By Representative Aguiar of Fall River and Senator Menard, joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4717) of Kevin Aguiar and  others for legislation to establish a sick leave bank for Manuel M. Affonso, Jr., an employee of the Department of Correction. Public Service.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Kevin Aguiar

Joan M. Menard

Patricia A. Haddad

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In the Year Two Thousand and Eight.

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An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Manuel M. Affonso Jr., an employee of the Department of Correction.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Manuel M. Affonso Jr., an employee of the Department of Correction.

Whereas, the deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to establish forthwith a sick leave bank for a certain employee of the Department of Correction, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.

                Notwithstanding any general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, the department of correction shall establish a sick leave bank for Manuel M. Affonso Jr., an employee of the Department of Correction at M.C.I. Norfolk.  Any employee of the department of correction may voluntarily contribute 1 or more of his sick, personal or vacation days to the sick leave bank for use by said Manuel M. Affonso Jr..  Upon such time as said Manuel M. Affonso Jr. terminates employment with said Department of Correction or requests to dissolve the sick leave bank, the balance of the sick leave time shall be transferred to the department of correction paid leave bank