A sick leave pool is established to provide for the alleviation of hardship caused to an employee and the employee's family if a catastrophic illness or injury forces the employee to exhaust all leave time earned by that employee and to lose compensation from the state.
  (1) The director of human resources is designated as the pool administrator.
  (2) The pool administrator, with the advice and consent of the executive director, will establish operating procedures consistent with the requirements of this section and relevant law governing operation of the pool.
  (3) Donations to the pool are strictly voluntary.

Source Note: The provisions of this §51.141 adopted to be effective April 24, 1990, 15 TexReg 2037; amended to be effective January 3, 2005, 29 TexReg 12225; amended to be effective February 4, 2021, 46 TexReg 930