AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 9, and to repeal Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 11, relative to sick leave banks.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-50-901(6), is amended by deleting the period at the end of the subdivision and adding the following:

and all employees and teachers of all state special schools.

SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-50-905(a), is amended by deleting the language "All persons employed by state government who are entitled to accrue sick leave pursuant to part 8 of this chapter, and who have been employed by state government" and by substituting the following:

All employees and teachers of all state special schools and all persons employed by state government who are entitled to accrue sick leave pursuant to part 8 of this chapter, and who have been employed by state government or any state special school

SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-50-905(c), is amended by deleting the word "State" and substituting the following:

Employees and teachers of all state special schools and state

SECTION 4. Notwithstanding any time limitations on time of the year for enrollment set forth in Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-50-905(c), any person qualifying under the provisions of this act may elect to participate in the state sick leave bank within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this act. All such qualifying persons shall be entitled to become a member of the state sick leave bank no later than thirty (30) days after the end of this ninety (90) day period.

SECTION 5. Any and all state special school teachers sick leave banks currently existing pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-50-1101, et seq., shall be dissolved in accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-50-1110, effective no later than December 31, 1998.

SECTION 6. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 11, is repealed, effective January 1, 1999.

SECTION 7. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.