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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to state employees; modifying the vacation donation program;amending <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 43A.1815.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 43A.1815, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var><b>43A.1815 </b>~~<b>VACATION</b>~~<b> DONATION TO SICK LEAVE ACCOUNT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) In addition to donations under section 
         <statute_ref>43A.181</statute_ref>, a state employee may donate a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>total of up to ~~12~~ 40 hours of accrued vacation or sick leave each fiscal year to the sick <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>leave account of one or more state employees. A state employee may not be paid for more <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>than 80 hours in a payroll period during which the employee uses sick leave credited to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>the employee's account as a result of a transfer from another state employee's vacation <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>or sick leave account.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The recipient employee must receive donations, as available, for an illness <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>or condition of the employee or a member of the employee's family that prevents the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>employee from working. The donations must be available without a waiting period as <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>soon as the employee's sick and vacation leave is exhausted. Donations may be used for <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>up to a total of 1,044 hours during the duration of eligible employment. Recipients must <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>continue to accrue vacation and sick leave while they are on donation leave.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>(c) An applicant for benefits under this section who receives an unfavorable <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>determination may select a designee to consult with the commissioner or commissioner's <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>designee on the reasons for the determination.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The commissioner shall establish procedures under section 
         <statute_ref>43A.04, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>4
         </statute_ref>, for eligibility, duration of need based on individual cases, monitoring and evaluation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>individual eligibility status, and other topics related to administration of this program.<br />
         		
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