| 4 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 9 | | relating to leave for state employees who are volunteers of certain |
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| 6 | 10 | | disaster relief organizations. |
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| 7 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is |
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| 9 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 661.9075 to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 14 | | Sec. 661.9075. VOLUNTEERS OF TEXAS VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS |
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| 11 | 15 | | ACTIVE IN DISASTER. (a) A state employee who is a volunteer of an |
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| 12 | 16 | | organization that is a member of the Texas Voluntary Organizations |
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| 13 | 17 | | Active in Disaster may be granted leave to participate in disaster |
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| 14 | 18 | | relief services without a deduction in salary or loss of vacation |
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| 15 | 19 | | time, sick leave, earned overtime credit, or state compensatory |
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| 16 | 20 | | time if: |
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| 17 | 21 | | (1) the employee's supervisor authorizes the leave; |
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| 18 | 22 | | (2) the services in which the employee participates |
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| 19 | 23 | | are provided for a state of disaster declared by the governor under |
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| 20 | 24 | | Chapter 418; and |
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| 21 | 25 | | (3) the executive director of the employee's state |
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| 22 | 26 | | agency approves the leave. |
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| 23 | 27 | | (b) Leave granted to a state employee under Subsection (a) |
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| 24 | 28 | | may not exceed 10 days each fiscal year. |
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| 25 | 29 | | SECTION 2. Section 661.907, Government Code, is repealed. |
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| 26 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 27 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 28 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 29 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 44 passed the Senate on |
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| 30 | | - | April 12, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3; and that |
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| 31 | | - | the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 10, 2021, by the |
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| 32 | | - | following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 2. |
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| 33 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 34 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 35 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 44 passed the House, with |
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| 36 | | - | amendment, on April 23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 145, |
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| 37 | | - | Nays 1, two present not voting. |
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| 38 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 39 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 40 | | - | Approved: |
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| 41 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | | - | Date |
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| 43 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 44 | | - | Governor |
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