HB 452

Existing law provides for annual and sick leave for state employees

This bill would further provide for the annual and sick leave accrual amounts for all persons who are employed as a certified firefighter working for the state military department at either the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport or Dannelly Field, and are assigned to work a 24-hour shift

To amend Section 36-26-35, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to accrual of leave by state employees; to further provide for the annual and sick leave accrual of certified firefighters working at either the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport or Dannelly Field who are assigned to work a 24-hour shift.

Section 1

Section 36-26-35, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows:

§36-26-35.

(a) All persons who are regularly employed by the state and who are subject to the provisions of the state Merit System, and all legislative personnel, officers, and employ- ees, including, but not limited to, Legislative Reference Ser- vice Legislative Services Agency personnel, whether subject to the state Merit System or not, shall be entitled to accumulate annual leave on the basis of biweekly pay periods through the payday on March 17, 2006, as follows: Employee's total Accumulation of service with: leave per pay period Annual Accumulation Fewer than five 4 hours 13 days years' service Five but less than 5 hours 16 days 2 hours 10 years' service 10 but less than 6 hours 19 days 4 hours 15 years' service 15 but less than 7 hours 22 days 6 hours 20 years' service 20 but less than 8 hours 26 days 25 years' service Employee's total Accumulation of service with: leave per pay period Annual Accumulation 25 years of ser- 9 hours 29 days 2 hours vice or more

(b) Beginning with the payday on April 3, 2006, all persons who are regularly employed by the state and who are subject to the provisions of the state Merit System, and all legislative personnel, officers, and employees, including, but not limited to, Legislative Reference Service Legislative Ser- vices Agency personnel, whether subject to the state Merit System or not, shall be entitled to accumulate annual leave on the basis of semi-monthly pay periods as follows: Employee's total Accumulation of service with: leave per pay period Annual Accumulation Fewer than five 4 hours 20 minutes 13 days years' service Five but less than 5 hours 25 minutes 16 days 2 hours 10 years' service 10 but less than 6 hours 30 minutes 19 days 4 hours 15 years' service 15 but less than 7 hours 35 minutes 22 days 6 hours 20 years' service 20 but less than 8 hours 40 minutes 26 days Employee's total Accumulation of service with: leave per pay period Annual Accumulation 25 years' service 25 years of ser- 9 hours 45 minutes 29 days 2 hours vice or more

(c) Beginning with the payday on October 1, 2019, all persons who are employed as a certified firefighter work- ing for the state military department at either the Birming- ham-Shuttlesworth International Airport or Dannelly Field and are assigned to work a 24-hour shift shall be entitled to ac- cumulate annual leave on the basis of semi-monthly pay periods as follows: Employee's total Accumulation of service with: leave per pay period Annual Accumulation Fewer than five 5 hours 36 minutes 16.8 days years' service Five but less than 7 hours 0 minutes 21 days 10 years' service 10 but less than 8 hours 24 minutes 25.2 days 15 years' service 15 but less than 9 hours 48 minutes 29.4 days 20 years' service 20 but less than 12 hours 12 minutes 36.6 days Employee's total Accumulation of service with: leave per pay period Annual Accumulation 25 years' service 25 years of ser- 12 hours 36 minutes 37.8 days vice or more

(c) Maximum (d)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2), maximum accrued leave after 25 years of service shall be limited to 29 1/4 days per year, and the maximum number of days of annual leave which may be carried over at the end of each year shall be limited to 60 days.

(2) Maximum accrued leave after 25 years of service for a person who is assigned to a 24-hour shift shall be limited to 37.8 days per year, and the maximum number of days of annual leave which may be carried over at the end of the year shall be limited to 76 days.

(d) (e) Any law enforcement officer in the Department of Public Safety Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall be entitled to receive payment for any accrued and unused annual leave days in excess of 60 days, up to a maximum of 10 days per year. Payment shall be calculated using the officer's regular rate of pay.

(f)(1) Beginning with the payday on October 1, 2019, all persons who are employed as a certified firefighter working for the state military department at either the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport or Dannelly Field and are assigned to work a 24-hour shift shall be entitled to accumulate sick leave on the basis of semi-monthly pay periods at an allowance of five hours and 36 minutes for each semi-monthly period of service.

(2) For a person subject to subdivision (1), the maximum number of hours of sick leave which may be carried over at the end of each year shall be limited to 1,550 hours."

Section 2

This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.