California Government Code

§ 19991.13

GOV § 19991.13 Effective Jan 1, 2006Div. 5 · Title 2 · Part 2.6 · Ch. 2.5 · Art. 11

Statute text

(a)At the discretion of the appointing power, excluded employees as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 3527, may transfer eligible leave credits to an excluded employee when a catastrophic illness or injury occurs.

(b)For the purposes of this section, the following terms are defined as follows:

(1)Catastrophic illness or injury means an illness or injury that is expected to incapacitate the employee and that creates a financial hardship because the employee has exhausted all of his or her sick leave and other paid time off. Catastrophic illness or injury may also include an incapacitated family member if this results in the employee being required to take time off from work for an extended period of time to care for the family member and the employee has exhausted all of his or her sick leave and other paid time off.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 528, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.