HB2869 S GOV AMT

Greenlief 7835

The Committee on Government Organization moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. House Bill 2869--A Bill to amend and reenact §15-5-15a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to providing paid leave for certain state employees during a declared state of emergency; authorizing state employees designated as essential members of an emergency aid provider be granted leave from state employment with pay to provide disaster relief or emergency services in areas of the state in which a state of emergency has been declared; capping available leave at fifteen work days in each year; setting manner of calculating employee compensation during leave; requiring reporting to Governor; directing Governor to keep record of total cost; setting limit on available leave based on cost to the state; authorizing supplement from Civil Contingent Fund; providing exceptions for availability of leave; and defining terms.

Adopted

Rejected