Sec. 661.9075.  VOLUNTEERS OF TEXAS VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTER.  (a)  A state employee who is a volunteer of an organization that is a member of the Texas Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster may be granted leave to participate in disaster relief services without a deduction in salary or loss of vacation time, sick leave, earned overtime credit, or state compensatory time if:
(1)  the employee's supervisor authorizes the leave;
(2)  the services in which the employee participates are provided for a state of disaster declared by the governor under Chapter 418; and
(3)  the executive director of the employee's state agency approves the leave.
(b)  Leave granted to a state employee under Subsection (a) may not exceed 10 days each fiscal year.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 77 (S.B. 44), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.