South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

Download This Bill in Microsoft Word format

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

S. 519

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Land
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11501ac05.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3228

Introduced in the Senate on February 23, 2005
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Finance

Summary: Prepaid legal insurance premiums included State employees payroll deductions

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   2/23/2005  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-8
   2/23/2005  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-8
   5/24/2005  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance SJ-16
   5/25/2005          Scrivener's error corrected
   5/17/2006  Senate  Recommitted to Committee on Finance SJ-39

View the latest legislative information at the LPITS web site

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/23/2005
5/24/2005
5/25/2005

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

COMMITTEE REPORT

May 24, 2005

S. 519

Introduced by Senator Land

S. Printed 5/24/05--S.    [SEC 5/25/05 4:41 PM]

Read the first time February 23, 2005.

            

THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

To whom was referred a Bill (S. 519) to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section 8-11-81 so as to authorize the Comptroller General to pay a premium for the, etc., respectfully

REPORT:

That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass with amendment:

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:

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

"Section 8-11-81.    The Comptroller General, upon request of an employee of the State, may make a deduction from the compensation of the employee for the payment of a fee for prepaid legal services as defined in Section 37-16-10(3), offered by a prepaid legal company as defined in Section 37-16-10(2), and regulated by the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs. The Comptroller General may not make deductions for fewer than two hundred fifty state employees in any particular plan. The Comptroller General shall pay over to the prepaid legal company amounts collected or withheld pursuant to this section. The State may not aid a prepaid legal company in the solicitation of a policy by expressly or implicitly endorsing a particular prepaid legal service or prepaid legal company. There shall be a fee for processing this payroll deduction, not to exceed ten cents per deduction per pay day. The revenues generated from these fees may be used to support the operations of the Comptroller General's Office and any unexpended balance may be carried forward from the prior fiscal year to the current fiscal year and utilized for the same purpose."

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

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.

HUGH K. LEATHERMAN, SR. for Committee.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 8-11-81 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL TO PAY A PREMIUM FOR THE PREPAID LEGAL INSURANCE OF A STATE EMPLOYEE BY MEANS OF PAYROLL DEDUCTION AND TO PROVIDE THE CONDITIONS APPLICABLE WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYROLL DEDUCTION.

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

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

"Section 8-11-81.    The Comptroller General, upon request of an employee of the State, may make a deduction from the compensation of the employee for the payment of a fee for prepaid legal services as defined in Section 37-16-10(3), offered by a prepaid legal company as defined in Section 37-16-10(2), and regulated by the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs. The Comptroller General may not make deductions for fewer than two hundred and fifty state employees in any particular plan. The Comptroller General shall pay over to the prepaid legal company amounts collected or withheld pursuant to this section. The cost of the prepaid legal services or expenses incidental to the payroll deduction must not be borne, in whole or in part, by the State in connection with the deduction, nor may the State aid a prepaid legal company in the solicitation of a policy by expressly or implicitly endorsing a particular prepaid legal service or prepaid legal company."

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

----XX----

This web page was last updated on Friday, December 4, 2009 at 3:30 P.M.