{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-18a.203","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 18A.203","heading":"Annual-leave sharing program.","body":"(1) The Commonwealth of Kentucky annual leave sharing program is created. An\nemployee who has accrued an annual leave balance of more than seventy -five (75)\nhours may request that the appointing authority of the agency for which the\nemployee works makes available for transfer a specified amount of his or her annual\nleave balance to another named employee authorized to receive leave under\nsubsection (2) of this section. The employee may not request a transfer of an\namount of leave that would result in reducing his or her annual leave balance to less\nthan seventy-five (75) hours.\n(2) An appointing authority, with the approval of the secretary of personnel, may permit\nan employee of the agency to receive leave under this section if:\n(a) The employee suffers from a catastrophic loss to his or her personal property,\ndue to either a natural disaster or fire, that either has caused or will likely\ncause the employee to go on leave for at least ten (10) consecutive working\ndays;\n(b) The employee has exhausted his or her a ccumulated annual leave and\ncompensatory leave balances; and\n(c) The employee has complied with administrative regulations governing the use\nof annual leave.\n(3) The appointing authority, with the approval of the secretary of personnel, shall\ndetermine the amount of leave, if any, that an employee within his or her agency\nmay receive under subsection (2) of this section. Transfers of leave shall not exceed\nthe amount requested by the recipient.\n(4) Leave may be transferred from an employee of one (1) agency  to an employee\nwithin the same agency. With the approval of the secretary of personnel and of the\nappointing authorities of both agencies, leave may be transferred from an employee\nof one (1) agency to an employee of another state agency. The Personnel Ca binet\nshall maintain records of leave transferred between employees and the utilization of\ntransferred leave.\n(5) While an employee is on leave transferred under this section, he or she shall be\ndeemed a state employee and shall receive the same treatment with respect to salary,\nwages, and employee benefits.\n(6) All salary and wage payments made to an employee while on leave transferred\nunder this section shall be made by the agency employing the person receiving the\nleave.\n(7) Any leave transferred under this section that remains unused shall be returned to the\nemployees who transferred the leave when the appointing authority finds that the\nleave is no longer needed and will not be needed at a future time in connection with\nthe catastrophic loss for which t he leave was transferred to an employee in his or\nher agency.\n(8) No employee shall directly or indirectly intimidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to\nintimidate, threaten, or coerce any other employee for the purpose of interfering\nwith the employee's right to voluntarily contribute leave when authorized under this\nsection. For the purpose of this subsection, \"intimidate, threaten, or coerce\" shall\ninclude, without being limited to, the promise to confer or the conferring of any\nbenefit or effecting or threatening to effect any reprisal.\n(9) The secretary of the Personnel Cabinet shall promulgate procedural administrative\nregulations to implement the provisions of this section.","path":["KRS Chapter 18A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=1393","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:40Z","sha256":"f09fde55cc758eecdb1e32cfbaf155adbec8895ff7ffb78c469f464c0dff21b1","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-18a.202","next":"us-ky/krs-18a.204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}