§7-14-17a. Vacations for deputy sheriffs.

The county commission of each county shall allow the sheriff's deputies in its employ, vacation time accrued in the following manner: For deputies with less than five years of service, vacation time shall be accrued at the rate of one and one-quarter days for each calendar month of service; for deputies with five to 10 years of service, vacation time shall be accrued at the rate of one and one-half days for each calendar month of service; for deputies with 10 to 15 years of service, vacation time shall be accrued at the rate of one and three-quarter days for each calendar month of service; for deputies with fifteen or more years of service, vacation time shall be accrued at the rate of two days for each calendar month of service.

Each deputy sheriff shall only receive vacation time for each month in which he or she shall have worked one hour more than one half the normal working hours in a given month as prescribed by the sheriff.

The county commission of each county shall allow each deputy sheriff to carry forward from one calendar year to the next a minimum of 45 days, and in its discretion, up to 60 days, of accrued vacation time.