HB682 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Yusuf Salaam

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

State employees, donation of leave for catastrophic, sick, or maternity leave, leave may be donated from employee in any pay grade, limitation on hours donated removed, Sec. 36-26-36.2 am'd.

Summary

HB682 would allow Alabama state employees to donate leave to any state employee across all pay grades and remove limits on hours donated for catastrophic illness or maternity leave.

What This Bill Does

It amends the leave donation program to allow donations of annual, compensatory, and sick leave between all state employees in the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. The recipient may have an equal, higher, or lower pay grade than the donor. Donations are calculated on an hour-for-hour basis. The bill requires the personnel departments to develop and implement the necessary rules, procedures, and coordination, and it becomes effective on the first day of the third month after passage and governor approval.

Who It Affects

• Donor state employees across all branches who can donate annual, compensatory, or sick leave without pay grade restrictions.
• State employees who may receive donated leave for catastrophic illnesses or maternity leaves, regardless of whether the recipient's pay grade is equal to, higher than, or lower than the donor's.

Key Provisions

• Amends Section 36-26-36.2 to allow leave donations between all state employees in the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches, regardless of pay grade differences.
• Recipient pay grade may be equal, higher, or lower than the donor's pay grade; donor restrictions based on pay grade are removed.
• Donated leave is limited to annual leave, compensatory leave, and sick leave for catastrophic illnesses or maternity leave, and is calculated hour-for-hour.
• State personnel departments must coordinate and implement the administrative rules and procedures to carry out the amendment.
• The act becomes effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and governor approval.

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Subjects

State Employees