South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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H. 3736

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Rice, Cato, Hiott, Owens, Wylie, Clemmons, Viers, Bedingfield, Loftis and Lucas
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20207sd09.docx

Introduced in the House on March 24, 2009
Introduced in the Senate on March 10, 2010
Last Amended on March 3, 2010
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry

Summary: Labor organization membership dues

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/24/2009  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-17
   3/24/2009  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        HJ-17
   1/27/2010  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, 
                        Commerce and Industry HJ-2
   1/28/2010  House   Requests for debate-Rep(s). Gilliard, Mack, R. Brown, 
                        Vick, Hosey, JE Smith, Sandifer, Huggins, JH Neal, 
                        Hart, and Skelton HJ-16
   2/17/2010  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Clemmons, Viers
   2/17/2010  House   Debate adjourned HJ-33
   2/24/2010  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bedingfield
   2/24/2010  House   Debate adjourned HJ-29
   2/25/2010  House   Debate adjourned HJ-37
    3/3/2010  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Loftis, Lucas
    3/3/2010  House   Amended HJ-29
    3/3/2010  House   Read second time HJ-29
    3/3/2010  House   Roll call Yeas-87  Nays-26 HJ-31
    3/4/2010  House   Debate adjourned until Tuesday, March 9, 2010 HJ-21
    3/4/2010          Scrivener's error corrected
    3/9/2010  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-31
   3/10/2010  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-7
   3/10/2010  Senate  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        SJ-7

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/24/2009
1/27/2010
3/3/2010
3/4/2010

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AMENDED

March 3, 2010

H. 3736

Introduced by Reps. Rice, Cato, Hiott, Owens, Wylie, Clemmons, Viers and Bedingfield

S. Printed 3/3/10--H.    [SEC 3/4/10 3:05 PM]

Read the first time March 24, 2009.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 41-7-40, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE AUTHORIZED DEDUCTIONS OF LABOR ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP DUES FROM WAGES, SO AS TO REVISE THE MANNER IN WHICH AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THESE DEDUCTIONS MAY BE MADE AND FOR CERTAIN PROHIBITED DEDUCTIONS.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Section 41-7-40 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 357 of 2002, is further amended to read:

"Section 41-7-40.    Nothing in this chapter precludes an employer from deducting from the wages of the employees and paying over to a labor organization, or its authorized representative, membership dues in a labor organization; however, the employer must have received from each employee, on whose account the deductions are made, a written assignment which must not be irrevocable for a period of more than one year or until the termination date of any applicable collective agreement or assignment, whichever occurs sooner. After one year, the employee has the absolute right to revoke the written assignment allowing for deduction of membership dues in a labor union.

(A)    It shall be unlawful to deduct from the wages, earnings, or compensation of an employee any union dues, fees, assessments, or other charges to be held for, transferred to, or paid over to a labor organization, unless the employee has first presented, and the employer has received a signed written or electronic authorization for the deductions, which authorization may be revoked by the employee at any time by giving written or electronic notice of the revocation to the employer.

(B)    Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit an employee from personally making political contributions as defined in Chapter 13, Title 8, provided the contributions are not otherwise prohibited by law."

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

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