Bill Text: TX HB829 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to leave for certain veterans returning to state employment.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-04 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB829 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB829-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Blanco, Guillen | H.B. No. 829 | |
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| 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 661.923 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 661.923. LEAVE FOR REEMPLOYED VETERANS. (a) Except as | ||
| provided by Subsection (b), a state employee who is reemployed by a | ||
| state agency after military service as provided by Section 437.204 | ||
| or Chapter 613 may be granted leave 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 granted under this | ||
| section may not exceed 15 days each fiscal year without a deduction | ||
| in salary or loss of vacation time, sick leave, earned overtime | ||
| credit, or state compensatory time. | ||
| (b) The administrative head of a state agency may annually | ||
| grant additional days of leave described by Subsection (a) as the | ||
| administrative head determines appropriate for the employee. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
