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Bill 973

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      973
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20000111
Primary Sponsor:                  Glover
All Sponsors:                     Glover, Passailaigue, Wilson
Drafted Document Number:          l:\s-res\mwg\005mlki.jh.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 11 SJ
Subject:                          State Holidays, Martin Luther King, 
                                  Jr.'s, birthday required as


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20000119  Co-Sponsor added by Senator                    Passailaigue
                                                                 Wilson
Senate  20000111  Introduced, read first time,           11 SJ
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19991207  Prefiled, referred to Committee        11 SJ


                             Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 53-5-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LEGAL HOLIDAYS, SO AS TO MAKE THE FEDERAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATING THE BIRTHDAY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., 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 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.

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