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Temporary leave from employment for participation in activities of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness¹ or pursuant to a plan of operation of that office shall be considered to be unpaid leave by the employer.  However, applicable provisions of this Section shall not prohibit an employer from paying compensation to an employee on leave pursuant to this Part.  An employee may, with agreement by the employer, use any amount or combination of accrued or eligible paid leave, vacation, sick leave or compensatory leave standing to his credit during his term of service under this Part.

Acts 2004, No. 316, §2, eff. June 18, 2004; Acts 2006, 1^st Ex. Sess., No. 35, §8, eff. March 1, 2006.

¹See Acts 2006, 1^st Ex. Sess., No. 35, §8, which changes the term “office of homeland security and emergency preparedness” to “Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness” and §10, which provides for the termination of the Act and the reversion to the law in effect prior to the Act on July 1, 2010.