Establishment of the sick leave bank shall be in accordance with the following:

(1) Sick leave accumulated under part 8 of this chapter may be donated to the bank;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-50-902

  • bank: means a system of accounting for voluntarily pooled and irrevocably donated accumulated personal sick leave which is collected for the purpose of providing sick leave to members of the program who have suffered a personal illness, surgery, disability or quarantine and whose sick leave is exhausted. See Tennessee Code 8-50-901
  • Commissioner: means any person in office as a member of the public service commission, as prescribed by title 65, chapter 1, prior to June 30, 1996. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Sick leave: means a designated amount of compensated leave accumulated pursuant to part 8 of this chapter that is granted to a member who through personal illness, injury, disability or quarantine, is unable to perform the duties of the member's state position. See Tennessee Code 8-50-901
  • State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
(2) Only one (1) sick leave bank will be established for all employees of the state of Tennessee; provided, that any sick leave banks for persons employed by the state which were authorized prior to July 1, 1988, shall continue in operation and shall continue to be effective in terms of their enacting legislation; and
(3) A minimum of one hundred (100) state employees must petition the commissioner of finance and administration in accordance with this part.
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