Texas § GV.662.006 - OPTIONAL HOLIDAY
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§ GV.662.006. OPTIONAL HOLIDAY
OPTIONAL HOLIDAY. (a) An individual who is a state employee on the last workday before or the first workday after an optional holiday, or on both workdays, is entitled, except as provided by Section 662.010 , to a paid day off from working for a state agency on the holiday if: (1) the holiday does not fall on a Saturday or Sunday; (2) the employee agrees to give up, during the same fiscal year, a state holiday that: (A) does not fall on a Saturday or Sunday; and (B) the General Appropriations Act does not prohibit state agencies from observing; and (3) the General Appropriations Act does not prohibit state agencies from observing the optional holiday. (b) A state employee is entitled to a paid day off from working for a state agency on each day of an optional holiday that extends for more than one day if the employee: (1) qualifies for the paid day off under Subsection (a); and (2) agrees to give up during the same fiscal year an equivalent number of state holidays that: (A) do not fall on a Saturday or Sunday; and (B) the General Appropriations Act does not prohibit state agencies from observing. (c) A state employee may not agree to give up the Friday after Thanksgiving Day or the 24th or 26th day of December. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 29, eff. June 19, 1997.
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Section GV.662.006 ("OPTIONAL HOLIDAY") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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