| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to leaves of absence for state officers |
| 3 | and employees engaged in military training; amending s. |
| 4 | 115.07, F.S.; increasing the number of hours granted as a |
| 5 | leave of absence to a state officer or employee engaged in |
| 6 | military training; providing an effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 115.07, Florida |
| 11 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 12 | 115.07 Officers and employees' leaves of absence for |
| 13 | reserve or guard training.-- |
| 14 | (1) All officers or employees of the state, of the several |
| 15 | counties of the state, and of the municipalities or political |
| 16 | subdivisions of the state who are commissioned reserve officers |
| 17 | or reserve enlisted personnel in the United States military or |
| 18 | naval service or members of the National Guard are entitled to |
| 19 | leaves of absence from their respective duties, without loss of |
| 20 | vacation leave, pay, time, or efficiency rating, on all days |
| 21 | during which they are engaged in training ordered under the |
| 22 | provisions of the United States military or naval training |
| 23 | regulations for such personnel when assigned to active or |
| 24 | inactive duty. |
| 25 | (2) Leaves of absence granted as a matter of legal right |
| 26 | under the provisions of this section shall not exceed 30 17 |
| 27 | working days in any one annual period. Administrative leaves of |
| 28 | absence for additional or longer periods of time for assignment |
| 29 | to duty functions of a military character shall be without pay |
| 30 | and shall be granted by the employing or appointing authority of |
| 31 | any state, county, municipal, or political subdivision employee |
| 32 | and when so granted shall be without loss of time or efficiency |
| 33 | rating. |
| 34 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |