Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 173.002 · Chapter 173. TEMPORARY SALARY PAYMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY EMPLOYEES CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY
SALARY CONTINUATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, if a person to whom this chapter applies exhausts all military leave to which the person is entitled under state law, the municipality or county may continue the person's municipal or county salary payments under this chapter in an amount determined by the governing body of the municipality or the commissioners court, as applicable, until the person is no longer required to serve on active duty under the circumstances described by Section 173.001(a).
(b) The salary payments authorized by Subsection (a) are payable:
(1) from the general fund of the municipality or county or other funds available for that purpose on the date the person is called to active duty; and
(2) only for a municipal or county pay period that began on or after September 1, 2002.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 671, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.173.htm
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