1. A. On the effective date of coverage for existing employees, and thereafter on each January 10, existing participating employees shall receive an amount of family and personal leave based on the number of months of state service as an eligible employee, as follows:

   a	Months of state service	Number of hours
   b	Less than 120	32
   c	120 or more	40

2. B. Any partial calendar month during which a participating employee was employed shall constitute one month of state service for purposes of this section.

3. C. Participating employees, except for those described in subsection A, shall receive an initial amount of family and personal leave at the time their employment or reemployment commences, as follows:

   a	Date employment commenced	Number of hours
   b	January 10 through July 9	32
   c	July 10 through January 9	16

   Thereafter, on each January 10 such employees shall receive an amount of family and personal leave as provided in subsection A.

4. D. Participating employees shall not be paid or otherwise compensated upon leaving employment for any balance of unused family and personal leave provided to them under this section.
5. E. Unused balances of family and personal leave granted under this section shall not be carried forward beyond the calendar year in which such leave is granted.
6. F. Employees receiving disability benefits on January 10 of any year shall be granted family and personal leave for such year on the date they return to active employment. The amount of family and personal leave granted for such year shall be determined as if they were continuing employment on the date of their return to work as provided in subsections A, B and C.

1998, c. 774; 1999, c. 144; 2000, c. 889.