South Carolina General Assembly
109th Session, 1991-1992

Bill 942


Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               Senate
Bill Number:                    942
Primary Sponsor:                Russell
Committee Number:               00
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Spartanburg County, civil service
                                system
Residing Body:                  Senate
Computer Document Number:       JIC/5652.HC
Introduced Date:                Apr 25, 1991
Date of Last Amendment:         May 20, 1992
Last History Body:              Senate
Last History Date:              May 28, 1992
Last History Type:              Referred to Spartanburg
                                Delegation
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Russell
Type of Legislation:            General Bill



History


 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
 ----  ------  ------------  ------------------------------  ---
 942   Senate  May 28, 1992  Referred to Spartanburg         00
                             Delegation
 942   House   May 20, 1992  Amended, read third time,
                             returned with amendment
 942   House   May 19, 1992  Debate adjourned until
                             Wednesday, May 20, 1992
 942   House   May 14, 1992  Read second time
 942   House   May 13, 1992  Delegation Report: Favorable,   00
                             Spartanburg Delegation
 942   House   May 02, 1991  Referred to Spartanburg         00
                             Delegation
 942   House   May 02, 1991  Introduced, read first time
 942   Senate  May 01, 1991  Read third time, sent to House
 942   Senate  Apr 30, 1991  Read second time, unanimous
                             consent for third reading on
                             Wednesday, May 1
 942   Senate  Apr 25, 1991  Placed on Local and
                             Uncontested Calendar without
                             reference
 942   Senate  Apr 25, 1991  Introduced, read first time

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Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

AMENDED--NOT PRINTED IN THE HOUSE

May 20, 1992

S. 942

Introduced by SENATOR Russell

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.

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