A state employee who is a member of the program may be granted leave not to exceed a maximum of 10 days per 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. The actions listed in this section are required for the employee to use the granted leave:
  (1) The employee must have the authorization of their agency/supervisor.
  (2) The Governor has issued a declaration of a State of Disaster or Emergency, under Texas Government Code, Chapter 418, or another occurrence that initiates the State Emergency Management Plan.
  (3) State employees will use the payroll code ROL to account for time taken to support an authorized event.

Source Note: The provisions of this §9.65 adopted to be effective March 16, 2014, 39 TexReg 1724