GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999

SESSION LAW 1999-170
HOUSE BILL 820

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.

s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/	James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor

Approved 1:10 p.m. this 9th day of June, 1999