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AN ACT
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relating to differential pay and benefits for certain employees of |
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emergency services districts who are members of the armed forces. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 775, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 775.039 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 775.039. DIFFERENTIAL PAY AND BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES |
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OF EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICTS. (a) A board may provide |
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differential pay to a district employee who is a member of the state |
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military forces or a reserve component of the United States armed |
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forces who is called to active duty if: |
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(1) the board adopts a policy providing for |
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differential pay for all similarly situated employees; and |
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(2) the employee's military pay is less than the |
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employee's gross pay from the district. |
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(b) The combination of differential pay and military pay may |
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not exceed the employee's actual gross pay from the district. |
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(c) For purposes of this section, military pay does not |
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include money the employee receives: |
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(1) for service in a combat zone; |
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(2) as hardship pay; or |
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(3) for being separated from the employee's family. |
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(d) The differential pay provided by Subsection (a) begins |
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when the benefits allowed under Section 431.005, Government Code, |
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are exhausted and continues until the employee's active military |
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duty terminates. |
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(e) The board may extend the insurance benefits provided by |
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the district to a district employee who is a member of the state |
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military forces or a reserve component of the United States armed |
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forces who is called to active duty and to the employee's |
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dependents. The extension period begins when the benefits allowed |
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under Section 431.005, Government Code, are exhausted and continues |
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until the employee's active military duty terminates. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1477 passed the Senate on |
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April 21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2011, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1477 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 20, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 149, |
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Nays 0, one present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |