88R18950 MCK-F
By: Kacal, Herrero, Morales of Maverick, H.B. No. 1832
Slawson
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) The
department may adopt a policy allowing department employees, one
time during a fiscal year, to 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 a policy authorized by this
section may not exceed all of the employee's accumulated vacation
leave or 40 hours of accumulated vacation leave, whichever is less.
(c) If the department pays a department employee for the
employee's accumulated vacation leave under a policy authorized by
this section, the department shall:
(1) compute the amount of the payment by multiplying
the employee's hourly rate of compensation on the date the employee
notifies the department of an election by the number of hours of
accumulated vacation leave for which the employee elects to be
paid; and
(2) on making the payment, deduct the number of hours
for which the employee received payment from the employee's
accumulated vacation leave balance.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.