Notwithstanding Section 18000, the Department of Human Resources may provide by rule for the accumulation and use of paid leave, including a lump-sum payment for accumulated leave, with respect to nonelected members of state boards and commissions whose annual salaries are fixed by law. Any rules adopted pursuant to this section shall provide for the reduction of the salary fixed by law of those nonelected members of state boards and commissions when their absences exceed their paid leave. The Department of Human Resources shall not provide paid leave benefits greater than the maximum benefits provided the employees designated as managerial by the Department of Human Resources. Rules adopted pursuant to this section shall take effect after July 1, 1991.

(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 665, Sec. 102. (SB 1308) Effective January 1, 2013.)