PRINTER'S NO. 1228
No. 1069 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY BELFANTI, VEON, DeWEESE, ARMSTRONG, BARRAR, BEBKO-
JONES, BELARDI, YOUNGBLOOD, BIANCUCCI, BISHOP, BLACKWELL,
BLAUM, BUNT, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, CURRY, DeLUCA, EACHUS,
FRANKEL, GEIST, GERGELY, GOODMAN, GRUITZA, HARHAI, JAMES,
KENNEY, LEDERER, YEWCIC, McCALL, MELIO, PALLONE, PISTELLA,
RAMALEY, READSHAW, BROWNE, BUXTON, CAPPELLI, COSTA, DALEY,
DERMODY, FABRIZIO, FREEMAN, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GRUCELA, HANNA,
HASAY, JOSEPHS, KOTIK, LEVDANSKY, MARKOSEK, McGEEHAN, MUNDY,
PHILLIPS, PRESTON, RAYMOND, ROONEY, WASHINGTON, SCAVELLO,
SHAPIRO, STABACK, STURLA, YUDICHAK, THOMAS, WALKO, SAYLOR,
SHANER, SOLOBAY, STETLER, SURRA, E. Z. TAYLOR, WANSACZ,
WOJNAROSKI AND SAINATO, MARCH 23, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 23, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for leaves of
3 absence for certain government employees.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 4102 of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 4102. Leaves of absence for certain government employees.
9 (a) Mandatory.--
10 (1) All officers and employees of [the Commonwealth, or
11 its] instrumentalities of the Commonwealth, or any political
12 subdivision [thereof] of the Commonwealth, or its
13 instrumentalities, who are members of the Pennsylvania
1 National Guard, shall be entitled to leave of absence from
2 their respective duties without loss of pay, time or
3 efficiency rating on all days during which they shall, as
4 members of the Pennsylvania National Guard, be engaged in
5 active State duty. All such officers and employees shall, in
6 addition, be entitled to leave of absence from their
7 respective duties without loss of pay, time or efficiency
8 rating on all days not exceeding 15 days in any one year
9 during which they shall, as members of the Pennsylvania
10 National Guard, be engaged in training or other military duty
11 under orders authorized by Federal or State law. All such
12 officers and employees shall, in addition, be entitled to
13 unpaid leave of absence from their respective duties without
14 loss of seniority or efficiency rating on all days in excess
15 of 15 days per year during which they shall be engaged in
16 training or other military duty under orders authorized by
17 Federal or State law.
18 (2) All officers and employees of the Commonwealth or
19 its instrumentalities who are members of the Pennsylvania
20 National Guard shall be entitled to leave of absence from
21 their respective duties without loss of pay, time or
22 efficiency rating on all days during which they shall, as
23 members of the Pennsylvania National Guard, be engaged in
24 active State duty. All such officers and employees shall, in
25 addition, be entitled to leave of absence from their
26 respective duties without loss of pay, time or efficiency
27 rating on all days not exceeding 30 days in any one year
28 during which they shall, as members of the Pennsylvania
29 National Guard, be engaged in training or other military duty
30 under orders authorized by Federal or State law. All such
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1 officers and employees shall, in addition, be entitled to
2 unpaid leave of absence from their respective duties without
3 loss of seniority or efficiency rating on all days in excess
4 of 30 days per year during which they shall be engaged in
5 training or other military duty under orders authorized by
6 Federal or State law.
7 (b) Discretionary.--The Commonwealth, its instrumentalities
8 and political subdivisions thereof and their instrumentalities
9 shall be authorized and permitted to provide paid military leave
10 or other compensation and/or continue medical and other benefits
11 to members of the Pennsylvania National Guard and other reserve
12 components of the United States Armed Forces for days in excess
13 of [15 per year] those provided in subsection (a) when the
14 member shall be engaged in training or other military duty under
15 orders authorized by Federal or State law.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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