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INTRODUCTION
HOUSE BILL NO.
State employee leave for volunteer fire or volunteer EMS.
Sponsored by: Joint Labor, Health & Social Services Interim Committee
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to the administration of government;
2 providing state employees leave to serve as volunteer
3 firefighters and volunteer emergency medical technicians as
4 specified; requiring rulemaking; and providing for
5 effective dates.
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7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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9 Section 1. W.S. 9-3-107 is created to read:
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11 9-3-107. Leave for volunteer firefighters and
12 volunteer emergency medical technicians.
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2 Every state officer and employee shall receive up to
3 twenty-four (24) hours of leave with pay during each
4 calendar year to use when the state officer or employee is
5 absent from work due to service as a volunteer firefighter
6 or volunteer emergency medical technician in the state of
7 Wyoming. For purposes of this section, "volunteer
8 firefighter" means as defined by W.S. 35-9-616(a)(x) and
9 "volunteer emergency medical technician" means as defined
10 by W.S. 35-9-616(a)(viii).
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14 STAFF COMMENT
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16 W.S. 9-2-3207(a)(ix) requires the Department of
17 Administration and Information, through the Human Resources
18 Division, to establish personnel standards governing
19 employee leave time.
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21 Chapter 6, Section 12 of the Department of Administration
22 and Information, Human Resources Division, rules state that
23 an agency head may grant an employee up to two (2)
24 regularly scheduled days (not to exceed 16 hours) of
25 personal leave with pay per calendar year to volunteer at a
26 pre-approved non-profit community service organization that
27 is exempt from federal income taxation under Section
28 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
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1 Section 2. The department of administration and
2 information shall promulgate all rules necessary to
3 implement this act.
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5 Section 3.
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7 (a) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (b) of
8 this section, this act is effective July 1, 2024.
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10 (b) Sections 2 and 3 of this act are effective
11 immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a
12 bill to become a law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of
13 the Wyoming Constitution.
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15 (END)
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