{"data":{"id":"us-az/a.r.s.-38-842.03","jurisdiction":"us-az","citation":"A.R.S. § 38-842.03","heading":"Part\u001etime employees; requirements; prohibition; definitions","body":"A. To qualify as a member as defined in section 38-842, paragraph 31, subdivision (b), a part-time employee shall meet both of the following:\n\n1. Has entered into a written agreement with the employee's employer before July 1, 2031 to work part-time for a period of not more than three years due to a specified qualifying event.\n\n2. Has not worked as a part-time employee for the purposes of this section for more than six years.\n\nB. A part-time employee may not perform off-duty work.\n\nC. For the purposes of this section:\n\n1. \"Immediate family member\" means a child, spouse, parent, grandchild or grandparent.\n\n2. \"Off-duty work\" means being employed as a police officer, state highway patrol officer or county sheriff or deputy by an employer other than the part-time employee's employer pursuant to this article.\n\n3. \"Qualifying event\" means the birth or adoption of a child or providing care for a serious health condition of an immediate family member.\n\n4. \"Serious health condition\" has the same meaning prescribed in 29 Code of Federal Regulations section 825.113.","path":["Title 38 Public Officers and Employees"],"source_url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/38/00842-03.htm","current_through":"2026-09-04","vintage":"2026-08-09","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:49:56Z","sha256":"adc221415bb677cd7aed84332f56241cbed9fc7fcfd8e413d5b668898285f45a","source_id":"us-az","stale":true,"prev":"us-az/a.r.s.-38-842.02","next":"us-az/a.r.s.-38-843"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}