TITLE: Relating to leave for state employees who are volunteers of certain disaster relief organizations.

SUMMARY: Relating to leave for state employees who are volunteers of certain disaster relief organizations.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to leave for state employees who are volunteers of certain disaster relief organizations. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 661, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 661.9075 to read as follows: Sec. 661.9075. VOLUNTEERS OF TEXAS VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER. (a) A state employee who is a volunteer of an organization that is a member of the Texas Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster may be granted leave to participate in disaster relief services without a deduction in salary or loss of vacation time, sick leave, earned overtime credit, or state compensatory time if: (1) the employee's supervisor authorizes the leave; (2) the services in which the employee participates are provided for a state of disaster declared by the governor under Chapter 418; and (3) the executive director of the employee's state agency approves the leave. (b) Leave granted to a state employee under Subsection (a) may not exceed 10 days each fiscal year. SECTION 2. Section 661.907, Government Code, is repealed. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.