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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3085 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990112 Primary Sponsor:Wilder All Sponsors:Wilder Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\pt\1034htc99.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM Subject:State employees, accrued annual leave when terminated due to reduction in force, lump-sum pay; Public Officers History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19990112 Introduced, read first time, 30 HWM referred to Committee House 19981209 Prefiled, referred to Committee 30 HWM Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 8-11-620, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF ACCRUED ANNUAL LEAVE OF A STATE EMPLOYEE ON THE EMPLOYEE'S TERMINATION, RETIREMENT, OR DEATH, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR A LUMP-SUM PAYMENT FOR UNUSED ANNUAL LEAVE, NOT TO EXCEED FORTY-FIVE DAYS AND WITHOUT REGARD TO LEAVE TAKEN IN THE CALENDAR YEAR, FOR AN EMPLOYEE TERMINATED DUE TO A REDUCTION IN FORCE.
Be in enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 8-11-620 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 8-11-620. Upon termination from state employment, an employee may take both annual leave and a lump-sum payment for unused leave, but in no event shall such this combination exceed forty-five days in a calendar year except as provided for in Section 8-11-610. If an employee dies, his legal representative shall be is entitled to a lump-sum payment for his unused leave, not to exceed forty-five working days, except as provided for in Section 8-11-610. Upon retirement from state employment, termination due to a reduction in force, or upon the death of an employee, a lump-sum payment will must be made for unused leave, not to exceed forty-five days, unless a higher maximum is approved under the provisions of Section 8-11-610, and without regard to the earned leave taken during the calendar year in which the employee retires, dies, or is terminated due to a reduction in force."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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