Bill Text: CT HB05226 | 2018 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut House Bill 5226 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Leave For State Employees Assisting In A Civil Preparedness Emergency.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-10 - Referred by House to Committee on Appropriations [HB05226 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-HB05226-Comm_Sub.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 5226*
*February Session, 2018*		LCO No. 966
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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, 2018):

(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.