Tex. Gov't Code § 614.007 · Subchapter A. LEGISLATIVE LEAVE FOR PEACE OFFICER OR FIRE FIGHTER
INSUFFICIENCY IN NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES; EXCHANGE OF TIME BY OTHER EMPLOYEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If an employer determines that granting a legislative leave will result in having an insufficient number of employees to carry out the normal functions of the employer, another peace officer or fire fighter of equal rank may volunteer to exchange time of work with the applicant if overtime does not result.
(b) The employer shall allow a volunteer under Subsection (a) to work for the applicant and shall grant the legislative leave, if overtime will not result and if the volunteer work will result in having a sufficient number of employees.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.614.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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