TITLE: Relating to optional holidays for state employees.

SUMMARY: Relating to optional holidays for state employees.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to optional holidays for state employees. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 662.003(c), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) An "optional holiday" includes any religious holiday [only the days on which Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, or Good Friday falls].SECTION 2. Section 662.006, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) A state employee must give the employing state agency reasonable notice of the employee's intent to take a paid day off on an optional holiday. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.