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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="1-207" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “telework” means to work at a location other than a traditional office setting or an employee’s usual and customary work site, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the employee’s home;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a satellite office; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a telework center.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>all employees of a governmental entity of a county or a municipality; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>all governmental entities of a county or a municipality.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each governing body, or the governing body’s designee, shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>establish a countywide or municipality–wide telework program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>adopt a countywide or municipality–wide telework policy and telework guidelines.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The head of a governmental entity of a county or municipality may designate the positions for which an employee would be eligible to telework.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each governmental entity of a county or municipality, in its discretion, may maximize the number of eligible employees participating in a countywide or municipality–wide telework program established under subsection (c) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
