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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, First Regular Session
military leaves of absence; duration
Purpose
Modifies calculation of military leave hours for public employees.
Background
Officers and employees of Arizona, including any county, city or town or an agency or political subdivision of the state or a county, city or town are granted military leaves of absence from their duties without loss of time, pay or efficiency rating. This includes: 1) all days which the officer or employee is employed on training duty or to attend camps, maneuvers, formations or drills under orders with any branch or reserve of the U.S. armed forces for no more than 30 days in any two consecutive years; and 2) all days which the officer or employee is employed on training duty by the National Disaster Medical System under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (A.R.S. § 38-610). Additionally, an officer or employee who is a member of the Arizona National Guard or the U.S. Armed Forces Reserves is entitled to a leave of absence from their duties without loss of time or efficiency rating on all days which the person is engaged in field training for no more than 30 days in any two consecutive years and the person is entitled to pay (A.R.S. § 26-168). For the purpose of calculating military leave, a day means a shift at work.
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Modifies the calculation of a military leave period from up to 30 days in a two-year period to:
a) for a full-time officer or employee who works 2,080 hours annually, up to 120 hours annually and up to 240 hours in a two-year period; and
b) for an officer or employee who is regularly scheduled to work more than 2,080 hours annually, 15 days each fiscal year based on the total number of hours in the individual's regularly scheduled biweekly hours.
2. States that the military leave period is based on the average total of regularly scheduled hours worked in a biweekly period.
3. Makes technical and conforming changes.
4. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
House Action
MAPS 1/25/21 DP 14-0-0-0
3rd Read 2/23/21 59-0-1
Prepared by Senate Research
March 2, 2021
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