8-50-809 - Applicability Exemptions.

8-50-809. Applicability Exemptions.

(a)  These provisions for annual, sick leave and terminal leave do not apply to the members of the instructional staffs of the special schools administered by the department of education.

(b)  The provisions of this part, except those provisions which relate to annual/sick leave transfer, or sick leave reinstatement, shall not apply to officers or employees of the University of Tennessee system or the state university and community college system. The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee system and the board of regents of the state university and community college system shall prepare a leave policy to apply to their respective officers and employees which, in terms of total paid time off, would be substantially in accordance with provisions of this part for other state employees. Such policies shall be approved by the commissioner of finance and administration and filed with the comptroller of the treasury. Nothing in this part shall prohibit or modify the creation or approval of a sick leave bank pursuant to § 8-50-925 at institutions governed by the board of regents of the state university and community college system or the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee.

[Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 13; 1939, ch. 11, § 8; 1945, ch. 30, § 2; 1949, ch. 174, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 255.13; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-3901; Acts 1961, ch. 333, § 2; 1969, ch. 205, § 1; 1971, ch. 348, § 1; 1973, ch. 252, §§ 1, 2; 1974, ch. 506, § 1; 1975, ch. 100, § 1; 1975, ch. 226, § 1; 1976, ch. 657, § 1; 1977, ch. 83, § 1; 1977, ch. 287, § 1; 1977, ch. 364, § 1; 1978, ch. 557, § 1; 1979, ch. 34, § 1; T.C.A., § 8-4101; Acts 1981, ch. 284, § 1; 1981, ch. 380, § 1; 1981, ch. 433, § 1; 1982, ch. 674, §§ 1, 2, 5; 1983, ch. 171, §§ 1-3; 1983, ch. 447, § 1; 1984, ch. 656, § 1; 1985, ch. 37, §§ 1-3; 1985, ch. 89, § 1; 1986, ch. 500, § 1; 1986, ch. 669, §§ 1-3; 1987, ch. 3, §§ 1, 2; 1987, ch. 22, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A., § 8-50-101.]