84R3185 TSR-D By: Raney H.B. No. 445 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to providing notice of the availability of paid leave for military service to public officers and employees. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 437.202, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) This state, a municipality, a county, or another political subdivision of this state shall, at the end of each fiscal year, provide a statement to an officer or employee described by Subsection (a) that contains: (1) the number of workdays for which the officer or employee claimed paid leave under Subsection (a) in that fiscal year; and (2) if the statement is provided to an officer or employee of this state: (A) the net balance of unused accumulated leave under Subsection (a) for that fiscal year that the officer or employee is entitled to carry forward to the next fiscal year; and (B) the net balance of all unused accumulated leave under this section to which the officer or employee is entitled. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.