Bill 4298

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       4298
Type of Legislation:               General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                  House
Introduced Date:                   19970604
Primary Sponsor:                   Pinckney
All Sponsors:                      Pinckney, Neal, Cobb-Hunter,
                                   F. Smith, Hodges, Moody-Lawrence and
                                   Davenport 
Drafted Document Number:           bbm\9514jm.97
Residing Body:                     House
Current Committee:                 Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Subject:                           Martin Luther King, Jr.'s,
                                   birthday required State
                                   holiday

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________
House   19970604  Introduced, read first time,             25 HJ
                  referred to Committee

TO AMEND SECTION 53-5-10, AS AMENDED, 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, as last amended by Section 76, Part II, Act 458 of 1996, is further 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.

The holiday schedules of public colleges and universities, including technical colleges, shall are not be in violation of this section so long as the number of holidays provided for in this section are not exceeded."

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