83R6568 PAM-F
By: Naishtat H.B. No. 2899
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the accumulation and payment of sick leave for certain
employees in sheriff's departments in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 158, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 158.0365 to read as follows:
Sec. 158.0365. ACCUMULATION AND PAYMENT OF SICK LEAVE FOR
CERTAIN EMPLOYEES. (a) This section applies only to the following
employees of a sheriff's department civil service system created by
a county with a population of more than 900,000 and less than 1.5
million:
(1) a peace officer included under Article 2.12, Code
of Criminal Procedure; or
(2) a county jailer as defined by Section 1701.001,
Occupations Code.
(b) An employee may accumulate sick leave without limit and
may use the leave if the employee is unable to work because of a bona
fide illness.
(c) An employee who leaves the classified service for any
reason is entitled to receive in a lump-sum payment the full amount
of the employee's salary for accumulated sick leave if the employee
has accumulated not more than 720 hours of sick leave. If an
employee has accumulated more than 720 hours of sick leave, the
employer may limit payment to the amount that the employee would
have received if the employee had been allowed to use 720 hours of
accumulated sick leave during the last six months of the employee's
employment. The lump-sum payment is computed by compensating the
employee for the accumulated time at the highest permanent pay
classification for which the employee was eligible during the last
six months of the employee's employment. The employer shall pay the
employee for the same period for which the employee would have been
paid if the employee had taken sick leave, other than for additional
holidays, sick leave, or vacation time that the employee would have
accrued during the 720 hours.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.