By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 44
(In the Senate - Filed November 9, 2020; March 3, 2021, read
first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources &
Economic Development; March 26, 2021, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 26, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to leave for state employees who are volunteers of certain
disaster relief organizations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 661.9075 to read as follows:
Sec. 661.9075. VOLUNTEERS OF TEXAS VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS
ACTIVE IN DISASTER. (a) A state employee who is a volunteer of an
organization that is a member of the Texas Voluntary Organizations
Active in Disaster may be granted leave to participate in disaster
relief services without a deduction in salary or loss of vacation
time, sick leave, earned overtime credit, or state compensatory
time if:
(1) the employee's supervisor authorizes the leave;
and
(2) the services in which the employee participates
are provided for a state of disaster declared by the governor under
Chapter 418.
(b) Leave granted to a state employee under Subsection (a)
may not exceed 10 days each fiscal year.
SECTION 2. Section 661.907, Government Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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