Bill Text: TX HB418 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to leave for certain veterans returning to state employment.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-29 - Considered in Calendars [HB418 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB418-Comm_Sub.html
| 83R11461 MCK-F | |||
| By: Farias | H.B. No. 418 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 418: | |||
| By: Menendez | C.S.H.B. No. 418 | ||
|
|
||
|
|
||
| relating to leave for certain veterans returning to state | ||
| employment. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 661.920 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 661.920. LEAVE FOR REEMPLOYED VETERANS. (a) A state | ||
| employee is entitled to leave under this section if the state | ||
| employee: | ||
| (1) is a member of a reserve component of the armed | ||
| forces of the United States, including the National Guard; | ||
| (2) is ordered to federal active duty under Title 10, | ||
| United States Code, for at least 180 days, during a period of war or | ||
| during an ongoing recognized conflict for which a campaign medal is | ||
| authorized, or to support stability operations after the end of a | ||
| war or conflict; and | ||
| (3) received an honorable discharge or a general | ||
| discharge under honorable conditions after the completion of the | ||
| service described by Subdivision (2). | ||
| (b) A state employee described by Subsection (a) who is | ||
| reemployed by a state agency after military service shall be | ||
| granted leave without a deduction in salary or loss of vacation | ||
| time, sick leave, earned overtime credit, or state compensatory | ||
| time to tend to matters relating to the employee's military service | ||
| or reintegration into civilian life, including obtaining medical or | ||
| mental health care and receiving employee assistance counseling. | ||
| Leave under this subsection may not exceed 15 days and must be used | ||
| before the first anniversary of the date the employee is reemployed | ||
| by the state agency. | ||
| (c) On each anniversary of the date a state employee | ||
| described by Subsection (a) is reemployed by a state agency, the | ||
| employee shall be granted leave without a deduction in salary or | ||
| loss of vacation time, sick leave, earned overtime credit, or state | ||
| compensatory time to tend to matters relating to the employee's | ||
| military service or reintegration into civilian life, including | ||
| obtaining medical or mental health care and receiving employee | ||
| assistance counseling. Leave under this subsection may not exceed | ||
| 10 days. The amount of any unused leave under this subsection may | ||
| not be carried forward to a subsequent year. | ||
| (d) The administrative head of a state agency may grant | ||
| additional days of leave described by Subsections (b) and (c) as the | ||
| administrative head determines appropriate for the employee. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
