Sec. 660.144. DEATH OF STATE EMPLOYEES. (a) A state agency may pay or reimburse the expense of preparing and transporting the remains and personal property of a state employee who dies while conducting official state business outside the employee's designated headquarters.
(b) The agency may pay or reimburse the expense of transporting the remains and personal property either to the employee's designated headquarters or to another location designated by the executor or administrator of the employee's estate. If the remains and personal property are transported to a location other than the employee's designated headquarters, the amount of the agency's payment or reimbursement may not exceed the amount that would have been paid had the remains and personal property been transported to the designated headquarters.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1300, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees
Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees
Subchapter G. Special Travel Expense Provisions
Section 660.141. Reimbursement in Certain Circumstances Involving Lower Airfares
Section 660.142. Board Members
Section 660.143. Travel by Persons With Disabilities
Section 660.144. Death of State Employees
Section 660.145. Travel Expenses of Threatened State Employees and Their Families