§79-11 Pay of substitutes for persons on sick leave. Whenever any officer or employee of the State or of the several counties who is entitled to sick leave with pay under section 79-8 has been granted and has used up the maximum amount of leave that may be granted under the section and the rules and regulations promulgated under section 79-12, and the officer or employee is granted further sick leave without pay, the officer or employee who is required by the department head to perform the full duties and to assume the full responsibilities of the absent officer or employee shall be entitled to and be paid the compensation provided by law for the position of the absent officer or employee if the compensation is higher than his own. The higher compensation shall be paid to the substitute as long as the absent officer or employee remains on sick leave without pay and as long as the substitute performs the full duties and assumes the full responsibilities of the absent officer or employee. [L 1947, c 27, §1; RL 1955, §5-41; HRS §79-11]