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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to paid leave for public officers and employees engaged in |
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| 8 | 8 | | certain military service. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 437.202, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a-1) In addition to the leave provided under Subsection |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a), a person described by Subsection (a) called to state active |
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| 14 | 14 | | duty by the governor or another appropriate authority in response |
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| 15 | 15 | | to a disaster is entitled to a paid leave of absence from the |
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| 16 | 16 | | person's duties for each day the person is called to active duty |
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| 17 | 17 | | during the disaster, not to exceed seven workdays in a fiscal year. |
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| 18 | 18 | | During a leave of absence under this subsection, the person may not |
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| 19 | 19 | | be subjected to loss of time, efficiency rating, personal time, |
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| 20 | 20 | | sick leave, or vacation time. For purposes of this subsection, |
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| 21 | 21 | | "disaster" has the meaning assigned by Section 418.004. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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