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Bill 3085

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3085
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990112
Primary Sponsor:                  Wilder
All Sponsors:                     Wilder
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\pt\1034htc99.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM
Subject:                          State employees, accrued annual leave 
                                  when terminated due to reduction in force, 
                                  lump-sum pay; Public Officers


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990112  Introduced, read first time,           30 HWM
                  referred to Committee
House   19981209  Prefiled, referred to Committee        30 HWM


                             Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 8-11-620, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF ACCRUED ANNUAL LEAVE OF A STATE EMPLOYEE ON THE EMPLOYEE'S TERMINATION, RETIREMENT, OR DEATH, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR A LUMP-SUM PAYMENT FOR UNUSED ANNUAL LEAVE, NOT TO EXCEED FORTY-FIVE DAYS AND WITHOUT REGARD TO LEAVE TAKEN IN THE CALENDAR YEAR, FOR AN EMPLOYEE TERMINATED DUE TO A REDUCTION IN FORCE.

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

SECTION 1. Section 8-11-620 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 8-11-620. Upon termination from state employment, an employee may take both annual leave and a lump-sum payment for unused leave, but in no event shall such this combination exceed forty-five days in a calendar year except as provided for in Section 8-11-610. If an employee dies, his legal representative shall be is entitled to a lump-sum payment for his unused leave, not to exceed forty-five working days, except as provided for in Section 8-11-610. Upon retirement from state employment, termination due to a reduction in force, or upon the death of an employee, a lump-sum payment will must be made for unused leave, not to exceed forty-five days, unless a higher maximum is approved under the provisions of Section 8-11-610, and without regard to the earned leave taken during the calendar year in which the employee retires, dies, or is terminated due to a reduction in force."

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

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