84R16551 TSR-F
By: Márquez, Nevárez H.B. No. 1790
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1790:
By: Anderson of Dallas C.S.H.B. No. 1790
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to job performance on behalf of a fire fighter or police
officer who is recovering from an off-duty injury.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 143.073, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (f) to
read as follows:
(e) After recovery from a temporary disability, a fire
fighter or police officer shall be reinstated at the same rank and
with the same seniority the person had before going on temporary
leave.
(f) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), a municipality may not
require a fire fighter or police officer who is temporarily
disabled by an injury that is not related to the person's line of
duty to use sick leave, vacation time, or other accumulated time, or
place the fire fighter or police officer on a temporary leave, if
another [Another] fire fighter or police officer volunteers to [may
voluntarily] do the work of the [an] injured fire fighter or police
officer until the person returns to duty.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.