Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

   
      87(R) HB 180 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
      
            H.B.  No.  180
         
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the transfer of vacation leave time to a sick leave pool 
         
            in certain counties.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Section 157.072(b), Local Government Code, is 
         
            amended to read as follows:
         
                          (b)    The commissioners court of a county with a population of 
         
            800,000 [one million] or more may allow an employee to voluntarily 
         
            transfer vacation leave time earned by the employee to a county sick 
         
            leave pool.
         
                          SECTION  2.    This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
         
            a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
         
            provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.    If this 
         
            Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
         
            Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
         
            ______________________________
            ______________________________
         
                  President of the Senate
            Speaker of the House          
         
                          I certify that H.B. No. 180 was passed by the House on April 
         
            9, 2021, by the following vote:    Yeas 121, Nays 23, 2 present, not 
         
            voting.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Chief Clerk of the House      
         
                          I certify that H.B. No. 180 was passed by the Senate on May 
         
            19, 2021, by the following vote:    Yeas 31, Nays 0.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Secretary of the Senate        
         
            APPROVED:    _____________________
         
                                                  Date                    
         
                                _____________________
         
                                              Governor              
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 157.072 Local Government Code
House Committee Report: 157.072 Local Government Code
Engrossed: 157.072 Local Government Code
Enrolled: 157.072 Local Government Code




	AN ACT
	relating to the transfer of vacation leave time to a sick leave pool
	in certain counties.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 157.072(b), Local Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b) The commissioners court of a county with a population of
	800,000 [~~one million~~] or more may allow an employee to voluntarily
	transfer vacation leave time earned by the employee to a county sick
	leave pool.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 180 was passed by the House on April
	9, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 23, 2 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 180 was passed by the Senate on May
	19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor