Bill > HB1600

This bill amends Arkansas law to clarify and standardize provisions related to holiday compensation, annual vacation leave, and sick leave for full-time law enforcement officers in municipalities. Specifically, the bill explicitly specifies that these provisions apply to full-time law enforcement officers in cities of the first and second class or incorporated towns, ensuring that such officers receive holiday compensation based on their daily rate of pay, which can be included in their base pay and prorated or paid as a lump sum annually. The bill also guarantees full-time law enforcement officers at least 15 working days of annual vacation leave with full pay, with the ability to accumulate unused leave up to a maximum set by municipal ordinance, and provides that upon retirement or end of service, officers can be paid for unused accumulated vacation leave. Additionally, the bill establishes that full-time law enforcement officers will accumulate sick leave at 20 working days per year, with the ability to accumulate up to 60 days (or more if authorized by municipal ordinance), and allows officers to be paid for unused sick leave upon retirement or death, with a maximum payment of 60-90 days' salary depending on municipal ordinance. The bill also allows municipalities to adopt a catastrophic leave program that includes a "presumptive illness list" for municipal police departments.

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https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?id=hb1600&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R