COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 6015
(By Senators Tomblin, Mr. President, and Sprouse,
By Request of the Executive)
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[Originating in the Committee on Finance;
reported October 24, 2001.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section one, article one-f, chapter
fifteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to the leave of
absence term for public officials and employees for drills,
parades, active duty and other military obligations; and
setting maximum amount of paid leave for any single call to
active duty.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one, article one-f, chapter fifteen of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1F. PRIVILEGES AND PROHIBITIONS.
§15-1F-1. Leave of absence for public officials and employees for
drills, parades, active duty, etc.
(a) All officers and employees of the state, or subdivisions
or municipalities thereof of the state, who shall be are members of
the national guard or any military reserve unit of the United
States armed services, shall be are entitled to leave of absence
from their respective offices or employments without loss of pay,
status or efficiency rating, on the days during which they shall be
are engaged in drills, parades or other duty, during business hours
ordered by proper authority, or for field training or military
duty, to include the active service of the state, for a maximum
period of thirty working days in any one calendar year.
(b) Provided, That effective the second day of August, one
thousand nine hundred ninety, Effective the eleventh day of
September, two thousand one, all officers and employees of the
state, or subdivisions or municipalities thereof of the state, who
are ordered or called to active duty by the President of the United
States shall be appropriate federal authority are entitled to an
additional leave of absence from their respective offices or
employments without loss of pay, status or efficiency rating for a
maximum period of thirty working days for each single period of call to active duty.
(c) If called to active duty by the appropriate federal
authority, an officer or employee of the state, or subdivisions or
municipalities of the state may continue to use military leave
granted under subsection (a) of this section. However, no officer
or employee shall receive more than sixty working days of paid
leave for any single call to active duty.
(d) The term "without loss of pay" means that the officer or
employee shall continue to receive his or her normal salary or
compensation, notwithstanding the fact that such the officer or
employee may have received other compensation from federal or state
sources during the same period.