H.B. No. 1771

	AN ACT
	relating to the donation of sick leave by state employees.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 661, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 661.207 to read as follows:
	Sec. 661.207.  DONATION OF SICK LEAVE. (a) An employee may
	donate any amount of the employee's accrued sick leave to another
	employee who:
	(1)  is employed in the same state agency as the donor
	employee; and
	(2)  has exhausted the employee's sick leave, including
	any time the individual may be eligible to withdraw from a sick
	leave pool.
	(b)  An employee may not provide or receive remuneration or a
	gift in exchange for a sick leave donation under this section.
	(c)  An employee who receives donated sick leave under this
	section may not:
	(1)  use sick leave donated to the employee under this
	section except as provided by Sections 661.202(d) and (e); or
	(2)  notwithstanding any other law, receive service
	credit in the Employees Retirement System of Texas for any sick
	leave donated to the employee under this section that is unused on
	the last day of that employee's employment.
	(d)  In this section, "employee" and "state agency" have the
	meanings assigned by Section 661.001.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1771 was passed by the House on April
	17, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 1, 3 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1771 was passed by the Senate on May
	20, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays 3.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
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	Governor