By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 1737
(Flynn)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to accrual and use of leave of absence for certain training
or duty, including military training or duty, by public employees
and officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 431.005, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (a-1) and
[Subsection] (b), a person who is an officer or employee of the
state, a municipality, a county, or another political subdivision
of the state and who is a member of the state military forces, a
reserve component of the armed forces, or a member of a state or
federally authorized Urban Search and Rescue Team is entitled to a
paid leave of absence from the person's duties on a day on which the
person is engaged in authorized training or duty ordered or
authorized by proper authority for not more than 15 workdays in a
federal fiscal year. During a leave of absence the person may not
be subjected to loss of time, efficiency rating, personal time,
sick leave, or vacation time.
(a-1) An officer or employee of the state is entitled to
carry forward from one federal fiscal year to the next the net
balance of unused accumulated leave under Subsection (a) that does
not exceed 45 workdays.
SECTION 2. Section 431.0825, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 431.0825. EMPLOYEES IN NATIONAL GUARD; EMERGENCY
LEAVE. (a) A state employee called to state active duty as a
member of the state military forces by the governor is entitled to
receive paid emergency leave without loss of military leave under
Section 431.005(a) or annual leave.
(b) A state employee called to federal active duty for the
purpose of providing assistance to civil authorities in a declared
emergency or for training for that purpose is entitled to receive
paid emergency leave for not more than 22 workdays without loss of
military leave under Section 431.005(a) or annual leave.
(c) The duty or training under Subsection (b) does not
include duty or training carried out under Section 431.005(a).
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.