85R12436 CJC-F
By: Howard H.B. No. 2657
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to optional holidays for state employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 662.003(c), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) An "optional holiday" includes any religious holiday
[only the days on which Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, or Good Friday
falls].
SECTION 2. Section 662.006, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A state employee must give the employing state agency
reasonable notice of the employee's intent to take a paid day off on
an optional holiday.
SECTION 3. 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.