H 3470 General Bill, By Alexander
 A Bill to amend Section 53-5-10, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976,
 relating to legal holidays, so as to add the Monday after Easter Sunday as a
 legal holiday.

   02/07/91  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-25
   02/07/91  House  Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-25
   04/09/91  House  Tabled in committee

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 53-5-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LEGAL HOLIDAYS, SO AS TO ADD THE MONDAY AFTER EASTER SUNDAY AS A LEGAL HOLIDAY.

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

SECTION 1. Section 53-5-10 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 53-5-10. The first day of January, the fifteenth day of January, the nineteenth day of January, the third Monday in February, the Monday after Easter Sunday, the tenth day of May, the last Monday of May, the third day of June, the fourth day of July, the first Monday in September, the eleventh day of November, National Thanksgiving Day and the day after, and the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth days of December in each year are legal holidays.

State employees may select, prior to before the first day of January, in writing on a form provided by their employer, one of the following nonnational holidays: Martin Luther King's birthday, January 15; Robert E. Lee's birthday, January 19; Confederate Memorial Day, May 10; or Jefferson Davis' birthday, June 3,; or, in the alternative, select a day of their choice.

All general election days are legal holidays in addition to the above."

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