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TX Govt Code § 660.142 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 660 - Travel Expenses|Subchapter G. Special Travel Expense Provisions|Section 660.142. Board Members

Sec. 660.142.  BOARD MEMBERS.  This chapter applies to a payment or reimbursement of a travel expense incurred by a member of a board only if Subchapter C, Chapter 659, or other applicable law authorizes the payment or reimbursement.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1300, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 660.143 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 660 - Travel Expenses|Subchapter G. Special Travel Expense Provisions|Section 660.143. Travel by Persons With Disabilities

Sec. 660.143.  TRAVEL BY PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a state agency may reimburse a state employee with a disability for attendant care and other necessary expenses incurred when the employee travels inside or outside the employee's designated headquarters.  An expense incurred when traveling between a residence and a place of employment may be reimbursed only as provided by law for state employees without disabilities.(b)  If the airfare is medically necessary, a state agency may reimburse a state employee with a disability for the first or business class airfare of:(1)  the employee;  and(2)  the attendant of the employee.(c)  Instead of reimbursing a state employee for attendant care and other necessary expenses, a state agency may:(1)  reimburse the attendant for those expenses;  or(2)  pay a commercial transportation company or commercial lodging establishment directly if the expenses are for transportation or lodging.(d)  If this chapter, the travel provisions of the General Appropriations Act, or a rule adopted by the comptroller under this chapter conflicts with a requirement of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et seq.), a federal regulation adopted under that Act, or another applicable federal law or regulation, the federal law or regulation controls to the extent of the conflict.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1300, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 660.144 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 660 - Travel Expenses|Subchapter G. Special Travel Expense Provisions|Section 660.144. Death of State Employees

Sec. 660.144.  DEATH OF STATE EMPLOYEES.  (a)  A state agency may pay or reimburse the expense of preparing and transporting the remains and personal property of a state employee who dies while conducting official state business outside the employee's designated headquarters.(b)  The agency may pay or reimburse the expense of transporting the remains and personal property either to the employee's designated headquarters or to another location designated by the executor or administrator of the employee's estate.  If the remains and personal property are transported to a location other than the employee's designated headquarters, the amount of the agency's payment or reimbursement may not exceed the amount that would have been paid had the remains and personal property been transported to the designated headquarters.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1300, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 660.145 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 660 - Travel Expenses|Subchapter G. Special Travel Expense Provisions|Section 660.145. Travel Expenses of Threatened State Employees and Their Families

Sec. 660.145.  TRAVEL EXPENSES OF THREATENED STATE EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES.  (a)  A state agency may pay or reimburse a travel expense incurred by a state employee who serves in a law enforcement, investigative, or similar capacity if the employee is threatened as a result of the employee's official duties.(b)  A state agency may pay or reimburse a travel expense incurred by the family of a state employee who serves in a law enforcement, investigative, or similar capacity if the family is threatened as a result of the employee's official duties.(c)  A travel expense is payable or reimbursable under this section even if it is incurred within a state employee's designated headquarters.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1300, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 660.146 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 660 - Travel Expenses|Subchapter G. Special Travel Expense Provisions|Section 660.146. Conflicts With Other Subchapters

Sec. 660.146.  CONFLICTS WITH OTHER SUBCHAPTERS.  In the event of a conflict between this subchapter and another provision of this chapter, this subchapter controls.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1300, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 660.147 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 660 - Travel Expenses|Subchapter G. Special Travel Expense Provisions|Section 660.147. Training Seminars

Sec. 660.147.  TRAINING SEMINARS.  (a)  To reduce travel expenditures, each state agency shall use interactive television, video conference technology, and telephone conferences to the greatest extent possible.(b)  A state agency may not pay or reimburse a state employee for a travel expense associated with a training seminar conducted by the agency for its employees unless the chief administrator of the agency or the administrator's designee certifies in the supporting documentation that the agency:(1)  does not possess interactive television or video conference facilities at the designated headquarters of the employees attending the seminar;(2)  cannot purchase or lease such facilities at a cost less than the total travel expenses associated with the seminar; and(3)  does not have access to another agency's facilities at the same location.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1367 (S.B. 745), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Govt Code § 660.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 660 - Travel Expenses|Subchapter H. Travel by Certain Persons|Section 660.201. Applicability

Sec. 660.201.  APPLICABILITY.  This subchapter applies to the extent it is inconsistent with or supplementary to a provision in another part of this chapter.  Sections 660.003(e)(4) and (g) do not apply to travel by members and employees of the legislature.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 660.202 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 660 - Travel Expenses|Subchapter H. Travel by Certain Persons|Section 660.202. Members of the Legislature

