Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1498 Compare Versions

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11 84R6461 TSR-F
22 By: Lucio S.B. No. 1498
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55 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
66 AN ACT
77 relating to job performance on behalf of a fire fighter or police
88 officer during illness or injury.
99 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1010 SECTION 1. Section 143.073, Local Government Code, is
1111 amended by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (f) to
1212 read as follows:
1313 (e) After recovery from a temporary disability, a fire
1414 fighter or police officer shall be reinstated at the same rank and
1515 with the same seniority the person had before going on temporary
1616 leave.
1717 (f) Another fire fighter or police officer may voluntarily
1818 do the work of a [an injured] fire fighter or police officer who is
1919 on leave under this section until the person returns to duty.
2020 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.