(a) An individual who is a state employee on the last workday before or the first workday after an optional holiday, or on both workdays, is entitled, except as provided by § 662.010, to a paid day off from working for a state agency on the holiday if:
(1) the holiday does not fall on a Saturday or Sunday;
(2) the employee agrees to give up, during the same fiscal year, a state holiday that:
(A) does not fall on a Saturday or Sunday; and
(B) the General Appropriations Act does not prohibit state agencies from observing; and
(3) the General Appropriations Act does not prohibit state agencies from observing the optional holiday.
(b) A state employee is entitled to a paid day off from working for a state agency on each day of an optional holiday that extends for more than one day if the employee:
(1) qualifies for the paid day off under Subsection (a); and
(2) agrees to give up during the same fiscal year an equivalent number of state holidays that:
(A) do not fall on a Saturday or Sunday; and
(B) the General Appropriations Act does not prohibit state agencies from observing.

Terms Used In Texas Government Code 662.006

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005

(c) A state employee may not agree to give up the Friday after Thanksgiving Day or the 24th or 26th day of December.