Bill Text: TX HB41 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to paid leave for a state employee who is a search and rescue volunteer.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-07 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB41 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB41-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 41 | ||
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| relating to paid leave for a state employee who is a search and | ||
| rescue volunteer. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 661.905, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 661.905. VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS, [ |
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| MEDICAL SERVICES VOLUNTEERS, AND SEARCH AND RESCUE VOLUNTEERS. (a) | ||
| In this section: | ||
| (1) "Emergency[ |
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| volunteer" has the meaning assigned by Section 773.003, Health and | ||
| Safety Code. | ||
| (2) "Search and rescue volunteer" means an individual | ||
| who without remuneration, except reimbursement for expenses, | ||
| provides services for or on behalf of an organization that conducts | ||
| search and rescue activities. | ||
| (b) A state employee who is a volunteer firefighter, [ |
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| emergency medical services volunteer, or a search and rescue | ||
| volunteer is entitled to a leave of absence without a deduction in | ||
| salary to attend fire service, [ |
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| search and rescue training conducted by a state agency or | ||
| institution of higher education. Leave without a deduction in | ||
| salary under this subsection may not exceed five working days in a | ||
| fiscal year. | ||
| (c) A state agency or institution of higher education may | ||
| grant leave without a deduction in salary to a volunteer | ||
| firefighter, [ |
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| search and rescue volunteer for the purpose of allowing the | ||
| firefighter, [ |
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| and rescue volunteer to respond to emergency fire, [ |
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| search and rescue situations if the agency or institution has an | ||
| established policy for granting that leave. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 41 was passed by the House on March | ||
| 20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 41 was passed by the Senate on April | ||
| 29, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
