| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to military affairs; amending s. 115.07, |
| 3 | F.S.; revising the amount of annual leave of absence |
| 4 | granted to officers and employees of the state, counties, |
| 5 | municipalities, and political subdivisions of the state |
| 6 | who are commissioned reserve officers or reserve enlisted |
| 7 | personnel in the United States military or naval service |
| 8 | or who are members of the National Guard; removing an |
| 9 | obsolete provision relating to calculation of leave of |
| 10 | absence; amending s. 250.10, F.S.; authorizing the |
| 11 | Adjutant General to appoint a second Assistant Adjutant |
| 12 | General for Army; providing a finding that the act |
| 13 | fulfills an important state interest; providing an |
| 14 | effective date. |
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| 16 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 18 | Section 1. Section 115.07, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 19 | read: |
| 20 | 115.07 Officers and employees' leaves of absence for |
| 21 | reserve or guard training.- |
| 22 | (1) All officers or employees of the state, of the several |
| 23 | counties of the state, and of the municipalities or political |
| 24 | subdivisions of the state who are commissioned reserve officers |
| 25 | or reserve enlisted personnel in the United States military or |
| 26 | naval service or members of the National Guard are entitled to |
| 27 | leaves of absence from their respective duties, without loss of |
| 28 | vacation leave, pay, time, or efficiency rating, on all days |
| 29 | during which they are engaged in training ordered under the |
| 30 | provisions of the United States military or naval training |
| 31 | regulations for such personnel when assigned to active or |
| 32 | inactive duty. |
| 33 | (2) Leaves of absence granted as a matter of legal right |
| 34 | under the provisions of this section may shall not exceed 240 17 |
| 35 | working hours days in any one annual period. Administrative |
| 36 | leaves of absence for additional or longer periods of time for |
| 37 | assignment to duty functions of a military character shall be |
| 38 | without pay and shall be granted by the employing or appointing |
| 39 | authority of any state, county, municipal, or political |
| 40 | subdivision employee and when so granted shall be without loss |
| 41 | of time or efficiency rating. |
| 42 | (3) With respect to any officer or employee whose working |
| 43 | day consists of a shift measured in hours, each such 12-hour |
| 44 | shift or less shall equal 1 working day leave of absence. All |
| 45 | other shifts over 12 hours and up to 24 hours shall equal 2 |
| 46 | working days leave of absence. |
| 47 | (3)(4) When an employee's assigned employment duty |
| 48 | conflicts with ordered active or inactive duty training, it is |
| 49 | shall be the responsibility of the employing agency of the |
| 50 | state, county, municipal, or political subdivision to provide a |
| 51 | substitute employee, if necessary, for the assumption of such |
| 52 | employment duty while the employee is on assignment for the such |
| 53 | training. |
| 54 | (4)(5) It is the intent of the Legislature that the state, |
| 55 | its several counties, and its municipalities and political |
| 56 | subdivisions shall grant leaves of absence for active or |
| 57 | inactive training to all employees who are members of the United |
| 58 | States Reserve Forces or the National Guard, to ensure the state |
| 59 | and national security at all times through a strong armed force |
| 60 | of qualified and mobilization-ready personnel. |
| 61 | Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 250.10, Florida |
| 62 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 63 | 250.10 Appointment and duties of the Adjutant General.- |
| 64 | (4)(a) The Adjutant General shall, subject to confirmation |
| 65 | by the Senate, employ a federally recognized officer of the |
| 66 | Florida National Guard, who has served in the Florida Army Guard |
| 67 | for the preceding 5 years and attained the rank of colonel or |
| 68 | higher at the time of appointment, to be the Assistant Adjutant |
| 69 | General for Army. |
| 70 | (b) The Adjutant General may, subject to confirmation by |
| 71 | the Senate, employ an additional federally recognized officer of |
| 72 | the Florida National Guard, who has served in the Florida Army |
| 73 | Guard for the preceding 5 years and attained the rank of colonel |
| 74 | or higher at the time of appointment, to be a second Assistant |
| 75 | Adjutant General for Army. |
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| 77 | Each The officer shall perform the duties required by the |
| 78 | Adjutant General. |
| 79 | Section 3. The Legislature finds and declares that this |
| 80 | act fulfills an important state interest. |
| 81 | Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |