Current Status Bill Number:3289 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19950118 Primary Sponsor:J. Brown All Sponsors:J. Brown, Anderson, Breeland, Cobb-Hunter, Howard, L. Whipper, Kennedy, Hines, Cave, Moody-Lawrence, Lloyd, Clyburn, Govan, Beatty, Scott, Neal, Byrd and Inabinett Drafted Document Number:dka\3552cm.95 Companion Bill Number:217 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM Subject:Martin Luther King, Jr.
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House 19950118 Introduced, read first time, 30 HWM
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 53-5-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LEGAL HOLIDAYS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE FEDERAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATING MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.'S BIRTHDAY IS 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 day of July, the first Monday in September, the eleventh day of November, National Thanksgiving Day and the day after, and the 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, or, in the alternative, select a day of their choice.
All general election days are legal holidays in addition to the above."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.