By: Davis, Burrows, Guillen H.B. No. 1589
(Senate Sponsor - Menéndez)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 12, 2021;
May 6, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
Commerce; May 20, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to paid leave for public officers and employees engaged in
certain military service.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 437.202, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) In addition to the leave provided under Subsection
(a), a person described by Subsection (a) called to state active
duty by the governor or another appropriate authority in response
to a disaster is entitled to a paid leave of absence from the
person's duties for each day the person is called to active duty
during the disaster, not to exceed seven workdays in a fiscal year.
During a leave of absence under this subsection, the person may not
be subjected to loss of time, efficiency rating, personal time,
sick leave, or vacation time. For purposes of this subsection,
"disaster" has the meaning assigned by Section 418.004.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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