South Carolina General Assembly
113th Session, 1999-2000

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Bill 60


                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      60
Ratification Number:              261
Act Number:                       246
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  19990112
Primary Sponsor:                  Ford
All Sponsors:                     Ford
Drafted Document Number:          l:\s-res\rf\002holi.jh.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     20000413
Date of Last Amendment:           20000412
Governor's Action:                S
Date of Governor's Action:        20000501
Subject:                          State Holidays, Confederate Memorial Day 
                                  and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day declared as, 
                                  schedule revised; Confederacy


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
------  20000516  Act No. A246
------  20000501  Signed by Governor
------  20000426  Ratified R261
------  20000414  Scrivener's error corrected
Senate  20000413  Concurred in House amendment, 
                  enrolled for ratification
House   20000413  Read third time, returned to Senate
                  with amendment
House   20000412  Amended, read second time
House   20000405  Committee report: Favorable with       25 HJ
                  amendment
House   20000302  Recommitted to Committee               25 HJ
House   20000302  Amended
House   20000301  Amended, debate interrupted
                  by adjournment
House   20000223  Debate adjourned until
                  Tuesday, 20000229                              
House   20000215  Request for debate by Representative           Cobb-
                                                                 Hunter
                                                                 Trotter
                                                                 Fleming
                                                                 Cotty
                                                                 Sheheen
                                                                 Miller
                                                                 Sharpe
                                                                 Breeland
                                                                 Moody-
                                                                 Lawrence
                                                                 Davenport
                                                                 J. Smith
                                                                 Meacham-
                                                                 Richardson
                                                                 Kirsh
                                                                 R. Smith
                                                                 Rhoad
                                                                 Emory
                                                                 Cato
                                                                 Inabinett
                                                                 Young-
                                                                 Brickell
                                                                 H. Brown
                                                                 Law
                                                                 Whatley
                                                                 Knotts
                                                                 Ott
                                                                 J.H. Neal
                                                                 Scott
                                                                 Hosey
                                                                 Sandifer
                                                                 Bailey
------  20000210  Scrivener's error corrected
House   20000209  Committee report: Favorable with       25 HJ
                  amendment
House   19990128  Introduced, read first time,           25 HJ
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19990127  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  19990126  Amended, read second time, 
                  ordered to third reading 
                  with notice of general amendments
Senate  19990120  Committee report: Favorable            11 SJ
Senate  19990112  Introduced, read first time,           11 SJ
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19981118  Prefiled, referred to Committee        11 SJ


              Versions of This Bill
Revised on January 20, 1999 - Word format
Revised on January 26, 1999 - Word format
Revised on February 9, 2000 - Word format
Revised on February 10, 2000 - Word format
Revised on March 1, 2000 - Word format
Revised on March 2, 2000 - Word format
Revised on April 5, 2000 - Word format
Revised on April 12, 2000 - Word format
Revised on April 14, 2000 - Word format

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(A246, R261, S60)

AN ACT 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 THIRD MONDAY OF JANUARY, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY, AND THE TENTH DAY OF MAY, CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY, ARE REGULAR, RATHER THAN OPTIONAL, HOLIDAYS; TO DELETE THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JANUARY, ROBERT E. LEE'S BIRTHDAY, AND THE THIRD DAY OF JUNE, JEFFERSON DAVIS' BIRTHDAY, AS HOLIDAYS; TO DELETE REFERENCES TO OPTIONAL HOLIDAYS; TO DELETE GENERAL ELECTION DAYS AS LEGAL HOLIDAYS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 53-3-80, RELATING TO JANUARY FIFTEENTH OF EACH YEAR BEING DECLARED TO BE MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE THIRD MONDAY OF JANUARY IS DECLARED TO BE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Third Monday of January, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and tenth of May, Confederate Memorial Day, are regular holidays; no optional holidays; no holiday on election day

SECTION 1. Section 53-5-10 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 458 of 1996, is further amended to read:

"Section 53-5-10. The first day of January - New Year's Day, the third Monday of January - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the third Monday in February - George Washington's birthday/President's Day, the tenth day of May - Confederate Memorial Day, the last Monday of May - National Memorial Day, the fourth day of July - Independence Day, the first Monday in September - Labor Day, the eleventh day of November - Veterans Day, National Thanksgiving Day and the day after, and the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth days of December in each year are legal holidays.

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

Third Monday of January is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

SECTION 2. Section 53-3-80 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 53-3-80. The third Monday of January of each year, is declared to be Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in South Carolina."

Time effective

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 26th day of April, 2000.

Approved the 1st day of May, 2000.

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