A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT PROVIDING THAT STATE EMPLOYEES, PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES, and community college employees MAY SHARE LEAVE VOLUNTARILY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 126‑8.3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 126‑8.3.  Voluntary shared leave.
The State Personnel Commission, in cooperation with the State Board of Community Colleges and the State Board of Education, shall adopt rules and policies to allow any employee at a State agency to share leave voluntarily with an immediate family member who is an employee of a State agency, community college, or public school. For the purposes of this section, the term "immediate family member" means a spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent, or grandchild. The term includes the step, half, and in‑law relationships."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 115C‑12.2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C‑12.2.  Voluntary shared leave.
The State Board of Education, in cooperation with the State Board of Community Colleges and the State Personnel Commission, shall adopt rules and policies to allow any employee at a public school to share leave voluntarily with an immediate family member who is an employee of a public school, community college, or State agency. For the purposes of this section, the term "immediate family member" means a spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent, or grandchild. The term includes the step, half, and in‑law relationships."
SECTION 3.  Article 2 of Chapter 115D of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 115D-25.3. Voluntary shared leave.
The State Board of Community Colleges, in cooperation with the State Board of Education and the State Personnel Commission, shall adopt rules and policies to allow any employee at a community college to share leave voluntarily with an immediate family member who is an employee of a community college, public school, or State agency. For the purposes of this section, the term "immediate family member" means a spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent, or grandchild. The term includes the step, half, and in‑law relationships."
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.