***Adopted***

AMENDMENT No. 1 PROPOSED TO

House Bill NO. 548

By Representative(s) Committee

AMEND on line 173 by inserting after the comma the language, "as defined in Section 25-3-91,".

AMEND FURTHER by inserting the following after line 201:

(e) If an employee is aggrieved by the decision of his or her appointing authority that the employee is not eligible to receive donated leave because the injury or illness of the employee or member of the employee's immediate family is not, in the appointing authority's determination, a catastrophic injury or illness, the employee may appeal the decision to the employee appeals board.

AMEND FURTHER by relettering all succeeding paragraphs.

AMEND FURTHER the TITLE on line 6 by striking the semicolon and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following:

TO AUTHORIZE AN EMPLOYEE AGGRIEVED BY A DECISION THAT HE IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE DONATED LEAVE TO APPEAL THE DECISION TO THE EMPLOYEE APPEALS BOARD