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§ 9-304. Accumulation of annual leave

West's Annotated Code of MarylandState Personnel and PensionsEffective: October 1, 2008

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
State Personnel and Pensions (Refs & Annos)
Division I. State Personnel [Titles 1-19]
Title 9. Leave Time and Holidays (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 3. Annual Leave (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2008
MD Code, State Personnel and Pensions, § 9-304
§ 9-304. Accumulation of annual leave
Currentness
Carry over of leave from one year to next
(a)(1) An employee may accumulate unused annual leave and may carry over from 1 year to the next year up to 75 days or 600 hours of that unused annual leave.
(2) Any accumulated and unused annual leave in excess of 75 days or 600 hours shall be forfeited at the beginning of the first full pay period of the next calendar year.
Compensation for excess leave days
(b)(1) If an employee is denied the opportunity in 1 calendar year to use annual leave days in excess of the 75 days or 600 hours allowed to be carried over to the next year, the head of the employee's principal unit may allow the employee compensation, at the employee's regular rate of pay, for those excess leave days.
(2) The head of a principal unit may approve a request for compensation under this subsection only if:
(i) the appointing authority documents the unusual administrative reasons for having denied the employee the use of annual leave; and
(ii) funds are available for that purpose.

Credits

Added by Acts 1993, c. 10, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1994, c. 150, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1994. Renumbered from State Personnel and Pensions § 7-306 and amended by Acts 1996, c. 347, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1996. Amended by Acts 2008, c. 20, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008.
Formerly Art. 64A, § 37.
MD Code, State Personnel and Pensions, § 9-304, MD ST PERS & PENS § 9-304
Current through legislation effective through May 9, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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