General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6261
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 3773
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 6261
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 3773
*_____HB06261PS____030917____*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING LEAVE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES ASSISTING IN A CIVIL PREPAREDNESS EMERGENCY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 5-249 of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (f) as follows (Effective October 1, 2017):
(NEW) (f) Any state employee who is a volunteer of a local organization for civil preparedness, established pursuant to section 28-7, may, with the authorization of such employee's supervisor, be granted a leave not to exceed fifteen working days in each year to assist in a civil preparedness emergency or local civil preparedness emergency, upon the request of the local chief executive authority, the Governor or the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and in accordance with the provisions of section 28-7, without loss of pay, vacation time, sick leave or earned overtime accumulation. For the purposes of this subsection, "civil preparedness emergency" and "local civil preparedness emergency" have the same meaning as provided in section 28-1.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2017 5-249
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2017
5-249
PS Joint Favorable
PS
Joint Favorable