HCS HB 271 -- PUBLIC EMPLOYEE MILITARY LEAVE

SPONSOR:  Shoemaker (8)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on Homeland
Security and Veterans Affairs by a vote of 15 to 1.

This substitute requires that all state employees who engage in
the authorized performance of United States military service for
more than 15 days receive the difference between the employee's
regular gross wage and the sum of the employee's gross pay as a
member of the National Guard or United States military and the
allowances received that month for their service.  If the
employee's monthly gross pay and allowances as a member of the
National Guard or United States military exceed the employee's
regular gross monthly wage, the employee will not receive a
payment.

FISCAL NOTE:  Not available at time of printing.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill will help state
employees who serve in the military during times of emergency.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Merideth; Office of
the Missouri Adjutant General; Missouri Association of Veteran
Organizations; and Joseph Thompson.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Steve Bauer, Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated July 25, 2003 at 10:11 am