| 1 | 1 | | By: Alvarado, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 480 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 30, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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| 4 | 4 | | Affairs; May 7, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 7, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the use of sick leave by state employees who are |
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| 11 | 11 | | attending educational activities of their children. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 661.206, Government Code, |
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| 14 | 14 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 661.206. EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES [PARENT-TEACHER |
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| 16 | 16 | | CONFERENCE]: USE OF SICK LEAVE. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Sections 661.206(b), (c), and (d), Government |
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| 18 | 18 | | Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) An employee may use up to eight hours of sick leave each |
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| 20 | 20 | | fiscal year to attend educational activities of [parent-teacher |
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| 21 | 21 | | conference sessions for] the employee's children. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (c) An employee shall give reasonable advance notice of the |
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| 23 | 23 | | employee's intention to use the sick leave to attend an educational |
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| 24 | 24 | | activity [a parent-teacher conference]. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (d) In this section: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) "Educational activity" means a school-sponsored |
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| 27 | 27 | | activity, including a parent-teacher conference, tutoring, a |
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| 28 | 28 | | volunteer program, a field trip, a classroom program, a school |
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| 29 | 29 | | committee meeting, an academic competition, and an athletic, music, |
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| 30 | 30 | | or theater program. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) "Employee" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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| 32 | 32 | | 661.001. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (3) [(2)] "Parent" means a person standing in parental |
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| 34 | 34 | | relation. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 36 | 36 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 37 | 37 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 39 | 39 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 40 | 40 | | * * * * * |
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