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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4251 FILED ON: 3/29/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3779 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Gerard J. Cassidy |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Lisa Balentine, an employee of the Department of |
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| 13 | 13 | | Transitional Assistance. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Gerard J. Cassidy9th Plymouth3/29/2023Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida7th Plymouth3/29/2023Michael D. BradySecond Plymouth and Norfolk4/12/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4251 FILED ON: 3/29/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3779 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Cassidy of Brockton, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Gerard J. Cassidy |
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| 20 | 20 | | and Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Lisa Balentine, |
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| 21 | 21 | | an employee of the Department of Transitional Assistance. Public Service. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 3135 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Lisa Balentine, an employee of the Department of |
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| 30 | 30 | | Transitional Assistance. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to |
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| 32 | 32 | | establish forthwith a sick leave bank for a certain employee of the department of transitional |
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| 33 | 33 | | assistance, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate |
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| 34 | 34 | | preservation of the public convenience. |
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| 35 | 35 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 36 | 36 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 37 | 37 | | 1 Notwithstanding any general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2department of transitional assistance shall establish a sick leave bank for Lisa Balentine, an |
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| 39 | 39 | | 3employee of the department. Any employee of the department may voluntarily contribute 1 or |
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| 40 | 40 | | 4more sick, personal or vacation days to the sick leave bank for use by Lisa Balentine. Sick leave |
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| 41 | 41 | | 5bank days shall not be used for absences unrelated to the illness or disability that necessitated the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 6establishment of the sick leave bank as determined by the department. Whenever Lisa Balentine 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 7terminates employment with the department or requests to dissolve the sick leave bank, any |
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| 44 | 44 | | 8remaining time in the sick leave bank shall be transferred to the extended illness leave bank. |
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