New Mexico § 10-7-10 - Accumulated sick leave; payment of certain excess amounts
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 10-7-10 — Accumulated sick leave; payment of certain excess amounts, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 10-7-10. Accumulated sick leave; payment of certain excess amounts
An employee of the state who has accumulated six hundred hours of unused sick leave
shall be entitled to be paid for additional unused sick leave at a rate equal to fifty
percent of his hourly wage multiplied by the number of hours of unused sick leave
over six hundred hours, not to exceed one hundred twenty hours of such sick leave
in any one fiscal year. Payment for sick leave as authorized by this section shall be paid only on either
the payday immediately following the first full pay period in January or the first
full pay period in July. An eligible employee shall notify his agency of his desired payment date and the
number of unused sick leave hours he wishes to convert pursuant to this section before
payment can be authorized.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 10-7-10 ("Accumulated sick leave; payment of certain excess amounts") is part of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of New Mexico. 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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