| 1 | 1 | | 83R11461 MCK-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Farias H.B. No. 418 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 418: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Menendez C.S.H.B. No. 418 |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to leave for certain veterans returning to state |
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| 10 | 10 | | employment. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 661.920 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 661.920. LEAVE FOR REEMPLOYED VETERANS. (a) A state |
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| 15 | 15 | | employee is entitled to leave under this section if the state |
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| 16 | 16 | | employee: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) is a member of a reserve component of the armed |
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| 18 | 18 | | forces of the United States, including the National Guard; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) is ordered to federal active duty under Title 10, |
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| 20 | 20 | | United States Code, for at least 180 days, during a period of war or |
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| 21 | 21 | | during an ongoing recognized conflict for which a campaign medal is |
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| 22 | 22 | | authorized, or to support stability operations after the end of a |
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| 23 | 23 | | war or conflict; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) received an honorable discharge or a general |
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| 25 | 25 | | discharge under honorable conditions after the completion of the |
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| 26 | 26 | | service described by Subdivision (2). |
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| 27 | 27 | | (b) A state employee described by Subsection (a) who is |
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| 28 | 28 | | reemployed by a state agency after military service shall be |
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| 29 | 29 | | granted leave without a deduction in salary or loss of vacation |
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| 30 | 30 | | time, sick leave, earned overtime credit, or state compensatory |
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| 31 | 31 | | time to tend to matters relating to the employee's military service |
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| 32 | 32 | | or reintegration into civilian life, including obtaining medical or |
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| 33 | 33 | | mental health care and receiving employee assistance counseling. |
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| 34 | 34 | | Leave under this subsection may not exceed 15 days and must be used |
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| 35 | 35 | | before the first anniversary of the date the employee is reemployed |
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| 36 | 36 | | by the state agency. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (c) On each anniversary of the date a state employee |
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| 38 | 38 | | described by Subsection (a) is reemployed by a state agency, the |
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| 39 | 39 | | employee shall be granted leave without a deduction in salary or |
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| 40 | 40 | | loss of vacation time, sick leave, earned overtime credit, or state |
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| 41 | 41 | | compensatory time to tend to matters relating to the employee's |
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| 42 | 42 | | military service or reintegration into civilian life, including |
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| 43 | 43 | | obtaining medical or mental health care and receiving employee |
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| 44 | 44 | | assistance counseling. Leave under this subsection may not exceed |
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| 45 | 45 | | 10 days. The amount of any unused leave under this subsection may |
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| 46 | 46 | | not be carried forward to a subsequent year. |
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| 47 | 47 | | (d) The administrative head of a state agency may grant |
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| 48 | 48 | | additional days of leave described by Subsections (b) and (c) as the |
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| 49 | 49 | | administrative head determines appropriate for the employee. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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