Senate Bill No. 392
(By Senators Wiedebusch, Bailey, Minard, Chernenko,
and Humphreys)
____________
[Introduced February 21, 1994; referred to the Committee
on Government Organization; and then to the Committee
on Finance.]
____________
A BILL to amend and reenact section seventeen-b, article
fourteen, chapter seven of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to
eliminating the cap on sick leave that can be accrued by
deputy sheriffs.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section seventeen-b, article fourteen, chapter seven of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 14. CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY SHERIFFS.
§7-14-17b. Sick leave for deputy sheriffs.
(a) The county commission of each county shall allow the
sheriff's deputies sick leave with pay to be computed as follows:
Full-time deputies shall be entitled to one and one-half days
sick leave for each calendar month worked, or greater part
thereof; part-time deputies shall be entitled to sick leave at
the same rate and in the same proportion that hours actuallyworked bears to hours regularly scheduled for full-time deputies.
(b) Sick leave may be granted only when illness on the part
of or injury to the deputy incapacitates him for duty:
Provided,
That the sheriff of the county in which the deputy is
employed shall have the authority to require the deputy to
produce a statement from an attending physician for each day of
sick leave beyond two days. This statement shall include dates
of treatment and also state that the deputy was unable to work.
In the absence of the physician's statement, if required, annual
leave shall be charged for the entire period.
(c) In the event of illness, a full-time deputy may take
without limit emergency sick leave without pay after all accrued
sick leave, annual leave and compensatory time available to such
full-time deputy has been exhausted.
-------------
(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to eliminate any cap on
sick leave days that deputy sheriffs can accrue. The current
maximum is not more than 120 days.)
FINANCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
The Committee on Finance moved to amend the bill on page
---, section seventeen-b, line --- , by striking out the words
"shall be" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "are";
On page ---, section seventeen-b, line ---, by striking out
the words "shall be" and inserting in lieu thereof the word
"are";
On page ---, section seventeen-b, line ---, after the word
"him" by adding the words "or her";
On page---, section seventeen-b, line ---, by striking outthe words "shall have" and inserting in lieu thereof the word
"has";
On page ---, section seventeen-b, line ---, by striking out
the word "such" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "the".
And,
On page one, by striking out the title and substituting
therefor a new title, to read as follows:
Senate Bill No. 392--A Bill to amend and reenact section
seventeen-b, article fourteen, chapter seven of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
relating to sick leave for sheriffs' deputies; computation;
eliminating the cap on sick leave that can be accrued by deputy
sheriffs; statement from a physician; and emergency sick leave.