HBA-TBM H.B. 2874 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2874
By: Uher
County Affairs
4/1/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, a county employee is able to transfer accrued sick leave
or vacation time to a county sick leave pool (pool) to help an employee who
suffers a catastrophic injury or illness.  Currently, an employee is
prohibited from using an amount of time of more than one-third of the total
time in the pool or 90 days.  House Bill 2874 increases the total amount of
time an employee may withdraw from the pool from 90 to 180 days.   

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 2874 amends the Local Government Code to increase from 90 days
to 180 days, the maximum amount of time an eligible employee may withdraw
from a county sick leave pool.   

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001.