General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Second, Third and Fourth Called Sessions of the Sixty-Second Legislature and the Regular Session of the Sixty-Third Legislature Page: 273
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APPROPRIATIONS---GENERAL ACT
December 22 and 26, 1972, to provide a Christmas holiday period. Holidays falling
on Saturdays or Sundays shall not be observed by closing State offices on the l)re-
ceding or following days except the specific (days authorized for a Christmas holi-
day period.
Legal holidays and the Christmas holiday period to be observed by agencies of
higher education and special schools under the State Board of Education shall not
exceed the number of days specified in this Subsection; an(1 the governing boards
of the various educational institutions may a(ljust the actual observance of such
holidays as will permit efficient academic schedules.
Agencies of the State designated in Articles I, II and III of this Act shall not
substitute the observance of the designated holidays unless the continuing nature
of agency operations requires employees to work on a designated holiday. An em-
ployee who is required to work and who does work on any of the designated holi-
days shall be entitled to compensating time off to be taken on such day as may be
mutually agreed upon by the employee and his supervisor.
Sec. 7. EMPLOYEES VACATION AND LEAVES. a. Annual employees of the
State shall, without deduction in salary, be entitled to a vacation of two normal
work weeks in any one fiscal year, such entitlement to be accrued proportionately
for each month of service d(luring the year.
Annual employees with fifteen (15) or more years of employment with the State
shall be entitled to two normal work weeks plus five (5) additional normal working
days of vacation in any one fiscal year.
Annual employees with twenty (20) or more years of employment with the State
shall be entitled to two normal work weeks plus ten (10) additional working d(lays
of vacation in any one fiscal year.
Total accumulated leave to any employee may never exceed the equivalent of his
earned vacation entitlement for the preceding two-year period. No employee shall
be allowed any paid vacation entitlement until he has had continuous employment
with the State for six (6) months.
In computing vacation time taken, time d(luring which any empl)loyee is excused
from work because of holidays shall not be charged against the employee's vacation.
If a State employee transfers directly from one State agency to another, he shall
be entitled to credit with the newly employing agency for his accumulated but un-
used vacation entitlement, provided that his employment with the State is uninter-
rupted. A State employee who resigns, is (lismisse(l, or separates from State em-
ployment shall be entitled to be paid for all vacation time duly accrued.
b. Sick leave with full pay for regular employees of the State may be allowed
at the rate of one normal working dlay for each full month of continuous employ-
ment, and accrued amounts of sick leave may be carried forward for a maximum
period of three (3) years of continuous employment. The use of sick leave privi-
leges shall be governed by the following provisions and restrictions.
An employee is entitled to take sick leave with pay only when he or a member
of his immediate family is actually ill, and in the case of female employees, for the
purposes of maternity leave. Malingering and other abuses of sick leave privileges
shall constitute grounds for dismissall from employment by the State. Accumulated
sick leave shall not constitute a claim for reimbursement when an employee leaves
the employment of the State for reasons other than death of the employee.
An employee who must be absent from duty because of illness shall notify his
supervisor or cause his supervisor to be notified of that fact at the earliest prac-
ticable time.
To be eligible for accumulated sick leave with pay during a continuous period of
more than three (3) working days, an employee absent (due to illness shall send to
the administrative head of his employment agency a doctor's certificate showing
the cause or nature of the illness, or some other written statement of the facts
concerning the illness which is acceptable to such administrative head.
Upon returning to duty after sick leave, an employee shall immediately complete
sick leave application forms to be designed by the employing agency with the ap-
proval of the State Auditor. Approved application for sick leave shall be filed in
the employing agency's personnel files.
1 Tex.Sess.L. '73 Bd.Vol.-23 273
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Texas. Legislature. General and Special Laws of The State of Texas Passed By The Second, Third and Fourth Called Sessions of the Sixty-Second Legislature and the Regular Session of the Sixty-Third Legislature, legislative document, 1973; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth221792/m1/351/?q=waco+tornado: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.