S 0942 General Bill, By Russell
 A Bill 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.

   04/25/91  Senate Intd. & placed on local & uncontested cal. w/o
                     reference SJ-17
   04/30/91  Senate Read second time SJ-13
   05/01/91  Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-11
   05/02/91  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-14
   05/02/91  House  Referred to delegation from Spartanburg HJ-14
   05/13/92  House  Delegation report: Favorable Spartanburg HJ-18
   05/14/92  House  Read second time HJ-298
   05/19/92  House  Debate adjourned until Wednesday, May 20, 1992 HJ-4
   05/20/92  House  Amended HJ-14
   05/20/92  House  Read third time and returned to Senate with
                     amendments HJ-15
   05/28/92  Senate Referred to delegation from Spartanburg County SJ-1

AMENDED--NOT PRINTED IN THE HOUSE

May 20, 1992

S. 942

L. Printed 5/13/92--H.

Read the first time May 2, 1991.

A BILL

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.