Texas Statutes
§ 661.913 — PARENTAL LEAVE FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.
Texas § 661.913
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Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 661.913 (2026).
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Sec. 661.913. PARENTAL LEAVE FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.
(a)A state employee who has been employed for fewer than 12 months by the state or who worked fewer than 1,250 hours during the 12-month period preceding the beginning of leave under this section is eligible to take a parental leave of absence not to exceed 12 weeks in accordance with this section.
(b)The employee must first use all available and applicable paid vacation and sick leave while taking the leave, and the remainder of the leave is unpaid.
(c)The leave authorized by this section is limited to, and begins on the date of, the birth of a natural child of the employee or the adoption by or foster care placement with the employee of a child younger than three years of age.
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Nearby Sections
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§ 661.001
DEFINITIONS.§ 661.002
SICK LEAVE POOL.§ 661.003
CONTRIBUTION TO POOL.§ 661.004
USE OF TIME IN POOL.§ 661.005
WITHDRAWAL OF TIME FROM POOL.§ 661.006
LIMITATION ON WITHDRAWALS.§ 661.007
EQUAL TREATMENT.§ 661.008
NO ENTITLEMENT TO ESTATE.§ 661.021
PURPOSE.§ 661.022
GUIDELINES.§ 661.023
CONTRIBUTION TO FAMILY LEAVE POOL.§ 661.024
USE OF TIME IN POOL.§ 661.025
WITHDRAWAL OF TIME FROM POOL.§ 661.026
LIMITATION ON WITHDRAWALS.§ 661.027
EQUAL TREATMENT.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
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