Alaska § 39.20.240 - Accumulation of personal leave.
Full text of Alaska Alaska Statutes § 39.20.240 — Accumulation of personal leave., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 39.20.240. Accumulation of personal leave.
(a) Except as provided in AS 39.20.225 (c) and this section, personal leave that is not taken by an officer or employee during a 12-month period accumulates for use in succeeding 12-month periods.
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, an officer or employee may not accumulate more than 1,000 hours of personal leave at the end of each 12-month period for use in succeeding 12-month periods.
(c) The personnel board may adopt regulations to allow an exemption from the requirements of (b) of this section if the department or agency head certifies in writing that the officer or employee accumulated more than 1,000 hours of leave at the end of a 12-month period because the officer or employee was denied the opportunity to use personal leave.
(d) Each officer or employee who has a balance of accumulated personal leave in excess of 400 hours on December 16, 2013, shall, until that balance becomes 400 hours or less, (1) be exempt from the limitation under (b) of this section; and
(2) take at least 15 days of personal leave during each 12-month period.
(e) Unless the head of an agency or department certifies in writing that an officer or employee of the agency or department who is subject to the requirements of (d) of this section was denied the opportunity to take at least 15 days of personal leave during a 12-month period, 15 days of personal leave minus the number of days of personal leave that was taken by the officer or employee shall be subtracted from the accrued personal leave balance of the officer or employee. The leave subtracted from accrued personal leave shall be canceled without pay.
Source: official Alaska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 39.20.240 ("Accumulation of personal leave.") is part of the Alaska Statutes, the codified statutory law of Alaska. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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