Bill Text: TX HB41 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to paid leave for a state employee who is a search and rescue volunteer.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-07 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB41 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB41-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 41 |
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relating to paid leave for a state employee who is a search and | ||
rescue volunteer. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 661.905, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 661.905. VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS, [ |
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MEDICAL SERVICES VOLUNTEERS, AND SEARCH AND RESCUE VOLUNTEERS. (a) | ||
In this section: | ||
(1) "Emergency[ |
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volunteer" has the meaning assigned by Section 773.003, Health and | ||
Safety Code. | ||
(2) "Search and rescue volunteer" means an individual | ||
who without remuneration, except reimbursement for expenses, | ||
provides services for or on behalf of an organization that conducts | ||
search and rescue activities. | ||
(b) A state employee who is a volunteer firefighter, [ |
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emergency medical services volunteer, or a search and rescue | ||
volunteer is entitled to a leave of absence without a deduction in | ||
salary to attend fire service, [ |
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search and rescue training conducted by a state agency or | ||
institution of higher education. Leave without a deduction in | ||
salary under this subsection may not exceed five working days in a | ||
fiscal year. | ||
(c) A state agency or institution of higher education may | ||
grant leave without a deduction in salary to a volunteer | ||
firefighter, [ |
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search and rescue volunteer for the purpose of allowing the | ||
firefighter, [ |
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and rescue volunteer to respond to emergency fire, [ |
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search and rescue situations if the agency or institution has an | ||
established policy for granting that leave. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 41 was passed by the House on March | ||
20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 41 was passed by the Senate on April | ||
29, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |