Texas Statutes
Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Leave Provisions for State Employees
Section 661.923. Leave During Agency Investigation

Sec. 661.923. LEAVE DURING AGENCY INVESTIGATION. (a) The administrative head of an agency may grant leave without a deduction in salary to a state employee who is:
(1) the subject of an investigation being conducted by the agency; or
(2) a victim of, or witness to, an act or event that is the subject of an investigation being conducted by the agency.
(b) A state employee who is the subject of an investigation being conducted by the employing agency is ineligible to receive leave for that reason under any other provision of this subchapter.
(c) Not later than the last day of each quarter of a state fiscal year, an agency shall submit a report to the state auditor's office and the Legislative Budget Board that includes the name of each agency employee described by Subsection (a)(1) who has been granted 168 hours or more of leave under this section during that fiscal quarter. The report must include, for each employee, a brief statement as to the reason the employee remains on leave.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 518 (S.B. 73), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017.