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| 2 | 2 | | By: Troxclair H.B. No. 5448 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to paid leave for public officers and employees engaged in |
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| 10 | 10 | | certain military service. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 437.202, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 13 | 13 | | amending Subsections (a), (a-1), and (b) and adding Subsections |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a-2) and (a-3) to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), a person |
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| 16 | 16 | | who is an officer or employee of this state, a municipality, a |
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| 17 | 17 | | county, or another political subdivision of this state and who is a |
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| 18 | 18 | | member of the Texas military forces, a reserve component of the |
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| 19 | 19 | | armed forces, or a member of a state or federally authorized urban |
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| 20 | 20 | | search and rescue team is entitled to a paid leave of absence from |
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| 21 | 21 | | the person's duties on a day on which the person is engaged in |
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| 22 | 22 | | authorized training or duty ordered or authorized by proper |
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| 23 | 23 | | authority for not more than 30 [15] workdays in a fiscal year. |
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| 24 | 24 | | During a leave of absence, the person may not be subjected to loss |
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| 25 | 25 | | of time, efficiency rating, personal time, sick leave, or vacation |
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| 26 | 26 | | time. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (a-1) In addition to the leave provided under Subsection |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a), a person described by Subsection (a) called [to state active |
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| 29 | 29 | | duty] by the governor or another appropriate authority to state |
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| 30 | 30 | | active duty, including service in another state on request of the |
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| 31 | 31 | | governor of another state, in response to a disaster is entitled to |
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| 32 | 32 | | a paid leave of absence from the person's duties for each day the |
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| 33 | 33 | | person is called to active duty during the disaster, including any |
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| 34 | 34 | | required pre-deployment training, pre-deployment temporary duty, |
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| 35 | 35 | | and post-deployment earned military leave and rest and recuperation |
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| 36 | 36 | | as confirmed in writing by the person's commanding officer [not to |
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| 37 | 37 | | exceed seven workdays in a fiscal year]. During a leave of absence |
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| 38 | 38 | | under this subsection, the person may not be subjected to loss of |
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| 39 | 39 | | time, efficiency rating, personal time, sick leave, or vacation |
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| 40 | 40 | | time. For purposes of this subsection, "disaster" has the meaning |
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| 41 | 41 | | assigned by Section 418.004. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (a-2) In addition to the leave provided under Subsection |
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| 43 | 43 | | (a), a person described by Subsection (a) called to deploy for |
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| 44 | 44 | | military duty in support of a contingency, humanitarian, disaster, |
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| 45 | 45 | | or emergency operation or exercise of the United States is entitled |
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| 46 | 46 | | to a paid leave of absence from the person's duties for each day the |
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| 47 | 47 | | person is called to military duty during the operation or exercise, |
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| 48 | 48 | | including any required pre-deployment training, pre-deployment |
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| 49 | 49 | | temporary duty, and post-deployment earned military leave and rest |
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| 50 | 50 | | and recuperation as confirmed in writing by the person's commanding |
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| 51 | 51 | | officer. During a leave of absence under this subsection, the |
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| 52 | 52 | | person may not be subjected to loss of time, efficiency rating, |
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| 53 | 53 | | personal time, sick leave, or vacation time. |
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| 54 | 54 | | (a-3) In addition to the leave provided under Subsection |
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| 55 | 55 | | (a), a person described by Subsection (a) called to initial |
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| 56 | 56 | | enlistment or officer basic training, initial career field or duty |
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| 57 | 57 | | assignment training, or professional military education is |
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| 58 | 58 | | entitled to a paid leave of absence from the person's duties for |
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| 59 | 59 | | each day the person is called to the training, including any earned |
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| 60 | 60 | | military leave at the conclusion of the training. During a leave of |
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| 61 | 61 | | absence under this subsection, the person may not be subjected to |
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| 62 | 62 | | loss of time, efficiency rating, personal time, sick leave, or |
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| 63 | 63 | | vacation time. |
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| 64 | 64 | | (b) An officer or employee of this state is entitled to |
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| 65 | 65 | | carry forward from one fiscal year to the next the net balance of |
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| 66 | 66 | | unused accumulated leave under Subsection (a) that does not exceed |
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| 67 | 67 | | 90 [45] workdays. |
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| 68 | 68 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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