NC S352

Requires the State Personnel Commission to adopt rules allowing state agency employees to donate up to 5 days of sick leave per year to a nonfamily member coworker, with a maximum of 30 days total per recipient annually.

Requires the State Board of Education to adopt similar rules for public school employees to donate sick leave to nonfamily member colleagues under the same 5-day annual and 30-day combined limits.

Requires the State Board of Community Colleges to adopt comparable rules for community college employees to donate sick leave to nonfamily member coworkers with identical donation caps.

Specifies that donated sick leave cannot be used for retirement purposes and requires written notification to donors regarding state retirement credit consequences of donating leave.

Becomes effective January 1, 2010.