South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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Bill 3741

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AMENDED

April 24, 2003

H. 3741

Introduced by Rep. W.D. Smith

S. Printed 4/24/03--H.    [SEC 4/25/03 2:44 PM]

Read the first time March 5, 2003.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 8-17-370, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM THE STATE EMPLOYEES GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE ACT, SO AS TO EXEMPT EMPLOYEES IN A CHIEF OF STAFF OR EQUIVALENT POSITION, THOSE EMPLOYEES AS DETERMINED BY THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES OF THE BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD TO BE WITHIN TWO MANAGERIAL LEVELS OF EITHER THE AGENCY HEAD OR THE CHIEF OF STAFF OR EQUIVALENT POSITION, AND ANY EMPLOYEES EARNING AN ANNUAL EQUIVALENT SALARY IN EXCESS OF EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS, AND TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE TO ADJUST THE EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLAR FIGURE REFERENCED ABOVE EVERY FOUR YEARS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 8-17-370 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 356 of 2002, is further amended by adding a new item appropriately numbered to read:

"( )    employees of the Offices of the Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Comptroller General, Superintendent of Education, Adjutant General, and the Commissioner of Agriculture are exempt from the provisions of Article 5, Chapter 17, Title 8 if those employees report directly to a constitutional officer or report directly to a person who reports directly to a constitutional officer. Additionally, management employees of the Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Insurance, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, the Department of Revenue, the Department of Social Services, the State Law Enforcement Division, and the Department of Public Safety are exempt from the provisions of Article 5, Chapter 17, Title 8 if those employees report directly to the agency head or report directly to a person who reports directly to the agency head."

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

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