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TX Govt Code § 661.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter A. -1. State Employee Family Leave Pool|Section 661.022. Guidelines

Sec. 661.022.  GUIDELINES.  (a)  The governing body of a state agency shall, through the establishment of a program, allow an agency employee to voluntarily transfer sick or vacation leave earned by the employee to a family leave pool.(b)  The executive head of the state agency or another individual appointed by the governing body shall administer the family leave pool.(c)  The governing body of the state agency shall adopt rules and prescribe procedures relating to the operation of the agency family leave pool.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 684 (H.B. 2063), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Govt Code § 661.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter A. -1. State Employee Family Leave Pool|Section 661.023. Contribution to Family Leave Pool

Sec. 661.023.  CONTRIBUTION TO FAMILY LEAVE POOL.  (a)  A state employee may contribute to the family leave pool one or more days of the employee's accrued sick or vacation leave.(b)  The pool administrator shall credit the family leave pool with the amount of time contributed by a state employee and deduct a corresponding amount of time from the employee's earned sick or vacation leave as if the employee had used the time for personal purposes.(c)  A retiring state employee may designate the number of the retiring employee's accrued sick or vacation leave hours to be used for retirement credit and the number of the retiring employee's accrued sick or vacation leave hours to be donated on retirement to the sick or family leave pool.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 684 (H.B. 2063), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Govt Code § 661.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter A. -1. State Employee Family Leave Pool|Section 661.024. Use of Time in Pool

Sec. 661.024.  USE OF TIME IN POOL.  (a)  A state employee is eligible to use time contributed to the family leave pool of the state agency that employs the employee if the employee has exhausted the employee's eligible compensatory, discretionary, sick, and vacation leave because of:(1)  the birth of a child;(2)  the placement of a foster child or adoption of a child under 18 years of age;(3)  the placement of any person 18 years of age or older requiring guardianship;(4)  a serious illness to an immediate family member or the employee, including a pandemic-related illness;(5)  an extenuating circumstance created by an ongoing pandemic, including providing essential care to a family member; or(6)  a previous donation of time to the pool.(b)  A state employee who applies to use time under Subsection (a) to care for another person must submit and be listed on the other person's birth certificate, birth facts, or adoption or foster paperwork for a child under 18 years of age, including being listed as the mother, father, adoptive parent, foster parent, or partner of the child's mother, adoptive parent, or foster parent,  or provide documentation that the employee is the guardian of a person who is 18 years of age or older and requiring guardianship.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 684 (H.B. 2063), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Govt Code § 661.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter A. -1. State Employee Family Leave Pool|Section 661.025. Withdrawal of Time From Pool

Sec. 661.025.  WITHDRAWAL OF TIME FROM POOL.  (a)  A state employee may apply to the pool administrator for permission to withdraw time from the family leave pool.(b)  If the state employee is seeking permission to withdraw time because of a serious illness, including a pandemic-related illness, of an immediate family member or the employee and does not qualify for or has exhausted time available in the sick leave pool, the employee must provide the pool administrator with a written statement from the licensed practitioner who is treating the employee or the employee's immediate family member.(c)  If the state employee is seeking permission to withdraw time because of an extenuating circumstance created by an ongoing pandemic, including providing essential care to a family member, the employee must provide any applicable documentation, including an essential caregiver designation, proof of closure of a school or daycare, or other appropriate documentation.(d)  If the pool administrator determines the state employee is eligible, the administrator shall:(1)  approve the transfer of time from the pool to the employee;  and(2)  credit the time to the employee.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 684 (H.B. 2063), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Govt Code § 661.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter A. -1. State Employee Family Leave Pool|Section 661.026. Limitation on Withdrawals

