Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:113 Primary Sponsor:Pope Committee Number:06 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Retirees, unused sick leave Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Finance Computer Document Number:OLDVS/LIBX/2329 Introduced Date:Jan 08, 1991 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:Jan 08, 1991 Last History Type:Introduced and read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Pope Setzler Giese Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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113 Senate Jan 08, 1991 Introduced and read first 06
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113 Senate Sep 17, 1990 Prefiled, referred to 06
Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 8-11-40, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO STATE EMPLOYEE SICK LEAVE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT, EFFECTIVE FOR THOSE RETIRING AFTER JUNE 30, 1991, EMPLOYEES RETIRING FROM STATE EMPLOYMENT SHALL RECEIVE ONE MONTH'S SERVICE CREDIT FOR EACH TWENTY-TWO DAYS OF UNUSED SICK LEAVE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 8-11-40 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 524 of 1988, is further amended to read:
"Section 8-11-40. (A) All permanent full-time state employees are entitled to fifteen days sick leave a year with pay. Sick leave is earned by permanent full-time state employees at the rate of one and one-fourth days a month and may be accumulated, but no more than one hundred eighty days may be carried over from one calendar year to another. The department or agency head is authorized to may grant additional sick leave in extenuating circumstances upon approval of the State Budget and Control Board. All permanent part-time and hourly employees are entitled to sick leave prorated on the basis of fifteen days a year subject to the same carry-over specified herein in this section. In the event an If an employee transfers from one state agency to another, his sick leave balance also is transferred. The State Budget and Control Board, through the Division of Personnel, may promulgate those regulations in accordance with law as may be necessary to administer the provisions of this section, including the power to define the use of sick leave.
(B) Upon retirement from state employment after June 30, 1991, an employee shall receive one month's service credit for each twenty-two days of unused sick leave.
(C) Permanent full-time state employees who are temporarily disabled temporarily as a result of an assault by an inmate, patient, or client must be placed on administrative leave with pay by their employer rather than sick leave.
(D) Employees earning sick leave as provided in this section may use not more than five days of sick leave annually to care for ill members of their immediate families. For purposes of this section, 'immediate family' means a spouse, children, mother, father, a spouse's mother and father, legal guardian, a spouse's legal guardian, and grandchildren if the grandchild resides with the employee, and the employee is the primary caretaker of the grandchild."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.