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Sec. 22-93. Conditions for annual sick leave payment to fire department commissioned personnel.
   Sec. 22-93(a). Payment shall be at the employee's base rate of pay in effect at the time of the payment, exclusive of overtime, shift differential, standby pay, temporary promotion pay, longevity pay, and any other type of pay not included in the employee's base rate.
   Sec. 22-93(b). Payment shall require a request by the employee prior to June 1 preceding the fiscal year of payment. Any of the annual sick leave hours for which payment is not requested remains subject to the sick leave transfer provisions of city administrative directive 2.01-7.
   Sec. 22-93(c). Conditions for annual sick leave payment to fire department commissioned personnel are subject to retroactive and/or prospective alteration, amendment, or repeal at any time.
   Sec. 22-93(d). Employees with five (5) or more years of service as of July 1 of the year of their request for sick leave payment who have three hundred sixty (360) hours of sick leave on the first day of the pay period in which April 1 falls, shall, on request, be paid for the unused portion of the first fifty-six (56) hours of their annual sick leave, or any part of those hours as set forth in the employee's request, in approximately two (2) equal installments during the pay period in which July 1 falls and the next subsequent pay period.
   Sec. 22-93(e). Employees with ten (10) or more years of service as of July 1 of the year of their request for sick leave payment who have four hundred eighty (480) hours of sick leave on the first day of the pay period in which April 1 falls, shall, on request, be paid for the unused portion of the first fifty-six (56) hours of their annual sick leave, plus an additional forty-eight (48) hours of their accrued sick leave, or any part of those combined hours as set forth in the employee's request, not to exceed a maximum total of one hundred four (104) hours per year, in approximately equal installments commencing in the pay period in which July 1 falls through the end of that fiscal year.
   Sec. 22-93(f). Employees with seventeen (17) or more years of service as of July 1 of the year of their request for sick leave payment who have five hundred twenty (520) hours of sick leave on the first day of the pay period in which April 1 falls, shall, on request, be paid for the unused portion of the first fifty-six (56) hours of their annual sick leave, plus an additional one hundred four (104) hours of their accrued sick leave, or any part of those combined hours as set forth in the employee's request, not to exceed a maximum total of one hundred sixty (160) hours per year, in approximately equal installments commencing in the pay period in which July 1 falls through the end of that fiscal year.
   Sec. 22-93(g). Employees with twenty-two (22) or more years of service as of July 1 of the year of their request for sick leave payment who have six hundred (600) hours of sick leave on the first day of the pay period in which April 1 falls shall, on request, be paid for the unused portion of the first seven (7) days (fifty-six (56) hours) of their annual sick leave plus an additional one hundred fifty-two (152) hours of their accrued sick leave, or any part of those combined hours, as set forth in the employee's request, not to exceed a maximum total of two hundred eight (208) hours per year, in approximately equal installments, commencing in the pay period in which July 1 falls through the end of that fiscal year.
(Ord. No. 9382, § 1, 5-15-00; Ord. No. 9523, § 1, 3-5-01; Ord. No. 9561, § 1, 6-11-01; Ord. No. 9720, § 1, 6-10-02; Ord. No. 10425, § 2, 6-19-07, eff. 7-1-07)
   Editors Note: Ord. No. 9382, § 1, adopted May 15, 2000, amended the Code by adding provisions designated as § 22-92. Inasmuch as there already exist provisions so designated, the provisions of Ord. No. 9382 have been included herein as § 22-93 at the discretion of the editor.
Sec. 22-94. Conditions for annual sick leave payment to police department commissioned personnel.
   Sec. 22-94(a). Payment shall be at the employee's base rate of pay in effect at the time of the payment, exclusive of overtime, shift differential, standby pay, temporary promotion pay, longevity pay, and any other type of pay not included in the employee's base rate.
   Sec. 22-94(b). Payment shall require a request by the employee prior to June 1 preceding the fiscal year of payment. Any of the remaining annual sick leave hours for which payment is not requested remain subject to the sick leave transfer provisions of city administrative directive 2.01-7.
   Sec. 22-94(c). Conditions for annual sick leave payment to police department commissioned personnel are subject to retroactive and/or prospective alteration, amendment, or repeal at any time.
   Sec. 22-94(d). Employees with five (5) or more years of service in the pay period in which July 1 of the year of their request for sick leave payment falls, who have accrued hours of sick leave as listed in the table below, on the first day of the pay period in which April 1 falls, shall, on request be paid for the unused portion of the first fifty-six (56) hours of their annual sick leave, plus an additional number of hours of their accrued sick leave, or any part of those combined hours as set forth in the employee's request, not to exceed a maximum total of hours per year as listed in the table below, in approximately equal installments commencing in the pay period in which July 1 falls through the end of the fiscal year.
 
