Current StatusView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.Bill Number: 3222 Ratification Number: 418 Act Number 343 Introducing Body: House Subject: Relating to amounts of workers' compensation paid, so as to increase benefits for the loss of a hand
(A343, R418, H3222)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 42-9-30, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO AMOUNTS OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PAID, SO AS TO INCREASE BENEFITS FOR THE LOSS OF A HAND.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Benefits for loss of hand
Section 1. Item (12) of Section 42-9-30 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(12) For the loss of a hand, sixty-six and two-thirds percent of the average weekly wages during one hundred and eighty-five weeks."
Time effective
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon the approval by the Governor.