Sec. 661.026.  LIMITATION ON WITHDRAWALS.  (a)  A state employee may not withdraw time from the family leave pool in an amount that exceeds the lesser of:(1)  one-third of the total time in the pool;  or(2)  90 days.(b)  Subject to Subsection (a), the pool administrator shall determine the amount of time that an employee may withdraw from the pool. |Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 684 (H.B. 2063), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Govt Code § 661.027 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter A. -1. State Employee Family Leave Pool|Section 661.027. Equal Treatment

Sec. 661.027.  EQUAL TREATMENT.  A state employee absent while using time withdrawn from the family leave pool may use the time as sick leave earned by the employee.  The employee shall be treated for all purposes as if the employee is absent on earned sick leave.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 684 (H.B. 2063), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Govt Code § 661.028 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter A. -1. State Employee Family Leave Pool|Section 661.028. No Entitlement to Estate

Sec. 661.028.  NO ENTITLEMENT TO ESTATE.  The estate of a deceased state employee is not entitled to payment for unused time withdrawn by the employee from the family leave pool.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 684 (H.B. 2063), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Govt Code § 661.031 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter B. Payment for Vacation and Sick Leave to Estates of Deceased State Employees|Section 661.031. Definitions

Sec. 661.031.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "National holiday" includes only those days listed under Section 662.003(a).(2)  "State employee" means an individual who is an appointed officer or employee of a state agency and who normally works 900 hours or more a year.  The term includes:(A)  an hourly employee;(B)  a temporary employee;(C)  a person employed by:(i)  the Teacher Retirement System of Texas;(ii)  the Texas Education Agency;(iii)  the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board;(iv)  the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired;(v)  the Texas School for the Deaf;(vi)  the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;(vii)  the Windham School District; or(viii)  the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services; and(D)  a classified, administrative, faculty, or professional employee of a state institution or agency of higher education who has accumulated vacation leave, sick leave, or both, during the employment.(3)  "State holiday" includes only those days listed under Section 662.003(b).(4)  "Workday" includes a state or national holiday.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 6.20, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 609 (H.B. 387), Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2007.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 107, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Govt Code § 661.032 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter B. Payment for Vacation and Sick Leave to Estates of Deceased State Employees|Section 661.032. Applicability of Subchapter

Sec. 661.032.  APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.  (a)  This subchapter applies only to a state employee who, at any time during the employee's lifetime, has accrued six months of continuous state employment.  State employment is continuous while the employee is entitled to be paid a regular salary, except that the continuity of state employment is not interrupted while the employee is on a leave of absence without pay for less than one calendar month.(b)  The estates of the following are not entitled to payments under this subchapter:(1)  an individual employed on a piecework basis;(2)  an individual who holds an office that is normally filled by vote of the people;(3)  an independent contractor or an employee of an independent contractor;(4)  an operator of equipment or a driver of a team whose wages are included in the rental paid by a state agency to the owner of the equipment or team;  or(5)  an individual covered by:(A)  the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One;(B)  the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two;  or(C)  the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, other than an individual described by Section 661.031(2)(C) or (D).|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.18, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Govt Code § 661.033 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter B. Payment for Vacation and Sick Leave to Estates of Deceased State Employees|Section 661.033. Payment for Vacation and Sick Leave

Sec. 661.033.  PAYMENT FOR VACATION AND SICK LEAVE.  (a)  When a state employee dies, the state shall pay the employee's estate for the balances of the employee's:(1)  vacation leave;  and(2)  sick leave.(b)  Payment under this section shall comply with any limits in the General Appropriations Act, except as provided by Subsection (c).(c)  Payment under this section may not be for more than:(1)  all of the state employee's accumulated vacation leave;  and(2)  one-half of the state employee's accumulated sick leave or 336 hours of sick leave, whichever is less.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 661.034 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter B. Payment for Vacation and Sick Leave to Estates of Deceased State Employees|Section 661.034. Computation of Payment

