Bill Text: TX HB445 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to providing notice of the availability of paid leave for military service to public officers and employees.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB445 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB445-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 445 |
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relating to providing notice of the availability of paid leave for | ||
military service to public officers and employees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 437.202, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: | ||
(e) This state, a municipality, a county, or another | ||
political subdivision of this state shall provide written notice of | ||
the number of workdays of paid leave to which an officer or employee | ||
described by Subsection (a) is entitled each fiscal year under | ||
Subsection (a) and, if applicable, the number of workdays of paid | ||
leave to which an officer or employee described by Subsection (a) is | ||
entitled to carry forward each fiscal year under Subsection (b): | ||
(1) on employment, in the case of an employee; or | ||
(2) as soon as practicable after appointment or | ||
election, in the case of an officer. | ||
(f) This state, a municipality, a county, or another | ||
political subdivision of this state shall, on the request of an | ||
officer or employee described by Subsection (a), provide to that | ||
officer or employee a statement that contains: | ||
(1) the number of workdays for which the officer or | ||
employee claimed paid leave under Subsection (a) in that fiscal | ||
year; and | ||
(2) if the statement is provided to an officer or | ||
employee of this state: | ||
(A) the net balance of unused accumulated leave | ||
under Subsection (a) for that fiscal year that the officer or | ||
employee is entitled to carry forward to the next fiscal year; and | ||
(B) the net balance of all unused accumulated | ||
leave under this section to which the officer or employee is | ||
entitled. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 445 was passed by the House on April | ||
22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 445 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |