{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-503.041","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 503.041","heading":"EXHAUSTION OF ANNUAL AND SICK LEAVE.","body":"(a) An employee may elect to use accrued sick leave before receiving income benefits. If an employee elects to use sick leave, the employee is not entitled to income benefits under this chapter until the employee has exhausted the employee's accrued sick leave.\n(b) An employee may elect to use all or any number of weeks of accrued annual leave after the employee's accrued sick leave is exhausted. If an employee elects to use annual leave, the employee is not entitled to income benefits under this chapter until the elected number of weeks of leave have been exhausted.\nActs 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.309, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION","SUBTITLE C. WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 503. WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM AND EMPLOYEES OF INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM","SUBCHAPTER C. OFFSETS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.503.htm#503.041","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"1ae34f2d54a1e2ecdb61856d63e39ce79926379208fbab7362a3809f1da2473b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-503.025","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-503.061"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}