Military leave.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 14-253
in effectSec. 14-253. - Military leave.
(a) An employee who is called to duty shall be entitled to be placed on military leave upon written application to the director. Each application shall be accompanied by duly authenticated copies of state or federal military orders, and any other documentation reasonably required by the director to establish the employee's right to leave status under this article. Upon receipt of an application and related documents establishing the right to leave status under this article, the director shall place the employee on military leave status.
(b) An employee on active military duty can be authorized to use up to eighty (80) hours of accrued leave per pay period.
(c) Accrued hours include, but are not limited to, floating holiday or deferred holiday, personal leave hours, compensatory time, vacation hours, or Paid Time Off (PTO) under the Houston Police Department Paid Time Off Program. Sick leave hours and no-value PTO hours may not be used. Value of leave used will be computed using bi-weekly base pay plus longevity rates of pay, and shall include any other pay to which the employee would be entitled to if the employee was using time for a reason other than military leave including, but not limited to, all allowances, assignment pays and certification pays to which the employee was entitled prior to being placed in a military leave status.
(Ord. No. 2015-1300, § 2(Exh. A), 12-16-2015)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH14CISE_ARTIVMILE_S14-253MILEFetched: 10/26/2026