§ 2-56.33. Officer or employee under investigation of an offense.

Any county or Public Health Trust officer or employee who is under investigation by any governmental entity, whether county, state or federal, for commission of an offense involving a breach of the public trust committed while in county service, shall have any payment of accumulated sick and annual leave to which he or she may be entitled under this division and the Leave Manual held in escrow by the county or Public Health Trust until the investigation and any subsequent judicial proceedings thereon are completed. Such accumulated sick and annual leave shall be paid to the officer or employee together with interest thereon:

(a)

Upon indication from the investigating entity that the investigation has been concluded without the filing of charges or other proceedings; or

(b)

Exoneration of the officer or employee; or

(c)

On the first year anniversary from the date payment would otherwise have been made unless there is an indication from the investigating entity that the investigation is continuing, and, if such indication is made, on each annual anniversary date thereafter.

(Ord. No. 98-34, § 4, 2-19-98; Ord. No. 05-183, § 1, 10-18-05)