| 1 | | - | By: Márquez, Nevárez (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 1790 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015; |
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| 3 | | - | May 12, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | | - | Intergovernmental Relations; May 18, 2015, reported favorably by |
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| 5 | | - | the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 1; May 18, 2015, sent to |
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| 6 | | - | printer.) |
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| 7 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 1790 |
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| 11 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 5 | | relating to job performance on behalf of a fire fighter or police |
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| 13 | 6 | | officer who is recovering from an off-duty injury. |
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| 14 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 143.073(d), Local Government Code, is |
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| 16 | 9 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 10 | | (d) If a fire fighter or police officer is temporarily |
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| 18 | 11 | | disabled by an injury or illness that is not related to the person's |
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| 19 | 12 | | line of duty, the person may: |
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| 20 | 13 | | (1) use all sick leave, vacation time, and other |
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| 21 | 14 | | accumulated time before the person is placed on temporary leave; or |
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| 22 | 15 | | (2) have another fire fighter or police officer |
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| 23 | 16 | | volunteer to do the person's work while the person is temporarily |
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| 24 | 17 | | disabled by the injury or illness. |
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| 25 | 18 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 26 | | - | * * * * * |
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| 19 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 20 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 21 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1790 was passed by the House on May 8, |
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| 22 | + | 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 23 | + | voting. |
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| 24 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 25 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 26 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1790 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 27 | + | 20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 4. |
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| 28 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 29 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 30 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 31 | + | Date |
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| 32 | + | _____________________ |
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| 33 | + | Governor |
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