General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6261
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2759
*02759*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. MCGORTY, 122nd Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6261
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 2759
*02759*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. MCGORTY, 122nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING LEAVE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES PROVIDING EMERGENCY RELIEF SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 5-249 of the general statutes be amended to allow a state employee who is a volunteer of a community emergency response team to leave work in order to respond to an emergency call during such employee's regular hours of employment without loss of pay, vacation time, sick leave or earned overtime accumulation.
Statement of Purpose:
To permit state employees who volunteer with a community emergency response team to provide emergency relief services without loss of pay, vacation time, sick or earned overtime accumulation.