Bill Text: TX HB1771 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the donation of sick leave by state employees.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB1771 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1771-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1771 | ||
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| relating to the donation of sick leave by state employees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 661, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 661.207 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 661.207. DONATION OF SICK LEAVE. (a) An employee may | ||
| donate any amount of the employee's accrued sick leave to another | ||
| employee who: | ||
| (1) is employed in the same state agency as the donor | ||
| employee; and | ||
| (2) has exhausted the employee's sick leave, including | ||
| any time the individual may be eligible to withdraw from a sick | ||
| leave pool. | ||
| (b) An employee may not provide or receive remuneration or a | ||
| gift in exchange for a sick leave donation under this section. | ||
| (c) An employee who receives donated sick leave under this | ||
| section may not: | ||
| (1) use sick leave donated to the employee under this | ||
| section except as provided by Sections 661.202(d) and (e); or | ||
| (2) notwithstanding any other law, receive service | ||
| credit in the Employees Retirement System of Texas for any sick | ||
| leave donated to the employee under this section that is unused on | ||
| the last day of that employee's employment. | ||
| (d) In this section, "employee" and "state agency" have the | ||
| meanings assigned by Section 661.001. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1771 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 17, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, 3 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1771 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 3. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
