Bill Text: TX HB445 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to providing notice of the availability of paid leave for military service to public officers and employees.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB445 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB445-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 445 | ||
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| relating to providing notice of the availability of paid leave for | ||
| military service to public officers and employees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 437.202, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) This state, a municipality, a county, or another | ||
| political subdivision of this state shall provide written notice of | ||
| the number of workdays of paid leave to which an officer or employee | ||
| described by Subsection (a) is entitled each fiscal year under | ||
| Subsection (a) and, if applicable, the number of workdays of paid | ||
| leave to which an officer or employee described by Subsection (a) is | ||
| entitled to carry forward each fiscal year under Subsection (b): | ||
| (1) on employment, in the case of an employee; or | ||
| (2) as soon as practicable after appointment or | ||
| election, in the case of an officer. | ||
| (f) This state, a municipality, a county, or another | ||
| political subdivision of this state shall, on the request of an | ||
| officer or employee described by Subsection (a), provide to that | ||
| officer or employee a statement that contains: | ||
| (1) the number of workdays for which the officer or | ||
| employee claimed paid leave under Subsection (a) in that fiscal | ||
| year; and | ||
| (2) if the statement is provided to an officer or | ||
| employee of this state: | ||
| (A) the net balance of unused accumulated leave | ||
| under Subsection (a) for that fiscal year that the officer or | ||
| employee is entitled to carry forward to the next fiscal year; and | ||
| (B) the net balance of all unused accumulated | ||
| leave under this section to which the officer or employee is | ||
| entitled. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 445 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 445 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
