2022 California Code
Government Code - GOV
TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
DIVISION 5 - PERSONNEL
PART 2 - STATE CIVIL SERVICE
CHAPTER 11 - Military Service
ARTICLE 3 - Pay and Benefits
Section 19775.1.
19775.1. (a) An employee who is granted a short-term military leave of absence for active military duty, including, but not limited to, scheduled military reserve unit drill periods and National Guard active duty and inactive duty training drill periods, and who for a period of not less than one year immediately before the effective date of active duty has had continuous state service as defined by rule that is not broken by a permanent separation, or who has had continuous state service immediately before the effective date of active duty not broken by a permanent separation and sufficient recognized military service that need not be contiguous to equal one year, shall be entitled to receive their salary or compensation for the first 30 calendar days of active duty served during the absence. The term “active duty” for the 30-day salary or compensation shall include National Guard inactive duty training.
(b) An employee who is granted emergency military leave under Section 19773, shall receive their salary or compensation as a state employee while going to, engaging in, and returning from the duty. The employee shall not receive their salary or compensation for more than 30 days each time they are granted the emergency military leave.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 384, Sec. 2. (SB 984) Effective January 1, 2023.)
