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2009 SESSION
098226692Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 2.2-2821.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 2.2-2821.2. Leave for volunteer fire and rescue service.
State employees shall be allowed up to sixteen 24
hours of paid leave in any calendar year, in addition to other paid leave, to
serve with a volunteer fire department and rescue squad or auxiliary unit
thereof that has been recognized in accordance with § 15.2-955 by an ordinance
or resolution of the political subdivision where the volunteer fire department
or rescue squad is located as being a part of the safety program of such
political subdivision. The Department shall develop personnel policies
providing for the use of such leave. For the purposes of this section,
"state employee" means any person who is regularly employed full time
on a salaried basis, whose tenure is not restricted as to temporary or
provisional appointment, in the service of, and whose compensation is payable,
no more often than biweekly, in whole or in part, by the Commonwealth or any
department, institution, or agency thereof.