Texas Government Code Title 6, Chapter 661 - Leave

SUBCHAPTER A STATE EMPLOYEE SICK LEAVE POOL

• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 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  An employee absent on time withdrawn from the sick leave pool may use the time as sick leave earned by the employee, and the employee...

SUBCHAPTER B PAYMENT FOR VACATION AND SICK LEAVE TO ESTATES OF DECEASED STATE EMPLOYEES

• Texas Section 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  The estate of a deceased employee is not entitled to payment for unused time withdrawn by the employee from the sick leave pool.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...
• Texas Section 661.031 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "National holiday" includes only those days listed under Section 662.003(a). (2) "State employee" means an individual who is an appointed officer...
• Texas Section 661.032 - Applicability Of Subchapter
  (a) This subchapter applies only to a state employee who, at any time during the employee's lifetime, has accrued six months of continuous state employment....
• Texas Section 661.033 - Payment For Vacation And Sick Leave
  (a) When a state employee dies, the state shall pay the employee's estate for the balances of the employee's: (1) vacation leave; and (2) sick...
• Texas Section 661.034 - Computation Of Payment
  (a) The payment to the estate of the deceased state employee shall be computed by multiplying the employee's hourly rate of compensation at the time...
• Texas Section 661.035 - Computation Of Total Accumulated Leave; Holiday Time
  (a) For a state employee who at the time of death is normally scheduled to work at least 40 hours a week, eight hours is...
• Texas Section 661.036 - Payment Charged To Certain Fiscal Year
  A state agency shall charge a payment required by Section 661.033 to the fiscal year in which the state employee dies. Added by Acts 1993,...
• Texas Section 661.037 - Payment With Funds Appropriated For Salaries
  A state agency shall use funds appropriated to the agency for salaries to make a payment required by Section 661.033. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd...

SUBCHAPTER C PAYMENT FOR VACATION TIME TO STATE EMPLOYEES WHO SEPARATE FROM STATE EMPLOYMENT

• Texas Section 661.038 - Rules
  The comptroller may establish procedures and adopt rules to administer this subchapter. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 17, eff. June 19,
• Texas Section 661.061 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "National holiday" includes only those days listed under Section 662.003(a). The term does not include a national holiday on which a...
• Texas Section 661.062 - Entitlement To Payment For Vacation Time
  (a) A state employee who, at any time during the employee's lifetime, has accrued six months of continuous state employment and who resigns, is dismissed,...
• Texas Section 661.063 - Computation Of Payment
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the payment to a state employee under this subchapter shall be computed by multiplying the employee's rate of...
• Texas Section 661.064 - Computation Of Total Accumulated Leave; Holiday Time
  (a) This subsection applies except as provided by Subsection (c). For a state employee who on the date of separation is normally scheduled to work...
• Texas Section 661.065 - Lump-sum Payment
  A state agency shall make a payment required by this subchapter in a lump sum, except as provided by Section 661.067. Added by Acts 1993,...
• Texas Section 661.066 - Payment Charged To Certain Fiscal Year
  A state agency shall charge a lump-sum payment required by this subchapter to the fiscal year in which the state employee's separation from state employment...
• Texas Section 661.067 - Agreement For State Employee To Remain On Agency Payroll
  (a) A state agency may agree to permit an employee entitled to payment under this subchapter to remain on the agency's payroll to exhaust the...

SUBCHAPTER D PAYMENTS FOR VACATION TIME TO CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM WHO RETIRE

• Texas Section 661.068 - Rules
  The comptroller may establish procedures and adopt rules to administer this subchapter. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 18, eff. June 19,
• Texas Section 661.091 - Payment For Vacation Time On Retirement
  (a) A contributing member of the Employees Retirement System of Texas who retires is entitled to a lump-sum payment, from funds of the agency or...
• Texas Section 661.092 - Computation Of Payment
  A payment required by this subchapter shall be computed as if the member had taken vacation time, using the member's rate of compensation as of...
• Texas Section 661.093 - Conflict With Other Subchapter
  Subchapter C of this chapter controls if there is a conflict between Subchapter C and this subchapter. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268,...

SUBCHAPTER E VACATION FOR HOURLY OR DAILY STATE EMPLOYEE

• Texas Section 661.094 - Rules
  The comptroller may establish procedures and adopt rules to administer this subchapter. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 19, eff. June 19,

SUBCHAPTER F GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR VACATION LEAVE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES

• Texas Section 661.121 - Vacation For Hourly Or Daily Employee
  (a) A state department, institution, or agency may grant a vacation with full pay to an employee: (1) whose pay is computed by the hour...
• Texas Section 661.151 - State Auditor Interpretation
  (a) The state auditor shall provide a uniform interpretation of this subchapter and Subchapters G and Z. (b) The state auditor shall report to the...
• Texas Section 661.152 - Entitlement To Annual Vacation Leave
  (a) A state employee is entitled to a vacation in each fiscal year without a deduction in salary, except for a state employee who is:...
• Texas Section 661.153 - Transfer Of Vacation Leave Balance
  A state employee who transfers directly from one state agency to another is entitled to credit by the agency to which the employee transfers for...

