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:  _____________________
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            _____________________
                   Governor