85R9442 SCL-D
By: Stucky, Darby, Raney, Frank, Lambert H.B. No. 2486
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to restoration of the position of public employees when
relieved of duty from the Texas military forces or a similar unit.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 437.202(d), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) An employee of this state, a municipality, a county, or
another political subdivision of this state [A state employee] who
is a member of the Texas military forces, a reserve component of the
armed forces, or a member of a state or federally authorized urban
search and rescue team and who is ordered to duty by proper
authority is entitled, when relieved from duty, to be restored to
the position that the employee held when ordered to duty.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.