HBA-MPM H.B. 269 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 269
By: Flores
Public Education
2/10/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, school districts are not required to pay employees at the normal
rate of pay for time spent replying to a jury summons or valid subpeona.
H.B. 269 prohibits a school district from penalizing or discriminating
against an employee who complies with a jury summons.   

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Education Code, by adding
Section 22.006, as follows: 

Sec. 22.006.  DISCRIMINATION BASED ON JURY SERVICE PROHIBITED.  (a)
Prohibits a school district from discharging, disciplining, reducing the
compensation of, or penalizing or discriminating against a school district
employee because the employee complies with a summons to serve on a jury. 

(b)  Requires a school district to pay an employee who is serving in any
phase of jury service compensation for each regularly scheduled workday at
the daily rate of an employee on salary, or otherwise at the employee's
normal daily compensation. 

(c)  Establishes that an employee's accumulated personal leave time may not
be reduced because the employee serves on a jury. 

SECTION 2.  Makes application of this Act prospective beginning with the
1999-2000 school year. 

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.
            Effective date:  upon passage.