| 1 | 1 | | 84R2919 AAF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Farias H.B. No. 339 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to leave for certain veterans returning to state |
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| 8 | 8 | | employment. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 661.923 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 661.923. LEAVE FOR REEMPLOYED VETERANS. (a) Except as |
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| 13 | 13 | | provided by Subsection (b), a state employee who is reemployed by a |
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| 14 | 14 | | state agency after military service as provided by Section 437.204 |
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| 15 | 15 | | or Chapter 613 may be granted leave to tend to matters relating to |
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| 16 | 16 | | the employee's military service or reintegration into civilian |
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| 17 | 17 | | life, including obtaining medical or mental health care and |
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| 18 | 18 | | receiving employee assistance counseling. Leave granted under this |
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| 19 | 19 | | section may not exceed 15 days each fiscal year without a deduction |
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| 20 | 20 | | in salary or loss of vacation time, sick leave, earned overtime |
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| 21 | 21 | | credit, or state compensatory time. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) The administrative head of a state agency may annually |
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| 23 | 23 | | grant additional days of leave described by Subsection (a) as the |
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| 24 | 24 | | administrative head determines appropriate for the employee. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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