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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-26-87 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS WHO HAVE RECEIVED NATIONAL CERTIFICATION FROM THE AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION (ASHA) OR WHO ARE LICENSED BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION BEGINNING WITH FISCAL YEAR 2005-06, SHALL RECEIVE A PAY INCREASE OF SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR THE LIFE OF THE CERTIFICATE OR LICENSE, SUBJECT TO FUNDING BEING PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN THE ANNUAL GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 26, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-26-87. (A) Speech-Language pathologists who have received national certification from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) or who are licensed by the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation beginning with fiscal year 2005-06, shall receive a pay increase of seven thousand five hundred dollars per year for the life of the certificate or license.
(B) The increase in pay for each year of the life of the certificate or license as provided in subsection (A) is contingent on funding being provided by the General Assembly in the annual general appropriations act for each of those years to fund the increase."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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