Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:942 Primary Sponsor:Russell Committee Number:00 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Spartanburg County, civil service system Residing Body:Senate Computer Document Number:JIC/5652.HC Introduced Date:Apr 25, 1991 Date of Last Amendment:May 20, 1992 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:May 28, 1992 Last History Type:Referred to Spartanburg Delegation Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Russell Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN ---- ------ ------------ ------------------------------ --- 942 Senate May 28, 1992 Referred to Spartanburg 00 Delegation 942 House May 20, 1992 Amended, read third time, returned with amendment 942 House May 19, 1992 Debate adjourned until Wednesday, May 20, 1992 942 House May 14, 1992 Read second time 942 House May 13, 1992 Delegation Report: Favorable, 00 Spartanburg Delegation 942 House May 02, 1991 Referred to Spartanburg 00 Delegation 942 House May 02, 1991 Introduced, read first time 942 Senate May 01, 1991 Read third time, sent to House 942 Senate Apr 30, 1991 Read second time, unanimous consent for third reading on Wednesday, May 1 942 Senate Apr 25, 1991 Placed on Local and Uncontested Calendar without reference 942 Senate Apr 25, 1991 Introduced, read first timeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
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May 20, 1992
S. 942
L. Printed 5/13/92--H.
Read the first time May 2, 1991.
TO AMEND ACT 345 OF 1965, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM FOR THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT APPLICANTS FOR ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS ARE EXEMPT FROM THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT AND THE REQUIREMENT TO BE AN ELECTOR OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY, TO PROVIDE THAT APPLICANTS MUST BE NOT LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE RATHER THAN NOT LESS THAN TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE, AND TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT AN APPLICANT MAY NOT BE MORE THAN THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 6 of Act 345 of 1965, as amended by Act 991 of 1966, is further amended to read:
"Section 6. (a) An applicant for a position of any kind under civil service, must be a citizen of the United States of America and an elector of Spartanburg County in which he resides, who can read and write the English Language, and must have been a resident of said county Spartanburg County for at least one year. An applicant for an entry level position is exempt from the one-year residency requirement and the requirement to be an elector of Spartanburg County, and an applicant who is hired from within or outside of Spartanburg County at an entrance level position may not be promoted until one year in the system has elapsed.
(b) An applicant for a position of any kind under civil service must be of an age of not more than thirty-five (35) years of age and not less than twenty-one (21) eighteen years of age, in ordinary good health, of good moral character, and of temperate habits; these facts to be ascertained in such the manner as the commission may deem considers advisable."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.