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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 789<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75472,"section_number":"2.2-1201","catch_line":"Duties of Department; Director","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1201\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":175939,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57325,"identifier":"2.2-2903.1","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/29\/2.2-2903.1","url":"\/2.2-2903.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2903.1\/","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/29\/2.2-2903.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"State employees ordered to active military service","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2903.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> As used in this section, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t\t“Active military duty<\/span>” means federally funded military duty as (i) a member of the armed forces of the United States on active duty pursuant to Title 10 U.S.C. or (ii) a member of the Virginia National Guard on active duty pursuant to either Title 10 or Title 32 U.S.C.\n\t\t\t“State employee<\/span>” means any person who is regularly employed full time on either a salaried or wage basis, whose tenure is not restricted as to temporary or provisional appointment, in the service of, and whose compensation is payable, no more often than biweekly, in whole or in part, by the Commonwealth or any department, institution or agency thereof. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> For any state employee<\/span> who has been ordered to active military service in the armed forces of the United States or in the organized reserve forces of any of the armed services of the United States or of the Virginia National Guard, the Commonwealth shall allow the use of accrued annual leave for active military duty<\/span> according to personnel policies developed by the Department of Human Resource Management. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTATE EMPLOYEES ORDERED TO ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE (\u00a7 2.2-2903.1)\n\nA. As used in this section, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t\t“Active military duty” means federally funded military duty as\n(i) a member of the armed forces of the United States on active duty pursuant to\nTitle 10 U.S.C. or (ii) a member of the Virginia National Guard on active duty\npursuant to either Title 10 or Title 32 U.S.C.\n\t\t\t“State employee” means any person who is regularly employed full\ntime on either a salaried or wage basis, whose tenure is not restricted as to\ntemporary or provisional appointment, in the service of, and whose compensation\nis payable, no more often than biweekly, in whole or in part, by the\nCommonwealth or any department, institution or agency thereof.\n\nB. For any state employee who has been ordered to active military service in the\narmed forces of the United States or in the organized reserve forces of any of\nthe armed services of the United States or of the Virginia National Guard, the\nCommonwealth shall allow the use of accrued annual leave for active military\nduty according to personnel policies developed by the Department of Human\nResource Management.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 789.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}