SUBCHAPTER G GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR SICK LEAVE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES

• Texas Section 661.154 - Vacation Leave For Legislative Employees
  Vacation leave for employees of the legislative branch, including employees of the lieutenant governor, is determined as follows: (1) for employees of either house of...
• Texas Section 661.201 - Applicability
  (a) Sick leave for employees of the legislative branch, including employees of the lieutenant governor, is determined as follows: (1) for employees of either house...
• Texas Section 661.202 - Entitlement To Sick Leave; General Provisions And Procedures
  (a) A state employee is entitled to sick leave without a deduction in salary in accordance with this subchapter. (b) In this subsection, duty day...
• Texas Section 661.203 - Faculty At Institutions Of Higher Education
  A faculty member at an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, must submit prescribed leave forms for all sick leave...
• Texas Section 661.204 - Transfer Of Sick Leave Balance
  A state employee who transfers directly from one state agency to another is entitled to credit by the agency to which the employee transfers for...
• Texas Section 661.205 - Restoration Of Sick Leave On Reemployment In Certain Circumstances
  (a) An employee who separates from employment with the state under a formal reduction in force is entitled to have the employee's sick leave balance...
• Texas Section 661.206 - Educational Activities: Use Of Sick Leave
  (a) This section applies to an employee who is a parent of a child who is a student attending a grade from prekindergarten through 12th...

SUBCHAPTER Z MISCELLANEOUS LEAVE PROVISIONS FOR STATE EMPLOYEES

• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 661.901 - Applicability
  (a) This subchapter applies only to a state employee employed in the executive or judicial branch of state government. (b) The leave policies for employees...
• Texas Section 661.902 - Emergency Leave
  (a) A state employee is entitled to emergency leave without a deduction in salary because of a death in the employee's family. The death of...
• Texas Section 661.903 - National Guard Emergency
  A state employee who is called to state active duty as a member of the Texas military forces by the governor because of an emergency...
• Texas Section 661.904 - Military Leave During National Emergency
  (a) An employee called to active duty during a national emergency to serve in a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States...
• Texas Section 661.9041 - Differential Pay
  (a) The administrative head of a state agency shall grant sufficient emergency leave as differential pay to a state employee on unpaid military leave if...
• Texas Section 661.905 - Volunteer Firefighters And Emergency Medical Services Volunteers
  (a) In this section, "emergency medical services volunteer" has the meaning assigned by Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code. (b) A state employee who is...
• Texas Section 661.906 - Foster Parents
  A state employee who is a foster parent to a child under the conservatorship of the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services is entitled to...
• Texas Section 661.907 - Red Cross Disaster Service Volunteer
  (a) A state employee who is a certified disaster service volunteer of the American Red Cross or who is in training to become such a...
• Texas Section 661.908 - Leave Records; Time And Attendance Records
  The administrative head or governing body of each state agency shall require for each employee: (1) time and attendance records; (2) a record of the...
• Texas Section 661.909 - Leave Without Pay; Leave Of Absence
  (a) A state agency or institution of higher education may grant employees leave without pay, including a leave of absence without pay, in accordance with...
• Texas Section 661.910 - Assistance Dog Training For Employees With A Disability
  (a) A state employee who is a person with a disability, as defined by Section 121.002, Human Resources Code, is entitled to a leave of...
• Texas Section 661.911 - Administrative Leave With Pay
  (a) In addition to employee leave authorized elsewhere in this chapter, the administrative head of an agency may grant administrative leave without a deduction in...
• Texas Section 661.912 - Family And Medical Leave Act
  (a) To the extent required by federal law, a state employee who has a total of at least 12 months of state service and who...
• Texas Section 661.913 - Parental Leave For Certain Employees
  (a) A state employee who has been employed for fewer than 12 months by the state or who worked fewer than 1,250 hours during the...
• Texas Section 661.914 - Voting By State Employees
  A state agency shall allow each agency employee sufficient time off, without a deduction in salary or accrued leave, to vote in each national, state,...
• Texas Section 661.915 - Applicability To Junior Colleges
  The provisions of this chapter do not apply to a public junior college as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. Added by Acts 2001, 77th...
• Texas Section 661.916 - Leave For Organ Or Bone Marrow Donors
  (a) A state employee is entitled to a leave of absence without a deduction in salary for the time necessary to permit the employee to...
• Texas Section 661.917 - Donation Of Blood
  (a) A state agency shall allow each agency employee sufficient time off, without a deduction in salary or accrued leave, to donate blood. (b) An...
• Texas Section 661.918 - Injury Leave For Certain Peace Officers
  (a) This section applies to a peace officer under Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, who is commissioned as a law enforcement officer or agent,...
• Texas Section 661.919 - Amateur Radio Operators
  (a) A state employee who holds an amateur radio station license issued by the Federal Communications Commission may be granted leave not to exceed 10...
• Texas Section 661.921 - Court Appointed Special Advocates Volunteer
  A state employee may be granted leave not to exceed five hours each month to participate in mandatory training or perform volunteer services for Court...
• Texas Section 661.922 - Reserve Law Enforcement Officers
  (a) In this section, "reserve law enforcement officer" has the meaning assigned by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code. (b) A state employee who is a reserve...

Last modified: September 28, 2016