Sec. 660.202.  MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.  (a)  A member of the legislature is entitled to be reimbursed for meal, lodging, and incidental expenses incurred while traveling on legislative business or on the business of a board, council, committee, or commission on which the member sits.  The rate of reimbursement is determined by resolution of each house as either:(1)  the maximum out-of-state meals and lodging rate under rules issued by the comptroller based on federal travel regulations for the location at which the expenses are incurred;  or(2)  the actual amount of the expenses incurred.(b)  If expenses for meals, lodging, or incidentals are incurred in a location for which the federal travel regulations have not established a maximum per diem rate, the rate for purposes of Subsection (a)(1) is the lowest maximum per diem rate for the state or country in which the expenses are incurred.(c)  A member of the legislature is entitled to be reimbursed for the member's use of personally owned or leased motor vehicles and the use of rented or public conveyances at the same rate as is provided in the General Appropriations Act for state employees, except that the member may only receive mileage reimbursement for the most cost-effective route between the origin of the member's travel and the final duty point.(d)  Rates of reimbursement for a member of the legislature's use of personally owned or leased motor vehicles, rented or public conveyances, or personally owned or leased aircraft apply whether a trip includes travel to or from the city of Austin.(e)  During a legislative session, a member of the legislature is entitled to be reimbursed for transportation expenses, including mileage, at the same rate that is provided by the General Appropriations Act for state employees.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 317 (H.B. 605), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Govt Code § 660.203 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 660 - Travel Expenses|Subchapter H. Travel by Certain Persons|Section 660.203. Travel by Certain Officers and Employees

Sec. 660.203.  TRAVEL BY CERTAIN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.  (a)  An individual is entitled to reimbursement for the actual expense of meals and lodging incurred while performing the duties of the individual's office or employment if the individual is:(1)  a judicial officer;(2)  a chief administrative officer of a state agency, subject to Subsection (c);(3)  the executive director of the Texas Legislative Council;(4)  the secretary of the senate;(5)  a member of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, the Texas Workforce Commission, the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, or the Sabine River Compact Administration;  or(6)  a full-time member of a board and receives a salary from the state for service on that board.(b)  The governor's spouse is entitled to reimbursement for actual travel expenses incurred while performing duties at the direction of the governor.(c)  A member of a board whose membership is not elected by vote of the people is not a chief administrative officer for the purposes of this section.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1158, Sec. 38, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 660.204 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 660 - Travel Expenses|Subchapter H. Travel by Certain Persons|Section 660.204. Travel by Legislative Employees

Sec. 660.204.  TRAVEL BY LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEES.  A state employee employed by the legislature or an agency in the legislative branch of state government may be reimbursed for the actual expense of meals and lodging as determined by the employing house of the legislature or agency.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 660.205 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 660 - Travel Expenses|Subchapter H. Travel by Certain Persons|Section 660.205. Representation of State

Sec. 660.205.  REPRESENTATION OF STATE.  (a)  A state employee who is designated by the governor to represent the state at a governmental meeting or conference held outside the state is entitled to reimbursement for the actual expense of meals, lodging, and incidentals during the trip.(b)  A travel expense described by Subsection (a) is reimbursable from appropriations to the state agency by which the designee is employed.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 660.206 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 660 - Travel Expenses|Subchapter H. Travel by Certain Persons|Section 660.206. Representation of Certain Officers and Employees

Sec. 660.206.  REPRESENTATION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.  (a)  A state employee who is designated by a member of the legislature, a judicial officer, a chief administrator of a state agency, the executive director of the Texas Legislative Council, the secretary of the senate, or a board member to represent the designating party at a particular meeting or conference is entitled to reimbursement for the actual expense of meals and lodging on the trip.(b)  A member of the legislature, a judicial officer, a chief administrator of a state agency, the executive director of the Texas Legislative Council, the secretary of the senate, and a board member may authorize a state employee traveling with the authorizing party to a particular meeting or conference to receive reimbursement for the actual expense of the employee's meals and lodging on the trip.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 660.207 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 660 - Travel Expenses|Subchapter H. Travel by Certain Persons|Section 660.207. Aircraft Pilots

Sec. 660.207.  AIRCRAFT PILOTS.  An aircraft pilot who conveys state officers or employees on official business is entitled to reimbursement for the actual expense of meals and lodging on the trip in accordance with Section 660.206(b).  The pilot is not subject to Section 660.113(b).|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 660.208 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 660 - Travel Expenses|Subchapter H. Travel by Certain Persons|Section 660.208. Advance Approval Required

Sec. 660.208.  ADVANCE APPROVAL REQUIRED.  Reimbursement of actual expenses under Section 660.205 or 660.206 may not be made unless the chief administrator of the appropriate state agency gives advance written approval of the reimbursement and estimates the approximate cost of the travel.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 660.209 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 660 - Travel Expenses|Subchapter H. Travel by Certain Persons|Section 660.209. State Emergency Services Personnel

Sec. 660.209.  STATE EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL.  (a)  In this section, "emergency services personnel" includes firefighters, police officers and other peace officers, emergency medical technicians, emergency management personnel, and other individuals who are required, in the course and scope of their employment, to provide services for the benefit of the general public during emergency situations.(b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or the General Appropriations Act, a state employee who is emergency services personnel and who is deployed to a temporary duty station to conduct emergency or disaster response activities is entitled to reimbursement for the actual expense of lodging when there is no room available at the state rate within reasonable proximity to the employee's temporary duty station.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1280 (H.B. 1831), Sec. 4.02, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Govt Code § 661.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter A. State Employee Sick Leave Pool|Section 661.001. Definitions

Sec. 661.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Employee" means an individual, other than a state officer, employed by a state agency.(2)  "Executive director" means the individual appointed by the governing body of a state agency as chief administrative officer of the agency and includes the chancellor or highest executive officer of a university system and the president of a public senior college or university as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.(3)  "Pool administrator" means the individual appointed by the governing body of a state agency to administer the agency's sick leave pool.(4)  "State agency" means:(A)  a board, commission, department, or other agency in the executive branch of state government created by the constitution or a statute of the state;(B)  an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code;(C)  a legislative agency, but not either house or a member of the legislature;  or(D)  the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, or a state judicial agency.(5)  "State officer" means an elected or appointed officer of a state agency or an executive director.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1354, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 661.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter A. State Employee Sick Leave Pool|Section 661.002. Sick Leave Pool

Sec. 661.002.  SICK LEAVE POOL.  (a)  The governing body of a state agency shall, through the establishment of a program, allow an agency employee to voluntarily transfer to a sick leave pool sick leave earned by the employee.(b)  The executive director of the agency or another individual appointed by the governing body shall administer the sick leave pool.(c)  The governing body of the state agency shall adopt rules and prescribe procedures relating to the operation of the agency sick leave pool.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 661.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter A. State Employee Sick Leave Pool|Section 661.003. Contribution to Pool

Sec. 661.003.  CONTRIBUTION TO POOL.  (a)  An employee may contribute to the sick leave pool one or more days of the employee's accrued sick leave.(b)  The pool administrator shall credit the sick leave pool with the amount of time contributed by an employee and deduct a corresponding amount of time from the employee's earned sick leave as if the employee had used the time for personal purposes.(c)  A retiring employee may designate the number of the retiring employee's accrued sick leave hours to be used for retirement credit and the number of the retiring employee's accrued sick leave hours to be donated on retirement to the sick leave pool.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 288, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 387, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 661.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter A. State Employee Sick Leave Pool|Section 661.004. Use of Time in Pool

Sec. 661.004.  USE OF TIME IN POOL.  (a)  An employee is eligible to use time contributed to the sick leave pool of the agency if the employee has exhausted the employee's sick leave because of:(1)  a catastrophic illness or injury;  or(2)  a previous donation of time to the pool.(b)  The board of trustees of the state employee group benefits program established under Chapter 1551, Insurance Code, shall:(1)  classify, for the purposes of this subchapter, those injuries and illnesses that are catastrophic;  and(2)  provide a written statement of the classification to the governing body of each state agency.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 10A.519, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Govt Code § 661.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter A. State Employee Sick Leave Pool|Section 661.005. Withdrawal of Time From Pool

Sec. 661.005.  WITHDRAWAL OF TIME FROM POOL.  (a)  An employee may apply to the pool administrator for permission to withdraw time from the sick leave pool.(b)  If the employee is seeking permission to withdraw time because of a catastrophic illness or injury, 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.  The statement must provide sufficient information regarding the illness or injury to enable the pool administrator to evaluate the employee's eligibility.(c)  If the pool administrator determines that the 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 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1334, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 661.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter A. State Employee Sick Leave Pool|Section 661.006. Limitation on Withdrawals

Sec. 661.006.  LIMITATION ON WITHDRAWALS.  (a)  An employee may not withdraw time from the sick leave pool except in the case of catastrophic illness or injury of the employee or the employee's immediate family.(b)  An employee may not withdraw time from the sick leave pool in an amount that exceeds the lesser of:(1)  one-third of the total time in the pool;  or(2)  90 days.(c)  The pool administrator shall determine the amount of time that an employee may withdraw from the pool.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1334, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 661.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter A. State Employee Sick Leave Pool|Section 661.007. Equal Treatment

Sec. 661.007.  EQUAL TREATMENT.  An employee absent on time withdrawn from the sick leave pool may use the time as sick leave earned by the employee, and the employee is treated for all purposes as if the employee were absent on earned sick leave.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 661.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 661 - Leave|Subchapter A. State Employee Sick Leave Pool|Section 661.008. No Entitlement to Estate

Sec. 661.008.  NO ENTITLEMENT TO ESTATE.  The estate of a deceased employee is not entitled to payment for unused time withdrawn by the employee from the sick leave pool.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 661.021 (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 661.021. Purpose

Sec. 661.021.  PURPOSE.  The purpose of the state employee family leave program is to:(1)  provide eligible state employees more flexibility in:(A)  bonding with and caring for children during a child's first year following birth, adoption, or foster placement; and(B)  caring for a seriously ill family member or the employee, including pandemic-related illnesses or complications caused by a pandemic; and(2)  allow employees to apply for leave time under the family leave pool.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 684 (H.B. 2063), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|