0001| SENATE BILL 389 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| TIMOTHY Z. JENNINGS | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES; PROVIDING FOR SALARY PAYMENT WHEN | 0012| ENGAGED AS A CERTIFIED DISASTER SERVICES VOLUNTEER. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES--SALARY PAYMENT--DISASTER | 0016| WORK.-- | 0017| A. A public employee may be granted special | 0018| disaster leave and if so shall be paid his regular salary, up | 0019| to a maximum of eighty hours per pay period for up to thirty | 0020| working days in any calendar year, while serving as a disaster | 0021| services volunteer in the case of a serious disaster; provided: | 0022| (1) the employee has been certified as a | 0023| disaster services volunteer by a nationally recognized disaster | 0024| relief organization; | 0025| (2) a nationally recognized disaster relief | 0001| organization requests the services of the employee; and | 0002| (3) the employee receives the approval of his | 0003| employer. | 0004| B. The personnel board shall establish by | 0005| regulation criteria to be used: | 0006| (1) by state employers to approve or | 0007| disapprove a special disaster leave request; | 0008| (2) to ensure that a public employee has been | 0009| certified as a disaster services volunteer; and | 0010| (3) to ensure that the special disaster leave | 0011| shall not be deducted from the employee's regular leave. | 0012| C. For purposes of this section: | 0013| (1) "public employee" means a regular, | 0014| nonprobationary employee of the state or its political | 0015| subdivisions; and | 0016| (2) "serious disaster" means, but is not | 0017| limited to, a catastrophe such as a tornado, flood, hurricane, | 0018| blizzard or other calamity that results in widespread property | 0019| damage, general disruption, personal injury and death, or any | 0020| combination of them, and that is of such magnitude as to | 0021| require assistance from outside the area immediately impacted | 0022| by the catastrophe. | 0023|  | 0024| | 0025| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0001| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| March 18, 1997 | 0005| | 0006| Mr. President: | 0007| | 0008| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been | 0009| referred | 0010| | 0011| SENATE BILL 389 | 0012| | 0013| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0014| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0015| FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0016| | 0017| Respectfully submitted, | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| __________________________________ | 0023| Shannon Robinson, Chairman | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0003| Adopted_______________________ | 0004| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| Date ________________________ | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0011| Yes: 6 | 0012| No: 0 | 0013| Excused: Boitano, Feldman, Rodarte | 0014| Absent: None | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| S0389PA1 |