HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     2493

Article 64A - Merit System

37.

(I) (1) IN THIS SUBSECTION "ADOPTION LEAVE" MEANS LEAVE
AVAILABLE TO AN EMPLOYEE FOR CARE OF AN ADOPTED CHILD DURING THE
PERIOD IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION.

(2) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS
ARTICLE, AN EMPLOYEE, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE HEAD OF THE
EMPLOYEE'S DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY, MAY USE UP TO 30 DAYS OF EARNED
SICK LEAVE AS ADOPTION LEAVE.

(3)  THE ADOPTION LEAVE AUTHORIZED BY THIS SUBSECTION
MAY BE USED BY THE EMPLOYEE ONLY IF THE EMPLOYEE IS THE PERSON
WHO IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR FURNISHING THE CARE AND NURTURE
OF THE CHILD.

(I) USE ANNUAL VACATION LEAVE, SICK LEAVE,
COMPENSATORY LEAVE, OR PERSONAL LEAVE AS MATERNITY LEAVE OR
ADOPTION LEAVE; AND

(II) APPEAL TO THE SECRETARY OF PERSONNEL FOR
AN EXTENSION OF MATERNITY LEAVE OR ADOPTION LEAVE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 15, 1984.

CHAPTER 436

(House Bill 656)

AN ACT concerning

Income Tax - Deductions - Readers for Blind Employees

FOR the purpose of providing a deduction for certain expenses
incurred by employers or by blind employees in obtaining a
reader for use in the employment of the blind employee;
defining a certain term; providing for the application of
this Act; and generally relating to a subtraction
modification for expenses incurred in providing readers for
blind employees.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 81 - Revenue and Taxes

Section 280(c)(ll), (12), (13), and (14)