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File Number: 14-00377 Final Action Date:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 40,
ARTICLE III, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED,
ENTITLED "PERSONNEL/CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS", MORE
PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTION 40-113(A); TO REQUIRE THAT LEAVES
FOR MILITARY TRAINING DURING AN ANNUAL PERIOD BE IN COMPLIANCE
WITH FLORIDA STATUTE 115.07, AS AMENDED; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Civil Service Board, at its regular meeting of October 1, 2013, unanimously voted
to amend Rule 15.9(a), entitled "Military Training Leave" ("Rule"), by revising the language to allow for
leave time equivalent to the provisions of Florida Statute 115.07; and
WHEREAS, it is now necessary to amend Section 40-113(a) of the Code of the City of Miami,
Florida, as amended ("City Code"), to reflect the Civil Service Board's action for said Rule; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission, after careful consideration of this matter, deems it advisable and
in the best interest of the employees of the City to amend said section of the City Code;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are adopted by
reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Chapter 40, Article III, Section 40-113(a) of the City Code, is further amended in the
following particulars:{1}
"CHAPTER 40
PERSONNEL
ARTICLE III. CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS
*
Sec. 40-113. Military training leave,
(a) All employees of the City of Miami who are either Reserve Officers or Enlisted Personnel in the
Florida state guard, the National Guard, Naval Militia, Marine Corps, Unorganized Militia, U.S. Army
Reserve, U.S. Naval, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, U.S. Air Force Reserve,
or Officers or Enlisted Personnel in any other class of the militia, shall be entitled to leave of absence
from their respective duties without loss of pay, time, efficiency rating, or Civil Service Seniority Credits
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on all days during which they shall be engaged in field or Coast Guard defense exercises or other
training ordered under the provisions of the U.S. Military or Naval Training Regulations or under the
provisions of the Florida state guard or the National Guard; provided that leaves of absence granted
as a matter of legal right under the provisions of this subsection shall not exceed seventeen
canes Live -days in any one oalcndar year. the provisions cited in Florida State Statute 115.07.
Section 3. If any Section, part of a section, paragraph, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is
declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective 30 days after final reading and adoption
thereof.{2}
APP"OVED AS TO FORM AND CRRECTNESS:
VI ORIA M NDEZ
CITY ATTORNEY
Footnotes:
(1 ) Words and/or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored words and/or figures
shall be added. The remaining provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks
indicate omitted and unchanged material.
{2} This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within
(10) days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Ordinance, it shall
become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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