H. B. 2736


(By Delegate Ennis)
[Introduced
January 28, 2003 ; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]




A BILL to amend article four, chapter eighteen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section ten-e, relating to school personnel; and authorizing unlimited transfer of accumulated sick leave between certain spouses.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article four, chapter eighteen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section ten-e, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.

§18A-4-10e. Transfer of accumulated sick leave between spouses.

Beginning the first day of July, two thousand three, any employee whose spouse is also employed by the same county board may transfer accumulated sick leave to his or her spouse without limitation.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow spouses who are employed by the same county board of education to transfer unlimited accumulated sick leave to each other.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.