Sec. 661.034.  COMPUTATION OF PAYMENT.  (a)  The payment to the estate of the deceased state employee shall be computed by multiplying the employee's hourly rate of compensation at the time of death by the total number of leave hours determined under Section 661.035.(b)  Under this section, rate of compensation:(1)  includes an emolument in lieu of base pay for which the state employee was eligible on the last day of employment;  and(2)  does not include longevity or hazardous duty pay.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 661.035 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter B. Payment for Vacation and Sick Leave to Estates of Deceased State Employees|Section 661.035. Computation of Total Accumulated Leave; Holiday Time

Sec. 661.035.  COMPUTATION OF TOTAL ACCUMULATED LEAVE;  HOLIDAY TIME.  (a)  For a state employee who at the time of death is normally scheduled to work at least 40 hours a week, eight hours is to be added to the employee's sick and vacation leave under Section 661.034 for each state or national holiday that is scheduled to fall within the period after the date of death and during which the employee could have used leave.  To determine the period during which leave could have been used and the number of state or national holidays, the employee's leave is allocated over the workdays after the employee's death and eight hours is added as a state or national holiday occurs during the period.(b)  For a state employee who at the time of death is normally scheduled to work fewer than 40 hours a week, the number of hours that is to be added to the employee's accumulated sick and vacation leave for each state or national holiday is computed as provided by Subsection (a), but is to be proportionally reduced according to the lesser number of the employee's normally scheduled weekly work hours.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 661.036 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter B. Payment for Vacation and Sick Leave to Estates of Deceased State Employees|Section 661.036. Payment Charged to Certain Fiscal Year

Sec. 661.036.  PAYMENT CHARGED TO CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR.  A state agency shall charge a payment required by Section 661.033 to the fiscal year in which the state employee dies.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 661.037 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter B. Payment for Vacation and Sick Leave to Estates of Deceased State Employees|Section 661.037. Payment With Funds Appropriated for Salaries

Sec. 661.037.  PAYMENT WITH FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR SALARIES.  A state agency shall use funds appropriated to the agency for salaries to make a payment required by Section 661.033.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 661.038 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter B. Payment for Vacation and Sick Leave to Estates of Deceased State Employees|Section 661.038. Rules

Sec. 661.038.  RULES.  The comptroller may establish procedures and adopt rules to administer this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 17, eff. June 19, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 661.061 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter C. Payment for Vacation Time to State Employees Who Separate From State Employment|Section 661.061. Definitions

Sec. 661.061.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "National holiday" includes only those days listed under Section 662.003(a).  The term does not include a national holiday on which a state employee is not entitled to a paid day off from work under Section 662.005.(2)  "State employee" means an employee or appointed officer of a state agency.  The term includes:(A)  a full-time employee or officer;(B)  a part-time employee or officer;(C)  an hourly employee;(D)  a temporary employee;(E)  a person employed by:(i)  the Teacher Retirement System of Texas;(ii)  the Texas Education Agency;(iii)  the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board;(iv)  the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired;(v)  the Texas School for the Deaf;(vi)  the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;(vii)  the Windham School District; or(viii)  the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services; or(F)  a classified, administrative, faculty, or professional employee of a state institution or agency of higher education who has accumulated vacation leave during the employment.(3)  "State holiday" includes only those days listed under Section 662.003(b).  The term does not include a state holiday on which a state employee is not entitled to a paid day off from work under Section 662.005.(4)  "Workday" includes a state or national holiday.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 6.21, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 42, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 609 (H.B. 387), Sec. 4, eff. June 15, 2007.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 108, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Govt Code § 661.063 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter C. Payment for Vacation Time to State Employees Who Separate From State Employment|Section 661.063. Computation of Payment

Sec. 661.063.  COMPUTATION OF PAYMENT.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the payment to a state employee under this subchapter shall be computed by multiplying the employee's rate of compensation on the date of separation from state employment by the total number of hours of vacation time determined under Section 661.064.(b)  The payment under this subchapter to a state employee who separates from state employment while holding a position that does not accrue vacation time shall be computed according to this subsection.  The employee's final rate of compensation in the last position held that accrues vacation time shall be multiplied by the employee's total number of hours of vacation time determined under Section 661.064.(c)  Under this section, rate of compensation:(1)  includes an emolument in lieu of base pay for which the state employee was eligible;  and(2)  does not include longevity or hazardous duty pay.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 44, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 661.064 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter C. Payment for Vacation Time to State Employees Who Separate From State Employment|Section 661.064. Computation of Total Accumulated Leave; Holiday Time

