Tex. Gov't Code § 661.919 · Subchapter Z. MISCELLANEOUS LEAVE PROVISIONS FOR STATE EMPLOYEES
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 days each fiscal year to participate in specialized disaster relief services without a deduction in salary or loss of vacation time, sick leave, earned overtime credit, or state compensatory time if the leave is taken:
(1) with the authorization of the employee's supervisor; and
(2) with the approval of the governor.
(b) The number of amateur radio operators who are eligible for leave under this section may not exceed 350 state employees at any one time during a state fiscal year. The Texas Division of Emergency Management shall coordinate the establishment and maintenance of the list of eligible employees.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 258 (S.B. 11), Sec. 2.01, eff. September 1, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1146 (H.B. 2730), Sec. 2B.08, eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
- Edition
- 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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- Composed by
- 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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