S 0797 General Bill, By Matthews and Ford

Similar(S 872, H 4392)
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 8-17-370, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
 1976, RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM STATE EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCE RIGHTS AND
 PROCEDURES, SO AS TO EXEMPT PRESIDENTS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA TECHNICAL COLLEGE
 SYSTEM.

   12/12/01  Senate Prefiled
   12/12/01  Senate Referred to Committee on Finance
   01/08/02  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-29
   01/08/02  Senate Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-29

TO AMEND SECTION 8-17-370, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM STATE EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCE RIGHTS AND PROCEDURES, SO AS TO EXEMPT PRESIDENTS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 8-17-370 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 264 of 2000, is further amended to read:

"Section 8-17-370. The provisions of this article do not apply to:

(1) members, officers, or employees of the General Assembly;

(2) employees within the Office of the Governor who work at the mansion or in the State House or those employees appointed by the Governor to serve at or above the organizational level of assistant directors of the individual program components;

(3) elected public officials of this State or persons appointed to fill vacancies in these offices;

(4) all judges, officers, and employees of the Judicial Department; jurors; all employees of the Commission on Prosecution Coordination; and the judges, officers, and employees of the Administrative Law Judge Division;

(5) members of state boards, commissions, councils, advisory councils, or committees compensated on a per diem basis;

(6) inmate help in a charitable, penal, or correctional institution, residents of rehabilitation facilities, or students employed in institutions of learning;

(7) part-time professional personnel engaged in consultant or contractual services;

(8) an agency head who has the authority and responsibility for an agency within state government including the divisions of the State Budget and Control Board;

(9) employees of the Public Service Authority, State Ports Authority, the Jobs-Economic Development Authority, or the Division of Public Railways and the Division of Savannah Valley Development of the Department of Commerce;

(10) teaching or research faculty, professional librarians, academic administrators, or other persons holding faculty appointments at a post-secondary educational institution, including branch campuses, if any, as defined in Section 59-107-10, except the technical education colleges and centers employees of the South Carolina technical college system other than as provided in item (15) below;

(11) athletic coaches and unclassified employees in the athletic departments of post-secondary educational institutions as defined in Section 59-107-10 except the technical education colleges and centers employees of the South Carolina technical college system other than as provided in item (15) below;

(12) deputy directors as defined in Section 8-17-320; and

(13) regional and county directors of the Department of Social Services as defined in Section 43-3-40(B).;

(14) employees of the Medical University Hospital Authority, provided the Medical University Hospital Authority has promulgated an employee grievance plan in accordance with its enabling provision; and

(15) presidents of the South Carolina Technical College System."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.