Tex. Gov't Code § 661.205 · Subchapter G. GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR SICK LEAVE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES
RESTORATION OF SICK LEAVE ON REEMPLOYMENT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 restored if the employee is reemployed by the state within 12 months after the end of the month in which the employee separates from state employment.
(b) An employee who separates from employment with the state for a reason other than that described by Subsection (a) is entitled to have the employee's sick leave balance restored if:
(1) the employee is reemployed by the same state agency or institution of higher education within 12 months after the end of the month in which the employee separates from state employment, but only if there has been a break in employment with the state of at least 30 calendar days; or
(2) the employee is reemployed by a different state agency or institution of higher education within 12 months after the end of the month in which the employee separates from state employment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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.661.htm
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