NO. 93-15
WHEREAS, many Missouri citizens, including employees of the State of Missouri have experienced the loss of personal property and subsistence due to the 1993 flood; and
WHEREAS, it is the mission of the State of Missouri to maintain or improve the quality of life for the people of the State of Missouri; and
WHEREAS, many employees desire to help their fellow employees who are in need of assistance due to such loss; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the services and programs of the State of Missouri to encourage teamwork and feelings of mutual concern and support among employees; and
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mel Carnahan, Governor of the State of Missouri, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the State of Missouri, do hereby order that the Departments and Agencies of the Executive Branch of Missouri State Government are authorized to adopt a program by which employees may donate a portion of their accrued annual leave (vacation) benefits to other employees who have experienced personal loss due to the 1993 flood or employees who volunteer to participate in a flood relief effort regardless of those employees' have balances.
IT IS FURTHER OORDERED that this leave sharing program adopted under this order will adhere to the following terms and limitations:
- Only
annual
leave
as defined
by Section
1 CSR
20-5.020(1)
of the
Rules
of the
Personnel
Advisory
Board
may
be donated.
- Recipient
employees
must
have
experienced
a losss
of personal
property
and/or
subsistence,
or be
volunteers
in a
flood
relief
effort.
- Donations
will
be made
to a
departmental
or agency
donation
pool
established
specifically
for
this
purpose
rather
than
from
individual
to individual.
- Departmental
policy
will
establish
a method
for
determining
the
eligibility
of persons
who
apply
for
annual
leave
benefits
from
the
donation
pool.
- Eligible
employees
will
receive
an equitable
share
of the
annual
leave
from
the
available
donation
pool.
- All
donations
of annual
leave
shall
be voluntary.
Individual
leave
records
are
confidential
and
only
individual
employees
may
reveal
their
donations
or receipt
of annual
leave.
- This authorizaiton for a donated annual leave program shall cover only situations created as a result of the 1993 flood, and shall automatically expire October 15, 1993.
| IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Missouri, in the City of Jefferson, on this 15th day of July, 1993. |
| [Mel Carnahan's signature] | GOVERNOR |
ATTEST:
[Judith K. Moriarty's signature]
SECRETARY OF STATE