S 1099 General Bill, By Wilson
 A Bill to amend Section 53-5-10, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976,
 relating to legal holidays for state employees, so as to provide that a state
 employee may not select an optional holiday unless the employee was employed
 by the State on January first of the year for which a holiday may be selected.

   02/01/94  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-4
   02/01/94  Senate Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-4

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 53-5-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LEGAL HOLIDAYS FOR STATE EMPLOYEES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A STATE EMPLOYEE MAY NOT SELECT AN OPTIONAL HOLIDAY UNLESS THE EMPLOYEE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE STATE ON JANUARY FIRST OF THE YEAR FOR WHICH A HOLIDAY MAY BE SELECTED.

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

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

"State employees may select, prior to 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. An employee may not select a holiday or day of choice pursuant to this paragraph unless the employee was employed by the State continuously from January first through the date of the holiday or day of choice selected."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect January 1, 1995.