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Rep. Bush & Rep. Dorsey Walker & Sen. Paradee

Reps. Gray, Heffernan, Hilovsky, Longhurst, Minor-Brown, Morrison, Neal, Osienski, D. Short, Michael Smith, Spiegelman, K. Williams, Yearick; Sens. Brown, Buckson, Gay, Hansen, Hocker, Hoffner, Huxtable, Lawson, Lockman, Mantzavinos, S. McBride, Pettyjohn, Pinkney, Poore, Richardson, Sokola, Sturgeon, Townsend, Walsh, Wilson

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 26

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STATE EMPLOYEE LEAVE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend § 5933, Title 29 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 5933. Leaves.

(f) A State employee who is a member of the military reserves of the United States or the Delaware National Guard, shall be excused from work with pay to attend training camp or serve special duty as ordered by the United States military or the Delaware National Guard. Paid leave under this subsection must not exceed 225 hours for employees working a 37.5 hour work week or 240 hours for employees working a 40 hour work week in any calendar year.

SYNOPSIS

This Act provides state employees 30, rather than 15, days of paid leave per year to attend training camp or serve special duty as ordered by the military reserves or Delaware National Guard.