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H. 4681
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Funderburk
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Introduced in the House on March 3, 2010
Currently residing in the House Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
Summary: Workers' compensation
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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3/3/2010 House Introduced and read first time HJ-86
3/3/2010 House Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
HJ-87
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 42-5-40, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO A PENALTY FOR FAILURE OF AN EMPLOYER TO SECURE WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE FOR ITS EMPLOYEES, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION TO SEND A LETTER TO THE EMPLOYER GIVING HIM THIRTY DAYS BEFORE A PENALTY SHALL APPLY WHILE A CLAIM IS PENDING, AND PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSION MAY PROMULGATE REGULATIONS BY WHICH AN EMPLOYER NOT ACTING IN GOOD FAITH WHILE FAILING TO SECURE WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE SHALL NOT BE OFFERED THE BENEFITS OF THE THIRTY-DAY GRACE PERIOD PROVIDED ABOVE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 42-5-40 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 15, Part I, Act 111 of 2007, is further amended to read:
"Section 42-5-40. (A) Any An employer required to secure the payment of compensation under this title who refuses or neglects to secure such this compensation shall must be punished by a fine of fined one dollar for each employee at the time of the insurance becoming due, but not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each day of such the refusal or neglect, and until the same ceases, and he shall be is liable during continuance of such the refusal or neglect to an employee either for compensation under this title or at law in an action instituted by the employee or his personal representative against such the employer to recover damages for personal injury or death by accident and in any such an action such the employer shall is not be permitted to defend upon any of the grounds mentioned in Section 42-1-510.
(B) The fine provided in this section may be assessed by the commission in an open hearing with the right of review and appeal as in other cases. All fines collected pursuant to this section must be submitted to the general fund.
(C)(1) Before a fine may be assessed and collected while a claim is pending, the commission shall send the offending employer a letter, by certified mail, return receipt requested, informing him of the penalty. The employer has thirty days to comply with the provisions of this title before the penalty may be assessed.
(2) The commission may promulgate regulations by which an employer not acting in good faith while failing to secure workers' compensation insurance shall not be subject to the provisions of this subsection."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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