to another City department from the Department of Water and Power after one year shall be subject to the provisions of paragraph A. above. Said employees shall not have access to their previously accrued, unused sick time available at the time of their transfer to the Department of Water and Power. (b) Any unused balance of sick leave at full pay at the end of any calendar year shall be carried over and accumulated from one calendar year to the next to a maximum of 800 hours, provided, however, that any sick leave at full pay remaining unused at the end of any calendar year, which, if added to an employee’s accumulated sick leave at full pay, will exceed 800 hours, shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each calendar year, be compensated for by cash payment of 50% of the salary rate current at the date of payment. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, effective December 31, 2023, for calendar years 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, and 2028, any unused balance of sick leave at full pay remaining at the end of each of those calendar years, which, if added to an employee’s accumulated sick leave at full pay, will exceed 800 hours, shall, as soon as practicable after the effective date of this provision for calendar year 2023 and as soon as practicable after calendar years 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, and 2028, be compensated for by cash payment of 100% of the salary rate current at the end of the pay period containing the date of December 31. Accordingly, for calendar year 2023 any employee who was compensated in January 2024 for accumulated sick leave in excess of 800 hours at 50% of full pay, shall be paid an additional amount equal to the original amount received in January 2024. For calendar years 2029 and thereafter, payouts of the balance of specified accumulated sick leave shall revert back to being compensated under the provision codified in the immediately preceding paragraph, which provides for cash payment of 50% of the salary rate current at the date of payment.