South Carolina General Assembly
113th Session, 1999-2000

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Bill 774


Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      774
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  19990429
Primary Sponsor:                  Bauer
All Sponsors:                     Bauer
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\psd\7438ac99.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Finance Committee 06 SF
Subject:                          Public officers, state employees; 
                                  immediate family defined in cases of death or 
                                  sickness of relative, sick leave


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  19990429  Introduced, read first time,           06 SF
                  referred to Committee


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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 8-11-150 SO AS TO GRANT UP TO THREE DAYS OF PAID LEAVE FOR STATE FULL-TIME PERMANENT OR PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES ON THE DEATH OF A MEMBER OF THE EMPLOYEE'S IMMEDIATE FAMILY, AND TO DEFINE IMMEDIATE FAMILY TO INCLUDE THE SPOUSE, GREAT GRANDPARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, PARENTS, AUNTS, UNCLES, BROTHERS, SISTERS, CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN OF THE EMPLOYEE OR THE SPOUSE; AND TO AMEND SECTION 8-11-40, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO STATE EMPLOYEE SICK LEAVE SO AS TO INCLUDE AUNTS AND UNCLES IN THE DEFINITION OF IMMEDIATE FAMILY FOR PURPOSES OF USING SICK LEAVE TO CARE FOR ILL FAMILY MEMBERS.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 11 of Title 8 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 8-11-150. (A) A full-time permanent or probationary state employee, upon request, is granted up to three consecutive workdays of leave with pay on the death of a member of the employee's immediate family. The employee requesting leave shall submit a statement to the employer stating the name of the deceased, the employee's relationship to the deceased, and the number of days of leave requested.

(B) For purposes of this section, 'immediate family' means the spouse, great grandparents, grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren of either the employee or the spouse."

SECTION 2. The last paragraph of Section 8-11-40 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Part II, Section 65 of Act 171 of 1991, is further amended to read:

"Employees earning sick leave as provided in this section may use not more than eight days of sick leave annually to care for ill members of their immediate families. For purposes of this section, 'immediate family' means a spouse, children, mother, father, a spouse's mother and father, legal guardian, spouse's legal guardian, an aunt, uncle, and grandchildren if the grandchild resides with the employee, and the employee is the primary caretaker of the grandchild."

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

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