HB1828 - Relating to legislative leave for correctional officers employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

      H.B. No. 1828         AN ACT   relating to legislative leave for correctional officers employed by   the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by   adding Section 493.0075 to read as follows:           Sec.   493.0075.     DONATION OF ACCRUED COMPENSATORY TIME OR   ACCRUED ANNUAL LEAVE FOR LEGISLATIVE PURPOSES. (a) The executive   director shall allow a correctional officer employed by the   department to voluntarily transfer to a legislative leave pool up   to eight hours of compensatory time or annual leave per year earned   by the correctional officer.           (b)     The executive director or the executive director's   designee shall administer the legislative leave pool.           (c)     The board shall adopt rules and prescribe procedures   relating to the operation of the legislative leave pool.           (d)     The executive director or the executive director's   designee shall credit the legislative leave pool with the amount of   time contributed by a correctional officer employed by the   department and deduct a corresponding amount of time from the   correctional officer's earned compensatory time or annual leave as   if the correctional officer had used the time for personal   purposes.           (e)     A correctional officer employed by the department is   entitled to use time contributed to the legislative leave pool if   the correctional officer uses the time for legislative leave on   behalf of an association:                 (1)     related to the correctional officer's employment   with the department;                 (2)     that has at least 5,000 active or retired members;   and                 (3)  that is governed by a board of directors.           (f)     The executive director or the executive director's   designee shall transfer time from the pool to the correctional   officer and credit the time to the correctional officer.           (g)     A correctional officer employed by the department may   only withdraw time from the legislative leave pool in coordination   with and with the consent of the president or designee of the   association described in Subsection (e). A correctional officer   may not draw more than 80 hours from the pool in a 160-hour work   cycle and may not draw more than 480 hours from the pool in a fiscal   year.           (h)     A correctional officer employed by the department shall   use time from the legislative leave pool in accordance with rules   adopted by the board.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 1828 was passed by the House on May 6,   2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 118, Nays 30, 1 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 1828 was passed by the Senate on May   25, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays 4.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor