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| 2 | 2 | | Sixty-ninth |
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| 3 | 3 | | Legislative Assembly |
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| 4 | 4 | | of North Dakota |
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| 5 | 5 | | Introduced by |
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| 6 | 6 | | Representatives Foss, Bahl, Finley-DeVille |
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| 7 | 7 | | Senator Braunberger |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 54-03-27 of the North Dakota Century Code, |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to leaves of absence from employment for members of the legislative assembly. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 54-03-27 of the North Dakota Century Code is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended and reenacted as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | 54-03-27. Service in the legislative assembly - Leave of absence from employment. |
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| 14 | 14 | | The executive officer in charge of a state agency, department, or institution or the governing |
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| 15 | 15 | | body of any political subdivision or any other employer in this state may |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.In this section, "employer" means any person that pays salary or wages for work |
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| 17 | 17 | | performed. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 2.At an employee's request, an employer shall grant a leave of absence from |
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| 19 | 19 | | employment to a full-time employee of that governmental entity or of that employer |
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| 20 | 20 | | who is a member of the legislative assembly for service during any regular or special |
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| 21 | 21 | | session of the legislative assembly and for attendance at a meeting of the legislative |
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| 22 | 22 | | management or any of its committees. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 3.The leave of absence may be without pay, and the employer may reduce or eliminate |
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| 24 | 24 | | the payment of any additional benefits normally due the employee while the employee |
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| 25 | 25 | | is performing legislative service. If the leave of absence is granted, the employerbut |
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| 26 | 26 | | the employer shall employ the employee in the same position, without loss of status or |
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| 27 | 27 | | seniority, and with equivalent pay and accumulation of benefits, including retirement |
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| 28 | 28 | | and leave benefits, following the leave of absence as the employee had before the |
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| 29 | 29 | | leave of absence. |
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| 31 | 31 | | HOUSE BILL NO. 1495 |
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| 56 | 56 | | 4.An employer may not terminate or threaten to terminate the employment of an |
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| 57 | 57 | | employee solely due to the fact that the employee is absentemployee's absence from |
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| 58 | 58 | | employment as the result of service in the legislative assembly. |
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| 59 | 59 | | 5.An employer may not discriminate against an employee solely due to the employee |
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| 60 | 60 | | being a candidate in an election for a seat in the legislative assembly. |
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