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ACT No. 590
Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 698
BY REPRESENTATIVE ANDERS
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 42:441(2) and (3), 442, 443(A), (C), (D), and (F), 445(A), and2
447, relative to the state employee leave transfer program; to allow for the donation,3
receipt, and use of compensatory leave; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 42:441(2) and (3), 442, 443(A), (C), (D), and (F), 445(A), and 4476
are hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 7
§441. Definitions 8
For the purposes of this Part, the following words and terms, when used in9
this Part, shall have the following meanings: 10
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(2) "Leave donor" means a full-time employee of an employing agency12
whose voluntary written request for transfer of annual, or sick, or compensatory13
leave to the pool leave account of his employing agency is granted.14
(3) "Leave recipient" means a full-time employee of an employing agency15
who has a personal emergency and is selected to receive annual, or sick, or16
compensatory leave from the pool leave account of his employing agency.17
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§442. Leave transfer pools; establishment 19
The State Civil Service Commission and the State Police Commission may20
establish a plan for the participation in the leave-transfer program, allowing full-time21
employees to pool their annual, and sick, and compensatory leave and allowing any22
leave thus pooled to be used by any participating employee for a personal23
emergency, when that employee has used all annual, sick, and compensatory leave24
that has been personally accrued by him.25 ENROLLEDHB NO. 698
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§443. Pool leave account; participation; use 1
A. Any full-time employee of an employing agency may request voluntarily,2
in writing, that a specified number of hours of his accrued annual, or sick, or3
compensatory leave or both any combination thereof be transferred from his annual,4
or sick, or compensatory leave account to a pool account the agency establishes to5
distribute leave pursuant to the provisions of this Part.6
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C. Annual, or sick, or compensatory leave transferred under this Part may8
be substituted retroactively for periods of leave without pay or used to liquidate an9
indebtedness for advanced annual, or sick, or compensatory leave granted.10
D. A leave recipient approved for participation under the pool account may11
use annual, or sick, or compensatory leave from the pool account in the same manner12
for a personal emergency as if the recipient had accrued the leave in the manner13
provided by law, rule, regulation, or policy.14
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F. Transferred annual, or sick, or compensatory leave from the pool account16
remaining to the credit of a leave recipient when his employment terminates shall not17
be transferred to another employee, included in a lump-sum payment for accrued18
leave, or included in the total service for retirement computation.19
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§445. Agency procedures 21
A. The employing agency shall monitor the status of the personal emergency22
affecting the leave recipient and establish procedures to ensure that transferred23
annual, or sick, or compensatory leave from the pool is not used after a personal24
emergency ceases to exist.25
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§447. Leave remaining after termination of personal emergency 27
Transferred annual, or sick, or compensatory leave remaining to the credit of28
a leave recipient when the personal emergency terminates must be restored to the29
pool account.30 ENROLLEDHB NO. 698
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not1
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature2
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If3
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become4
effective on the day following such approval.5
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: