# State Personnel and Pensions (GSP)

## Title 9. Leave Time and Holidays

### Subtitle 6. State Employees' Leave Bank and Employee-to-Employee Leave Donation Program

#### Section 9-603

(a) The Leave Bank consists of donated leave and forfeited annual, personal, and sick leave.

(b) An employee is a member of the Leave Bank for 2 years from the date on which the employee:

  (1) voluntarily donates at least 8 hours of annual, personal, or sick leave to the Leave Bank in accordance with this title; or

  (2) has at least 8 hours of annual or personal leave placed in the Leave Bank as a result of a forfeiture under Sec. 9-307, Sec. 9-403, or Sec. 9-507 of this title.

(c) The Secretary may grant leave from the State Employees' Leave Bank to an employee who:

  (1) has exhausted all forms of annual, personal, sick, and compensatory leave because of a serious and prolonged medical condition;

  (2) provides a certificate of illness or disability; and

  (3)

    (i) is a member of the State Employees' Leave Bank; or

    (ii) is granted an exemption by the Secretary from the membership requirement for good cause.

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Md. Code Ann., State Pers. & Pens. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)