Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1104

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 5-10-6.5.

Synopsis: State employee leave time. Entitles an employee of a state agency who resigns or retires with at least ten years of creditable service to be paid for a part of the employee's accrued but unused leave time. Requires the payment be made to the employee's designated beneficiary or the employee's estate if the employee dies while employed by the state.

Effective: July 1, 2000.





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    January 10, 2000, read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Employment.







Introduced

Second Regular Session 111th General Assembly (2000)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1104



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 5-10-6.5; (00)IN1104.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 5-10-6.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]:
     Chapter 6.5. Payment for Sick Days
    Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "leave time" includes the total amount of all the following accrued but unused time credited to an employee of a state agency:
        (1) Vacation time.
        (2) Sick time.
        (3) Personal time.
        (4) Compensatory time.
    Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "state agency" means an authority, a board, a branch, a commission, a committee, a department, a division, or another instrumentality of state government.
    Sec. 3. An employee of a state agency who resigns or retires and has at least ten (10) years of creditable service must be paid for a

part of the employee's leave time equal to the amount determined in STEP FIVE of the following formula:
        STEP ONE: Determine the amount of the employee's leave time expressed as hours.
        STEP TWO: Subtract two hundred twenty-five (225) from the amount determined in STEP ONE. If the result is zero (0) or less, the result of this STEP is zero (0).
        STEP THREE: Multiply the result of STEP TWO by the following amount, whichever is applicable to the employee:
            (A) Twenty hundredths (0.20) if the employee has at least ten (10) years of creditable service but less than fifteen (15) years of creditable service.
            (B) Thirty-five hundredths (0.35) if the employee has at least fifteen (15) years of creditable service but less than twenty (20) years of creditable service.
            (C) Fifty hundredths (0.50) if the employee has at least twenty (20) years of creditable service.
        STEP FOUR: Add to the amount determined in STEP THREE the lesser of the following:
            (A) Two hundred twenty-five (225).
            (B) The amount determined in STEP ONE.
        STEP FIVE: Multiply the amount determined in STEP FOUR by the employee's hourly rate of pay on the date the employee resigned, retired, or died.
    Sec. 4. If an employee dies while employed by a state agency:
        (1) the employee's designated beneficiary; or
        (2) the employee's estate, if the employee does not have a designated beneficiary;
shall be paid an amount for the employee's accrued leave time that the employee would have been paid under section 3 of this chapter if the employee had resigned effective the day the employee died.
    Sec. 5. The state personnel department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter.