§ 395.01. — 395.01. (Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 129, Sec. 33.)

California § 395.01.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code MVC: Military and Veterans Code - MVC
• Div. 2.: DIVISION 2. THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE STATE
• Part 1.: PART 1. THE STATE MILITIA
• Ch. 7.: CHAPTER 7. Privileges and Penalties

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(a)
Any public employee who is on temporary military leave of absence for military duty ordered for purposes of active military training, inactive duty training, encampment, naval cruises, special exercises, or like activity as such member, provided that the period of ordered duty does not exceed 180 calendar days including time involved in going to and returning from the duty, and who has been in the service of the public agency from which the leave is taken for a period of not less than one year immediately prior to the day on which the absence begins, is entitled to receive their salary or compensation as a public employee for the first 30 calendar days of the absence. Pay for those purposes may not
exceed 30 days in any one fiscal year. For the purposes of this section, in determining the one year of public agency service, all service of a public employee in the recognized military service shall be counted as public agency service.
(b)
Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a local public agency may, but is not required to, pay an employee during a period of inactive duty training.
(c)
If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 3560) of Division 4, of Title 1 of the Government Code, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if those provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of
funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 129, Sec. 33. (SB 1097) Effective January 1, 2025.