H 4548  General Bill, By Bustos and Taylor
 A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION
 25-1-2360 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS
 GRANTED TO MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD AND SOUTH CAROLINA
 STATE GUARD WHO SERVE STATE DUTY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNOR ALSO SHALL
 APPLY TO MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA WING OF THE CIVIL AIR PATROL WHO ARE
 ORDERED INTO SERVICE TO PERFORM A CIVIL AIR PATROL MISSION AT THE REQUEST OF
 THE GOVERNOR, THE SOUTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION, OR THE FEDERAL
 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

   11/10/21  House  Prefiled
   11/10/21  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   01/11/22  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 50)
   01/11/22  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
                     (House Journal-page 50)

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 25-1-2360 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS GRANTED TO MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD AND SOUTH CAROLINA STATE GUARD WHO SERVE STATE DUTY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNOR ALSO SHALL APPLY TO MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA WING OF THE CIVIL AIR PATROL WHO ARE ORDERED INTO SERVICE TO PERFORM A CIVIL AIR PATROL MISSION AT THE REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR, THE SOUTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION, OR THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 18, Chapter 1, Title 25 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    "Section 25-1-2360.    The provisions of this article granting reemployment rights to members of the South Carolina National Guard and to members of the South Carolina State Guard who serve state duty at the discretion of the Governor also shall apply to members of the South Carolina Wing of the Civil Air Patrol who are ordered into service to perform a Civil Air Patrol mission at the request of the Governor, the South Carolina Emergency Management Division, or the Federal Emergency Management Agency."

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