Years of Service as of July 1
Minimum SL Hours Balance as of End of Leave Year
SLVL 56 or portion therein
Additional SL Hours to Sell Back
Maximum Hours to Sell Back
26 Equal Payments
<5
Not Eligible
 
5
240
56
0
40
 
10
480
56
24
80
 
15
480
56
104
160
 
20+
480
56
184
240
 
   Payment shall be at the employee's base rate of pay in effect at the time of the payment, exclusive of overtime, shift differential, temporary promotion pay, longevity pay, and any other type of pay not included in the employee's base rate of pay.
   Sec. 22-94(e). Year(s) of prior active duty military service or prior commissioned police service from other jurisdictions shall be included in calculating the years of qualifying service applicable to any payments made under the preceding subparagraph (d) of § 22-94.
(Ord. No. 9560, § 1, 6-11-01; Ord. No. 95-90, § 2, 8-6-01; Ord. No. 9864, § 3, 6-16-03; Ord. No. 9878, § 2, 8-4-03; Ord. No. 10425, § 3, 6-19-07, eff. 7-1-07, eff. 7-1-07; Ord. No. 11911, § 1, 2-23-22)
Sec. 22-95. Reserved.
   Editor’s note – Ord. No. 11782, § 2, adopted September 22, 2020, repealed § 22-95, which pertained to wellness attendance incentive and derived from Ord. No. 9719, § 3, adopted June 10, 2002; Ord. No. 10004, § 3, adopted June 28, 2004; Ord. No. 10019, § 1, adopted August 2, 2004; Ord. No. 10163, § 2, adopted June 14, 2005; Ord. No. 10294, § 2, adopted June 27, 2006; Ord. No. 10425, § 4, adopted June 19, 2007; Ord. No. 10557, § 3, adopted June 25, 2008; Ord. No. 10678, § 4, adopted June 9, 2009; Ord. No. 10812, § 1, adopted June 22, 2010; Ord. No. 10899, § 1, adopted June 7, 2011; Ord. No. 10991, § 2, adopted June 12, 2012; Ord. No. 11071, § 1, adopted May 21, 2013; Ord. No. 11176, § 1, adopted June 3, 2014; Ord. No. 11292, § 1, adopted August 5, 2015.
Sec. 22-96. Transfer and accrual of sick leave and vacation for City of Tucson/Pima County Household Hazardous Waste Program employees entering city service.
   (a)   Each City of Tucson/Pima County Household Hazardous Waste Program employee who is leaving Pima County employment and beginning employment with the City of Tucson under section 13 of the intergovernmental agreement with Pima County approved by mayor and council resolution on March 1, 2005 shall have his or her accrued sick and vacation leave balances transferred with the employee.
   (b)   These employees shall thereafter accrue city sick and vacation leave at a rate commensurate with the employees combined length of service with the county and city. This special length of service provision shall not otherwise affect the status of these employees, who will begin employment with the city as new civil service employees.
   (c)   The administration of accumulated and earned sick and vacation leave, as provided in this section for these employees, shall be in accordance with applicable city code and administrative provisions, as they may be amended from time to time.
(Ord. No. 10125, § 1, 3-1-05)
Sec. 22-97.   Living Donor Leave.
   (a)   An employee is entitled to a paid leave of absence for the time specified for the following purposes:
   (1)   Up to five (5) work days to serve as a bone marrow donor for a bone marrow transplant if the employee provides the employee's appointing authority with written verification that the employee is to serve as a bone marrow donor. This leave may include time spent on a screening process to determine whether the employee is a compatible donor, not to exceed one (1) day in any calendar year, if the employee provides written verification that the employee is participating in that process.
   (2)   Up to thirty (30) work days to serve as an organ donor for a human organ transplant if the employee provides the employee's appointing authority with written verification that the employee is to serve as an organ donor. This leave may include time spent on a screening process to determine whether the employee is a compatible donor, not to exceed five (5) days in any calendar year, if the employee provides written verification that the employee is participating in that process.
   (b)   An employee who is granted a leave of absence pursuant to this section is entitled to receive base pay without interruption during the leave of absence. For the purposes of determining seniority, pay or pay advancement, credited service and/or for the calculation and receipt of any benefit that may otherwise be affected by a leave of absence, the service of the employee is considered uninterrupted by the leave of absence.
   (c)   The employer shall not penalize an employee for requesting or obtaining a leave of absence pursuant to this section.
   (d)   For the purposes of this section:
   (1)   "Bone marrow" means the soft material that fills human bone cavities.
   (2)   "Bone marrow transplant" means the medical procedure by which transfer of bone marrow is made from the body of a person to the body of another person.
   (3)   "Employee" means a probationary or permanent full-time or part-time employee.
   (4)   "Human organ transplant" means the medical procedure by which transfer of an organ or part of an organ is made from the body of a person to the body of another person.
   (5)   "Organ" means human organs or parts of an organ that are capable of being transferred from the body of a person to the body of another person.
   (e)   The director of human resources may prescribe rules and regulations for the administration of this section.
(Ord. No. 11534, § 1, 3-20-18)
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