GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999

HOUSE BILL 820
RATIFIED BILL

AN ACT PROVIDING THAT STATE EMPLOYEES AND PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES MAY SHARE LEAVE VOLUNTARILY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. Article 2 of Chapter 126 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 126-8.3.  Voluntary shared leave.
The State Personnel Commission, in cooperation with the State Board of Education, shall adopt rules and policies to allow any  employee at a State agency to share leave voluntarily with an immediate family member who is an employee of a State agency or public school. For the purposes of this section, the term 'immediate family member' means a spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent, or grandchild.  The term includes the step, half, and in-law relationships."
Section 2.  Article 2 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 115C-12.2.  Voluntary shared leave.
The State Board of Education, in cooperation with the State Personnel Commission, shall adopt rules and policies to allow any employee at a public school to share leave voluntarily with an immediate family member who is an employee of a public school or State agency.  For the purposes of this section, the term 'immediate family member' means a spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent, or grandchild.  The term includes the step, half, and in-law relationships."
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 2nd day of June, 1999.

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	Dennis A. Wicker
	President of the Senate

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	James B. Black
	Speaker of the House of Representatives

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	James B. Hunt, Jr.
	Governor

Approved 	.m. this 	 day of 	, 19