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1		-	85R19397 CJC-D
2		-	By: Turner H.B. No. 578
3		-	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 578:
4		-	By: Davis of Harris C.S.H.B. No. 578
	1	+	By: Turner, Capriglione, Bernal H.B. No. 578
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6	3
7	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	5		AN ACT
9	6		relating to certain leave policies for state employees.
10	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	8		SECTION 1. Section 661.902, Government Code, is amended by
12	9		amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
13	10		follows:
14	11		(b) The administrative head of an agency may determine that
15	12		a reason other than a reason [that] described by Subsection (a) is
16	13		sufficient for granting emergency leave. Subject to the provisions
17	14		of this subsection and except as provided by Subsection (c), the
18	15		administrative head [and] shall grant an emergency leave to an
19	16		employee if the employee requests the leave and [who] the
20	17		administrative head determines that the employee has shown good
21	18		cause for taking emergency leave. The administrative head may not
22	19		grant an emergency leave to an employee under this subsection
23	20		unless the administrative head believes in good faith that the
24	21		employee being granted the emergency leave intends to return to the
25	22		employee's position with the agency on expiration of the period of
26	23		emergency leave.
27	24		(c) An employee is not required to request an emergency
28	25		leave if the administrative head of the employing agency grants the
29	26		emergency leave under Subsection (b) because the agency is closed
30	27		due to weather conditions or in observance of a holiday.
31	28		SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is
32	29		amended by adding Section 661.923 to read as follows:
33	30		Sec. 661.923. LEAVE DURING AGENCY INVESTIGATION. (a) The
34	31		administrative head of an agency may grant leave without a
35		-	deduction in salary to a state employee who is the subject of an
36		-	investigation being conducted by the agency.
	32	+	deduction in salary to a state employee who is:
	33	+	(1) the subject of an investigation being conducted by
	34	+	the agency; or
	35	+	(2) a victim of, or witness to, an act or event that is
	36	+	the subject of an investigation being conducted by the agency.
37	37		(b) A state employee who is the subject of an investigation
38	38		being conducted by the employing agency is ineligible to receive
39	39		leave for that reason under any other provision of this subchapter.
40	40		(c) Not later than the last day of each quarter of a state
41		-	fiscal year, an agency shall submit a report to the ~~comptroller and~~
42		-	the Legislative Budget Board that includes the name of ~~each~~
43		-	employee ~~of the employing agency~~ who has been ~~granted 168 hours or~~
44		-	more of leave under this section during that ~~fiscal quarter. The~~
45		-	report must include, for each employee, a brief ~~statement as to the~~
46		-	reason the employee remains on leave.
	41	+	fiscal year, an agency shall submit a report to the state auditor's
	42	+	office and the Legislative Budget Board that includes the name of
	43	+	each agency employee described by Subsection (a)(1) who has been
	44	+	granted 168 hours or more of leave under this section during that
	45	+	fiscal quarter. The report must include, for each employee, a brief
	46	+	statement as to the reason the employee remains on leave.
47	47		SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 2101, Government Code, is
48	48		amended by adding Section 2101.042 to read as follows:
49	49		Sec. 2101.042. LEAVE REPORTING. (a) As part of the
50	50		centralized accounting and payroll system or any successor system
51	51		used to implement the enterprise resource planning component of the
52	52		uniform statewide accounting project developed under Sections
53	53		2101.031, 2101.035, and 2101.036, the comptroller shall adopt a
54	54		uniform system for use by each state agency to report leave taken by
55	55		the agency's employees. The system adopted by the comptroller must
56	56		include standardized accounting codes for each type of leave
57	57		authorized under Chapter 661.
58	58		(b) Each state agency shall use the uniform system adopted
59	59		by the comptroller under this section.
60	60		SECTION 4. Section 661.902, Government Code, as amended by
61	61		this Act, and Section 661.923, Government Code, as added by this
62	62		Act, apply only to a grant of leave made on or after the effective
63	63		date of this Act. A grant of leave made before the effective date of
64	64		this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date that leave was
65	65		granted, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
66	66		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.