SB23 CD1

Report Title:

Disaster Relief; Paid Leave

 

Description:

Authorizes paid leave for state and county employees responding to disasters for the American Red Cross; allows the chief executive to determine rates of compensation for employees responding to disasters for the American Red Cross. (SB23 CD1 (A))

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	23
TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001		S.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII		H.D. 2
		C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Chapter 127, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§127-   Paid leave for state and county employees providing disaster relief services for the American Red Cross. (a) The chief executive may grant a state or county employee, who is a certified American Red Cross disaster volunteer, paid leave of absence to perform disaster relief services for the American Red Cross, a federally chartered nongovernment disaster relief organization, when a disaster has been:

(1) Designated as level III or higher by American Red Cross regulations;

(2) Officially declared by the President of the United States; or

(3) Declared a state of emergency by the governor;

provided that the employee has prior authorization from the chief executive and the leave of absence imposes no undue hardship on state or county operations.

(b) Employees granted leaves of absence pursuant to this section shall have their compensation for those regular hours during which the employees are absent from work, and the duration of their leaves of absence, determined by the chief executive, without loss of seniority, pay, vacation, sick leave, or earned overtime accumulations.

(c) As used in this section "chief executive" means the governor, the respective mayors, the chief justice of the supreme court, and the chief executive officer of the Hawaii health systems corporation. It may include the superintendent of education and the president of the University of Hawaii with respect to their employees on any matter that applies to employees in general, including employees who are not covered by chapter 76."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.