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| 1 | 1 | 85R12436 CJC-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Howard H.B. No. 2657 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to optional holidays for state employees. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 662.003(c), Government Code, is amended | |
| 10 | 10 | to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (c) An "optional holiday" includes any religious holiday | |
| 12 | 12 | [only the days on which Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, or Good Friday | |
| 13 | 13 | falls]. | |
| 14 | 14 | SECTION 2. Section 662.006, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 15 | 15 | adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | |
| 16 | 16 | (d) A state employee must give the employing state agency | |
| 17 | 17 | reasonable notice of the employee's intent to take a paid day off on | |
| 18 | 18 | an optional holiday. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 20 | 20 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 21 | 21 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |