When authorization to establish a sick leave bank has been granted by the commissioner of finance and administration, the sick leave bank trustees shall be established as follows:

(1) Not later than thirty (30) days following the commissioner’s authorization, a board of trustees shall be established;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-50-903

  • 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
  • board: means the board provided for in part 3 of this chapter. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • 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
  • Employee organization: means any organization:
    (A) With membership open to all state employees. See Tennessee Code 8-50-901
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Retirement: means withdrawal from membership with a retirement allowance granted under chapters 34-37 of this title. 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
  • trustees: means those persons appointed to govern the activities of the sick leave bank as provided by §. See Tennessee Code 8-50-901
(2) The board of trustees will be comprised of the commissioners of human resources and of finance and administration, the state treasurer, the executive director of the fiscal review committee, or their designees, and three (3) members, one (1) from each grand division and each employed by a different department or agency, selected by the employee organization at their annual legislative convention;
(3) All appointments shall be for three-year staggered terms and can be replaced only because of death, retirement, resignation, and/or discontinuation of employment or the expiration of a term;
(4) Any vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the term by the appointing authority in the same manner as original appointments were made;
(5) Trustees are eligible to succeed themselves; and
(6) The seven (7) trustees originally appointed shall draw lots for four (4) positions for three-year terms, and three (3) positions for two-year terms, to become effective August 1 next; thereafter all terms begin on August 1.