H.B. 201                                                 VETOES

House Bill No. 201

AN ACT concerning

State Employees - Military Administrative Leave - Sunset Extension

FOR the purpose of extending the termination date for the use of military
administrative leave or certain paid leave for certain State employees who are
on active military duty on a certain date or are activated for military duty on or
after a certain date; and generally relating to military administrative leave for
State employees.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - State Personnel and Pensions
Section 9-1107
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1997 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 389 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2003
Section 2

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - State Personnel and Pensions

9-1107.

(a)     This section applies to all employees, except temporary employees, of all
units in the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative Branches of State government,
including any unit with an independent personnel system.

(b)     Military administrative leave may be provided to an employee subject to
this section who:

(1)     is on active military duty on July 1, 2003; or

(2)     is activated for military duty on or after July 1, 2003.

(c)      (1) An employee who is eligible to receive military administrative leave
under this section is entitled to leave in an amount sufficient to compensate the
employee, during each pay period for which the employee is eligible to receive military
administrative leave under this section, for the difference between the employee's
active duty base salary paid by the federal government and the employee's State base
salary or direct wages.

(2) Compensation provided under this subsection may not exceed an
employee's State base salary or direct wages.

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