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approval of the employee's supervisor. D. Absence on sick leave for a period in excess of fifteen (15) consecutive calendar days shall not be considered as service for vacation accrual purposes. E. Computation of Vacation. in computing vacation, each municipal holiday that occurs during the vacation, and that falls on a day which the employee would have worked had he or she not been on vacation, shall be deducted from the computation so that ten (10) additional hours of vacation shall be allowed to the employee unless departmental practice provides some other manner of compensating for municipal holidays. Should an employee be confined to a hospital for sickness or injury while on authorized vacation, each full day of such confinement, when confirmed by a physician's statement and approval of the Police Chief, may be deducted from the computation of vacation expended and charged against the employee's accumulated sick leave. 2. A period of earlier service does not apply toward vacation accumulation when an employee has had a break in continuous service, unless the break in service is concluded by reappointment, as provided in Section 9-114 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code or by reemployment from layoff within one (1) year. Leave of absence without pay, as provided in Article XI, Section I (Sick Leave -Extended) and Section 11.8 (Authorized Absence Without Pay - Long Term), Section 11.11 (Catastrophic Leave Donation) herein, does not constitute a break in continuous service as used in this section; however, the leave of absence period shall not be applied toward the accumulation of longevity vacation. Absence on military leave followed by reinstatement, as provided in Section 9-143 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code does not constitute a break in service, and the period of absence on such military leave shall be applied toward the accumulation of longevity vacation. F. Vacation Buy -Back. Employees covered by this MOU are eligible to require the City to buy-back up to sixty (60) hours of their banked vacation, computed on a straight time basis, once per calendar year. Additionally, any member who has taken a minimum of eighty (80) hours of vacation time off during the calendar year (not including the sixty (60) hours of allowed vacation cash -out) shall have the ability to require the City to buy-back an additional forty (40) hours of their banked vacation, computed on a straight time basis, once during the same calendar year that the leave is taken. 10.3 Limitation on Vacation. A. With the exception of a retiring employee, no employee is granted, and no employee shall be allowed to take, any vacation leave with pay in excess of 400 36