HB 1273 -- Department of Transportation Employees' Annual Leave Sponsor: Davis (122) This bill allows employees of the Department of Transportation to accrue annual leave hours and annual leave maximum balances on a graduated years-of-service basis. Beginning October 1, 2003, employees are to receive 10 hours per month until they complete their tenth year of service with a maximum leave balance of 240 hours, 12 hours per month until completion of their fifteenth year of service with a maximum leave balance of 288 hours, and 14 hours per month thereafter with a maximum balance of 336 hours. On October 1 of each year, beginning January 1, 2005, accrued annual leave time in excess of the maximum may be deposited into the department's Shared Leave Program, used for purchase of retirement credits within certain limits, or used for equivalent cash deposits into the employee's Deferred Compensation Plan within certain limits.Copyright (c) Missouri House of Representatives