Sec. 661.064.  COMPUTATION OF TOTAL ACCUMULATED LEAVE;  HOLIDAY TIME.  (a)  This subsection applies except as provided by Subsection (c).  For a state employee who on the date of separation is normally scheduled to work at least 40 hours a week, eight hours are to be added to the employee's accrued vacation time for each state or national holiday that is scheduled to fall within the period after the date of separation and during which the employee could have used the time.  To determine the period during which vacation time could have been used and the number of state or national holidays, the employee's vacation time is allocated over the workdays after the employee's separation and eight hours are added as a state or national holiday occurs during the period.(b)  For a state employee who on the date of separation is normally scheduled to work less than 40 hours a week, the number of hours that is to be added to the employee's accrued vacation time for each state or national holiday is computed as provided by Subsection (a), but is to be proportionally reduced according to the lesser number of the employee's normally scheduled weekly work hours.(c)  For a state employee who is paid under this subchapter because the separation from state employment involves a move to a position in a state agency that does not accrue vacation time, no hours may be added to the employee's accrued vacation time for a state or national holiday which is scheduled to fall within the period after the date of separation and during which the employee could have used the time.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 45, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 661.065 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter C. Payment for Vacation Time to State Employees Who Separate From State Employment|Section 661.065. Lump-Sum Payment

Sec. 661.065.  LUMP-SUM PAYMENT.  A state agency shall make a payment required by this subchapter in a lump sum, except as provided by Section 661.067.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 661.066 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter C. Payment for Vacation Time to State Employees Who Separate From State Employment|Section 661.066. Payment Charged to Certain Fiscal Year

Sec. 661.066.  PAYMENT CHARGED TO CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR.  A state agency shall charge a lump-sum payment required by this subchapter to the fiscal year in which the state employee's separation from state employment becomes effective.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 661.067 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter C. Payment for Vacation Time to State Employees Who Separate From State Employment|Section 661.067. Agreement for State Employee to Remain on Agency Payroll

Sec. 661.067.  AGREEMENT FOR STATE EMPLOYEE TO REMAIN ON AGENCY PAYROLL.  (a)  A state agency may agree to permit an employee entitled to payment under this subchapter to remain on the agency's payroll to exhaust the employee's accrued vacation time.(b)  A state employee who remains on the payroll of a state agency under this section:(1)  is entitled to continue to receive all compensation and benefits that the state employee was receiving on the employee's last day of duty, including paid holidays, longevity pay, and hazardous duty pay;(2)  is entitled to a general salary increase for state employees that takes effect before the employee's accrued vacation time is exhausted;  and(3)  may not use sick leave or accrue sick leave or vacation time.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 661.068 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter C. Payment for Vacation Time to State Employees Who Separate From State Employment|Section 661.068. Rules

Sec. 661.068.  RULES.  The comptroller may establish procedures and adopt rules to administer this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 18, eff. June 19, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 661.091 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter D. Payments for Vacation Time to Contributing Members of Employees Retirement System Who Retire|Section 661.091. Payment for Vacation Time on Retirement

Sec. 661.091.  PAYMENT FOR VACATION TIME ON RETIREMENT.  (a)  A contributing member of the Employees Retirement System of Texas who retires is entitled to a lump-sum payment, from funds of the agency or department from which the member retires, for the member's accrued vacation time as of the date of retirement, unless the member opts to receive for that accrued vacation time service credit under Section 813.511(a).(b)  A payment required by this section is payable on the date of retirement.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 618 (S.B. 1459), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.|