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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="1-209" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “uniformed services” has the meaning stated in 38 U.S.C. § 4303 and 20 C.F.R. § 1002.5(o).</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies to all employees of a governmental unit of a county or a municipality in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each governmental unit may provide leave with pay:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for jury service;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>to attend employee organization events approved for this purpose by the head of the governmental unit;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>for up to 30 days for uniformed services training or active uniformed services duty in a reserve unit of the armed forces or in the organized militia;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>unless the employee is a party to the action or a paid witness, to appear in compliance with a subpoena:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>in court;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>before a grand jury;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>before an administrative unit; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>for a deposition;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>for administrative leave for the purpose of immediately removing an employee from the work site, if the employee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>poses a threat to self, another individual, or county or municipal property; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is incapable of properly performing the employee’s duties because of extraordinary circumstances; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>for any other paid leave the head of a governmental unit considers necessary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
