(1) If the Legislature in an annual appropriations act with accompanying intent language specifically authorizes and fully funds the estimated costs of this use, the division shall implement a program that allows an employee, in the approved calendar year, to elect to convert up to 20 hours of annual leave, in whole hour increments not to exceed $250 in value, into any of the employee’s designated deferred compensation accounts that:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 63A-17-504

  • Division: means the Division of Human Resource Management, created in Section 63A-17-105. See Utah Code 63A-17-102
  • Employee: means any individual in a paid status covered by the career service or classified service provisions of this chapter. See Utah Code 63A-17-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
     (1)(a) are sponsored by the Utah State Retirement Board; and
     (1)(b) are qualified under Section 401(k) or Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(2) Any annual leave converted under Subsection (1) shall be:

     (2)(a) converted into the employee’s deferred compensation account at the employee’s pay rate at the time of conversion; and
     (2)(b) calculated in the last pay period of the leave year as determined by the Division of Finance.
(3) An employee may not convert hours of accrued annual leave to the extent that any hours converted would:

     (3)(a) exceed the maximum amount authorized by the Internal Revenue Code for the calendar year; or
     (3)(b) cause the employee’s balance of accumulated annual leave to drop below the maximum accrual limit provided by rule.