| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 1462 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to leave for certain state employees who volunteer or |
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| 6 | 6 | | participate in training for Court Appointed Special Advocates. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is |
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| 9 | 9 | | amended by adding Section 661.921 to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | Sec. 661.921. COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES VOLUNTEER. |
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| 11 | 11 | | A state employee may be granted leave not to exceed five hours each |
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| 12 | 12 | | month to participate in mandatory training or perform volunteer |
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| 13 | 13 | | services for Court Appointed Special Advocates without a deduction |
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| 14 | 14 | | in salary or loss of vacation time, sick leave, earned overtime |
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| 15 | 15 | | credit, or state compensatory time. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 17 | 17 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 18 | 18 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 19 | 19 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 20 | 20 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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| 21 | 21 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 23 | 23 | | I certify that H.B. No. 1462 was passed by the House on April |
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| 24 | 24 | | 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 87, Nays 57, 1 present, not |
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| 25 | 25 | | voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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| 26 | 26 | | No. 1462 on May 29, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 98, Nays 41, |
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| 27 | 27 | | 1 present, not voting. |
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| 28 | 28 | | ______________________________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 30 | 30 | | I certify that H.B. No. 1462 was passed by the Senate, with |
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| 31 | 31 | | amendments, on May 23, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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| 32 | 32 | | 0. |
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| 33 | 33 | | ______________________________ |
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| 34 | 34 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 35 | 35 | | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 36 | 36 | | Date |
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| 37 | 37 | | __________________ |
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| 38 | 38 | | Governor |
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