84R2919 AAF-D
By: Farias H.B. No. 339
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to leave for certain veterans returning to state
employment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 661.923 to read as follows:
Sec. 661.923. LEAVE FOR REEMPLOYED VETERANS. (a) Except as
provided by Subsection (b), a state employee who is reemployed by a
state agency after military service as provided by Section 437.204
or Chapter 613 may be granted leave to tend to matters relating to
the employee's military service or reintegration into civilian
life, including obtaining medical or mental health care and
receiving employee assistance counseling. Leave granted under this
section may not exceed 15 days each fiscal year without a deduction
in salary or loss of vacation time, sick leave, earned overtime
credit, or state compensatory time.
(b) The administrative head of a state agency may annually
grant additional days of leave described by Subsection (a) as the
administrative head determines appropriate for the employee.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.