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An employee whose work shift ends or starts within thirty minutes of a mandatory court appearance shall be compensated for those thirty minutes at an overtime rate. 2. Employees assigned to a Watch 3 who are required to appear in court following the end of his/her shift will have the option of remaining on duty or ending their shift. Employees that continue active duty will be compensated at time and one half while on duty. Employees that end their shift will be unpaid prior to their court appearance. D. Employees who are on call for court during off-duty time, and who are called to testify, will be paid at the overtime rate of time and a half of their regular hourly rate, to include actual travel time from their home to court and back, or until their regularly scheduled shift begins. Travel time will be limited to a maximum of one (1) hour each way, Only that period of time devoted to work will be compensated. Time spent on personal pursuits or other non -work related activity will not be compensated. E. Those employees who have advance notice of their required appearance in court, have arranged an appearance time with the District Attorney's Office, or who otherwise have advance notice of mandatory court appearances, will not be compensated for travel time in any manner. F. Employees who appear in court during off-duty hours may elect to start their normal work shift early as specified herein. G. A subpoenaed employee scheduled to appear in court on City business during off- duty time and placed on standby status by the Police Chief or his authorized representative will be compensated two (2) hours on a straight time basis if he or she is not advised of the cancellation of his or her appearance within five (5) Court business days of said appearance. 8.14 Creation of Association Comp Time Bank. A. Any member of the Association who works overtime, or has accrued but unused holidays, can designate that he or she will contribute the value of such time to a bank for use by members of the Association for the purposes and subject to the restrictions provided herein. B. Any member of the Association may receive time off for the welfare of officers, community service and any lawful activity of the Association with pay drawn from the bank described in Subsection A of this Section, provided that said employee first gains approval for said use by the executive board of the Association in the manner specified by its rules as adopted from time to time, and subject to the approval or disapproval of the Police Chief consistent with the operational needs of the Police Department. 33