(a) The trustees shall provide for rules and regulations not inconsistent with §§ 8-50-901 – 8-50-909.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-50-904

  • 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
  • Minor: means any person who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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
  • trustees: means those persons appointed to govern the activities of the sick leave bank as provided by §. See Tennessee Code 8-50-901
(b) These rules and regulations shall be established and adopted by the board of trustees, exclusive of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, part 2.
(c) Rules shall be on file in the office of the commissioner of human resources and in the personnel office of each department and agency of the executive branch of government within sixty (60) days of the authorized establishment of a sick leave bank pursuant to § 8-50-902.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed in such a manner as to prevent the board of trustees from adopting rules more stringent, relative to membership and use of leave from the bank, than the general provisions of this part.
(e) The board may adopt rules which allow the payment of minor administrative costs from the sick leave bank.