Current Status Bill Number:217 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19950110 Primary Sponsor:Glover All Sponsors:Glover, Washington Drafted Document Number:RES9492.MWG Companion Bill Number:3289 Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Finance Committee 06 SF Subject:Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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Senate 19950302 Committed to Committee 06 SF
Senate 19950302 Recalled from Committee 10 SI
Senate 19950110 Introduced, read first time, 10 SI
referred to Committee
Senate 19941017 Prefiled, referred to Committee 10 SI
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TO AMEND SECTION 53-5-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LEGAL HOLIDAYS, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE FEDERAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATING MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.'S BIRTHDAY AS A REQUIRED STATE 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 third Monday in January, the nineteenth day of January, the third Monday in February, the tenth day of May, the last Monday of May, the third day of June, the Fourth fourth day of July, the first Monday in September, the eleventh day of November, National Thanksgiving Day and the day after, and the twenty-fourth, 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, December 24, or, in the alternative, select a day of their choice.
All general election days are legal holidays in addition to the above."
SECTION 2. Section 53-5-20 of the 1976 Code is repealed.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.