, sick leave, earned overtime | ||
credit, or state compensatory time. | ||
(b) The administrative head of a state agency may annually | ||
grant additional days of leave described by Subsection (a) as the | ||
administrative head determines appropriate for the employee. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |