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Clerk 07/24/2003
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the conversion of either accrued vacation or accumulated compensatory time hours, or both, for payment of the net cash, after mandatory deductions, to the Washington state college tuition prepaid program-guaranteed education tuition, or other approved financial support programs, to benefit any children of an employee who are under the age of twenty-three at the time the employee dies while engaged in the scope of his or her employment; and amending Ordinance 13743, Section 1, and K.C.C. 3.12.224 and Ordinance 13743, Section 2, and K.C.C. 3.12.2245.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 13743, Section 1, and K.C.C. 3.12.224, are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Leave - donation to ((Washington state college tuition prepaid)) an account or program to benefit ((minor)) children of deceased employee. Notwithstanding K.C.C 3.12.190, if an employee dies while engaged within the scope of his or her employment, the executive may implement a process providing a one-time opportunity to allow employees eligible for benefits to convert either accrued vacation or accumulated compensatory time hours, or both, to cash to benefit any ((minor)) children of the deceased employee who are under twenty-three years old at the time of the employee's death. This process must conform to the following requirements:
A. The executive shall establish a forty-five-day period during which time employees may sign a written request, subject to approval by the executive, to convert either accrued vacation or accumulated compensatory time hours, or both, to cash and to authorize a payroll deduction of the cash to benefit the ((minor)) children of the deceased employee who are under twenty-three years old at the time of the employee's death. The hours must be in full-hour increments, with a minimum of four;
B. The executive shall determine the maximum hours that any employee can c...

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