PRINTER'S NO. 1935
No. 1266 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, D. WHITE, FONTANA, FUMO, PUNT, LEMMOND, BOSCOLA, MADIGAN, TARTAGLIONE, WENGER, ARMSTRONG, PICCOLA, GORDNER, PIPPY, ERICKSON, PILEGGI, M. WHITE, GREENLEAF, EARLL, REGOLA, WONDERLING AND WASHINGTON, JUNE 22, 2006
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, JUNE 22, 2006
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for certain leaves 3 of absence. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Section 4102(a) of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania 7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: 8 § 4102. Leaves of absence for certain government employees. 9 (a) Mandatory.-- 10 (1) All officers and employees of a political 11 subdivision, or its instrumentalities, who are members of the 12 Pennsylvania National Guard, shall be entitled to leave of 13 absence from their respective duties without loss of pay, 14 time or efficiency rating on all days during which they 15 shall, as members of the Pennsylvania National Guard, be 16 engaged in active State duty. All such officers and employees 17 shall, in addition, be entitled to leave of absence from
1 their respective duties without loss of pay, time or 2 efficiency rating on all days not exceeding 15 days in any 3 one year during which they shall, as members of the 4 Pennsylvania National Guard or as members of any reserve 5 component of the armed forces of the United States, be 6 engaged in training or other military duty under orders 7 authorized by Federal or State law. All such officers and 8 employees shall, in addition, be entitled to unpaid leave of 9 absence from their respective duties without loss of 10 seniority or efficiency rating on all days in excess of 15 11 days per year during which they shall be engaged in training 12 or other military duty under orders authorized by Federal or 13 State law up to the maximum cumulative period authorized by 14 38 U.S.C. Ch. 43 (relating to employment and reemployment 15 rights of members of the uniformed services). 16 (2) All officers and employees of the Commonwealth or 17 its instrumentalities who are members of the Pennsylvania 18 National Guard shall be entitled to leave of absence from 19 their respective duties without loss of pay, time or 20 efficiency rating on all days during which they shall, as 21 members of the Pennsylvania National Guard, be engaged in 22 active State duty. All such officers and employees shall, in 23 addition, be entitled to leave of absence from their 24 respective duties without loss of pay, time or efficiency 25 rating on all days not exceeding 15 days in any one year 26 during which they shall, as members of the Pennsylvania 27 National Guard or as members of any reserve component of the 28 armed forces of the United States, be engaged in training or 29 other military duty under orders authorized by Federal or 30 State law. In addition, when such officers and employees 20060S1266B1935 - 2 -
1 shall be ordered involuntarily, or under a Contingency 2 Operations Temporary Tour of Active Duty (COTTAD) agreement 3 or voluntarily to serve in a combat zone or in response to a 4 domestic emergency, to active duty, other than active duty 5 for training, for a period of more than 30 consecutive days 6 and assigned to duties away from home station and when such 7 duty is ordered under 10 U.S.C. § 12301 (relating to Reserve 8 components generally), 12302 (relating to Ready Reserve) or 9 12304 (relating to Selected Reserve and certain Individual 10 Ready Reserve members; order to active duty other than during 11 war or national emergency) [, other than active duty for 12 training, for a period of 30 or more consecutive days,] or 32 13 U.S.C. § 502(f) (relating to required drills and field 14 exercises), they shall be entitled to up to 15 days of 15 additional military leave of absence in any one year without 16 loss of pay, time and efficiency rating. All such officers 17 and employees shall, in addition, be entitled to unpaid leave 18 of absence from their respective duties without loss of 19 seniority or efficiency rating on all days in excess of 30 20 days per year during which they shall be engaged in training 21 or other military duty under orders authorized by Federal or 22 State law up to the maximum cumulative period authorized by 23 38 U.S.C. Ch. 43. 24 * * * 25 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. F6L51JS/20060S1266B1935 - 3 -