1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; allowing a donation of accrued 
  1.3             sick time for certain Minnesota state college and 
  1.4             university employees; proposing coding for new law in 
  1.5             Minnesota Statutes, chapter 136F. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [136F.421] [DONATION OF ACCRUED SICK TIME.] 
  1.8      Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an employee of the 
  1.9   Minnesota state colleges and universities who is not eligible to 
  1.10  accrue vacation time may donate up to 12 hours of accrued sick 
  1.11  time for the benefit of another employee of the Minnesota state 
  1.12  colleges and universities.  An employee may not be paid for more 
  1.13  than 80 hours in a payroll period during which the employee uses 
  1.14  sick leave credited to the employee's account as a result of a 
  1.15  transfer from another employee's sick leave account.  The 
  1.16  chancellor, in consultation with the employees of the system or 
  1.17  their exclusive representatives, shall establish procedures for 
  1.18  eligibility, duration of need based on individual cases, 
  1.19  monitoring and evaluation of individual eligibility status, and 
  1.20  other topics related to administration of this program. 
  1.21     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.22     Section 1 is effective the day after final enactment.