2036                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [Ch. 602

10 to less than 20 years of service - 20 working days
20 years of service and more — 25 working days,

provided, however, that every classified State employee
on January 1, 1957, who as of that date shall have less
than five (5) years of service shall be entitled to
receive, as vacation in each calendar year until his
period of service reaches 20 years, a leave of absence
with pay of (15) working days. The term "years of
service," as used herein shall include any previous
continuous State service.

Any employee using less than full vacation leave
allowable beginning January 1, 1942, shall be entitled to
have such unused leave accumulated up to thirty working
days, which shall be available to such employee for
vacation leave at any time, with the approval of the head
of the department. IN ADDITION TO ANNUAL VACATION LEAVE,
ANY EMPLOYEE IS ENTITLED TO SICK LEAVE WITH PAY FOR NOT

IN EXCESS OF "30 WORKING DAYS IN ANY CALENDAR YEAR, AND

[In] FROM AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 1975, IN addition to such
annual vacation leave, any employee shall be entitled to
sick leave with pay for not in excess of [thirty] FIFTEEN
working days in any calendar year; provided, however,
that if any employee in any calendar year uses less than
the full amount of sick leave allowable, such unused
leave shall be accumulated [up to one hundred working
days] and shall be available to such employee for sick
leave at any time. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION MAY CAUSE AN
EMPLOYEE TO LOSE ANY SICK LEAVE ACCUMULATED AS OF
DECEMBER 31, [[1973]] 1974. Any employee using three or
more consecutive WORKING days sick leave in any
thirty-day period shall present a certificate from a duly
licensed physician before receiving any pay for the
period of such absence. THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT

OF PERSONNEL MAY ADVANCE UP TO SIXTY DAYS OF SICK LEAVE

TO AN EMPLOYEE IN ANY CALENDAR YEAR FOR A SERIOUS

DISABILITY, AILMENT OR ILLNESS.

Such annual vacation leave credits shall accrue to
the employee after his first six months of State service,
on a pro rata basis, and shall be available to him for
such purpose at any time thereafter, with the approval of
the head of the department. sick leave credits shall
accrue from the beginning of the employee's State
service, on a pro rata basis, and shall be available to
him for such purpose as earned, providing that whenever
the employee must be absent from work because of a death
in his immediate family, such absence may be charged
against either earned annual vacation or earned sick
leave, at the option of the employee.

Every employee shall be entitled to personal leave