H*3576 (Rat #0160, Act #0155 of 2016) General Bill, By Bannister, Merrill, Murphy, Atwater, Collins, Gagnon, Hamilton, Hicks, Pitts, Sandifer, G.R. Smith, Tallon, Whitmire, Henderson and Herbkersman
Summary: Youth sports organizations
    AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 41-1-120 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN WRITTEN AGREEMENTS BETWEEN NONPROFIT YOUTH SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS AND COACHES PROVIDE CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE THAT THE COACH IS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR RATHER THAN AN EMPLOYEE OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS EXEMPT FROM CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS CONCERNING WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE AND INCOME TAX WITHHOLDINGS, TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE WRITTEN AGREEMENTS, TO PROVIDE THESE WRITTEN AGREEMENTS ARE NOT CONCLUSIVE PROOF OF THE EXISTENCE OF AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR RELATIONSHIP FOR PURPOSES OF REQUIRED COVERAGE OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND OF ANY CIVIL ACTIONS INSTITUTED BY THIRD PARTIES, AND TO DEFINE THE TERM "NONPROFIT YOUTH SPORTS ORGANIZATION". - ratified title
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02/11/15	House	Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 63)
02/11/15	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 63)
02/12/15	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henderson
02/25/15	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary (House Journal-page 2)
02/26/15		Scrivener's error corrected
03/03/15	House	Amended (House Journal-page 28)
03/03/15	House	Read second time (House Journal-page 28)
03/03/15	House	Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 31)
03/04/15	House	Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 12)
03/05/15	Senate	Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 13)
03/05/15	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 13)
05/13/15	Senate	Recalled from Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 2)
05/13/15	Senate	Committed to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry (Senate Journal-page 2)
02/25/16	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry (Senate Journal-page 14)
03/01/16	Senate	Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 15)
03/02/16	Senate	Read second time (Senate Journal-page 30)
03/02/16	Senate	Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 30)
03/10/16	Senate	Read third time and returned to House with amendments (Senate Journal-page 12)
03/16/16	House	Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 87)
03/16/16	House	Roll call Yeas-102 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 88)
04/19/16		Ratified R 160
04/21/16		Signed By Governor
04/27/16		Effective date 04/21/16
05/02/16		Act No. 155