88R6404 MCK-F
By: Kacal H.B. No. 1832
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing the payment to employees of the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice for vacation leave.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 493.035 to read as follows:
Sec. 493.035. PAYMENT FOR VACATION LEAVE. (a) An employee
of the department may, one time during a fiscal year, elect to
receive a lump-sum payment for the employee's accumulated vacation
leave in lieu of taking the leave.
(b) The number of hours of accumulated vacation leave for
which an employee may be paid under this section may not exceed all
of the employee's accumulated vacation leave or 40 hours of
accumulated vacation leave, whichever is less.
(c) On receiving payment under this section, the number of
hours for which the employee received payment are deducted from the
employee's accumulated vacation leave balance.
(d) Payment to an employee under this section shall be
computed by multiplying the employee's hourly rate of compensation
on the date the employee notifies the department of an election
under this section by the number of hours of accumulated vacation
leave for which the employee elects to be paid.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.