TITLE: Relating to parental leave for certain state employees.

SUMMARY: Relating to parental leave for certain state employees.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to parental leave for certain state employees. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 661.913(b), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) The employee must first use all available and applicable paid vacation and sick leave while taking the leave authorized by this section. An employee whose leave under this section exceeds the amount of all available and applicable paid vacation and sick leave is entitled, after exhausting that leave, to not more than 20 days of additional paid leave. Any leave taken by the employee under this section after exhausting the additional paid leave [ and the remainder of the leave] is unpaid. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.