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Clerk 06/22/2006
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing a process that provides the opportunity for eligible employees to convert accrued vacation or accumulated compensatory hours, or both, to cash to benefit nonprofit organizations participating in the King County employee charitable campaign; and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 3.12.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. King County currently administers the King County employee charitable campaign, which benefits hundreds of nonprofit organizations.
B. King County encourages financial contributions to nonprofit organizations and the county desires to make it easier for its employees to regularly make such contributions through a program allowing for the conversion of an employee's accrued vacation or accumulated compensatory hours, or both, to cash.
NEW SECTION. SECTION 2. There is hereby added to K.C.C. chapter 3.12 a new section to read as follows:
The executive may implement a process providing the opportunity for benefit-eligible employees to convert accrued vacation or accumulated compensatory hours, or both, into a cash donation. This process must conform to the following:
A. Annually, from the first business day in October through the last business day in November, an employee may sign a written authorization subject to approval by the employee's department director, or the employee's department director's designee, to convert accrued vacation or accumulated compensatory hours, or both, into cash to benefit one nonprofit organization participating in the King County employee charitable campaign in accordance with K.C.C. chapter 3.36, of the employee's choice.
B. Notwithstanding K.C.C. 3.12.190, an employee may convert accrued vacation or accumulated compensatory hours, or both, into cash to benefit natural disaster relief efforts. Upon the occurrence of a natural disaster and with the exception of the employee charitable campai...

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