2010 South Dakota Code
Title 3 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Chapter 06 - Conditions of Employment
Section 3-6-8.4 - Donation of accrued vested leave to another employee_Approval by Bureau of Personnel.

3-6-8.4. Donation of accrued vested leave to another employee--Approval by Bureau of Personnel. Any employee of the state may donate accrued vested leave to another state employee who meets all of the following criteria:
(1) The recipient employee is terminally ill and the employee's condition does not allow a return to work;
(2) The recipient employee is suffering from an acutely life threatening illness or injury which has been certified by a licensed physician as having a significant likelihood of terminating fatally and the employee's physical condition does not allow a return to work for a period of at least ninety consecutive days; and
(3) All leave benefits for which the recipient employee is eligible have been exhausted.
The donation is not allowed after the recipient employee is able to return to work or is approved for disability benefits provided for in § 3-12-98 or any other public disability benefits.
The donation of accrued vested leave may not exceed 2,080 hours per recipient employee as defined in subdivision (1) of this section or 1,040 hours per illness or injury for a recipient employee as defined in subdivision (2) of this section, not to exceed 2,080 hours per recipient. The donation shall be approved by the Bureau of Personnel under rules promulgated by the Career Service Commission pursuant to chapter 1-26, including number of hours to be donated, confidentiality of a donation, definition of terminally ill, definition of life threatening illness or injury, criteria for determining employee eligibility to receive or donate leave, coordination of leave donation with disability and other public benefits and in compliance with the provisions of § 3-6-8.3, and procedures for approval of the donation.

Source: SL 1989, ch 33; SL 1992, ch 27, § 1; SL 2010, ch 19, § 21.