H 3228 General Bill, By Leach and Huggins

Similar(S 519)
 A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION
 8-11-81 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL TO PAY A PREMIUM FOR THE
 PREPAID LEGAL INSURANCE OF A STATE EMPLOYEE BY MEANS OF PAYROLL DEDUCTION AND
 TO PROVIDE THE CONDITIONS APPLICABLE WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYROLL DEDUCTION.

   12/22/04  House  Prefiled
   12/22/04  House  Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
   01/11/05  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-138
   01/11/05  House  Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-138
   01/12/05  House  Recalled from Committee on Ways and Means HJ-32
   01/12/05  House  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and
                     Industry HJ-32

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 8-11-81 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL TO PAY A PREMIUM FOR THE PREPAID LEGAL INSURANCE OF A STATE EMPLOYEE BY MEANS OF PAYROLL DEDUCTION AND TO PROVIDE THE CONDITIONS APPLICABLE WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYROLL DEDUCTION.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 11, Title 8 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 8-11-81.    The Comptroller General, upon request of an employee of the State, may make a deduction from the compensation of the employee for the payment of a fee for prepaid legal services as defined in Section 37-16-10(3), offered by a prepaid legal company as defined in Section 37-16-10(2), and regulated by the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs. The Comptroller General may not make deductions for fewer than two hundred and fifty state employees in any particular plan. The Comptroller General shall pay over to the prepaid legal company amounts collected or withheld pursuant to this section. The cost of the prepaid legal services or expenses incidental to the payroll deduction must not be borne, in whole or in part, by the State in connection with the deduction, nor may the State aid a prepaid legal company in the solicitation of a policy by expressly or implicitly endorsing a particular prepaid legal service or prepaid legal company."

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