By: Márquez, Nevárez (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 1790
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015;
May 12, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 18, 2015, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 1; May 18, 2015, sent to
printer.)
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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(d), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) If a fire fighter or police officer is temporarily
disabled by an injury or illness that is not related to the person's
line of duty, the person may:
(1) use all sick leave, vacation time, and other
accumulated time before the person is placed on temporary leave; or
(2) have another fire fighter or police officer
volunteer to do the person's work while the person is temporarily
disabled by the injury or illness.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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