Sec. 662.013. OPTIONAL HOLIDAY FOR CESAR CHAVEZ DAY. (a) The 31st day of March shall be designated "Cesar Chavez Day" in observance of the birthday of Cesar Chavez.
(b) The administrative head of a state agency may allow an employee of the agency to have a day off with pay on Cesar Chavez Day in lieu of any other state holiday that occurs on a weekday, other than a weekday on which an election is held throughout the state, on which the state agency is required to be open but on which the operations of the agency are required to be maintained at only a minimum level.
(c) On Cesar Chavez Day, each state agency shall remain open and conduct the operations of the agency at a minimum level.
(d) A holiday allowed under this section is in lieu of another holiday prescribed by law. The total number of holidays in a year to which an employee of a state agency is entitled is not changed by this section.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 521, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees
Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees
Chapter 662 - Holidays and Recognition Days, Weeks, and Months
Subchapter A. Holidays for State Employees
Section 662.002. Applicability to Employee of the House or Senate
Section 662.003. Dates and Descriptions of Holidays
Section 662.004. Minimum Number of Employees Needed to Conduct Business
Section 662.005. Entitlement to Paid Day Off
Section 662.006. Optional Holiday
Section 662.007. Compensatory Time
Section 662.0071. Transfers of Compensatory Time Balances
Section 662.0072. Transferring Employee: Payment for Holiday
Section 662.008. Part-Time State Employees
Section 662.009. Employee Working Other Than Monday Through Friday
Section 662.010. Holiday Before Work Begins or After Work Ends
Section 662.011. Holidays for Institutions of Higher Education