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The Honorable Bevington Reed - page 2 (H-766)
Do je eligible for accumulated sick
leave with pay during a continuous
period of more than three (3) working
days, an employee absent due to illness
shall send to the administrative head
of his employing agency a doctor's
certificate showing the cause or
nature of the illness, or some other
written statement of the facts concerning
the illness which is acceptable to
such administrative head.
Upon return to duty after sick
leave the employee concerned shall,
without delay, complete the prescribed
application for sick leave and submit
the same through proper channels to
the appropriate approving authority
for his consideration.
Exceptions to the amount of sick
leave an employee may take may be
authorized by the administrative head
or heads of any agency of the State
provided such exceptions are authorized
on an individual basis after a review
of the merits of such particular case.
A statement of any such authorized
exceptions or the reasons for them
shall be attached to the State agency's
duplicate payroll voucher for the
payroll period affected by such authorized
exceptions.
The foregoing provision regarding
sick leave shall not apply to State
institutions of higher education which
had established rules in effect prior
to the adoption of this Act for sick
leave for the nonacademic and academic
stafTs of such institutions, and such
sick leave policies may continue to Ee
established by the governing boards of
such institutions.p. 3233
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: H-766, text, January 16, 1976; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth271290/m1/2/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.