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S. 335
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Shealy and Bright
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Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2015
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Finance
Summary: Leave and lump-sum payments upon termination
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
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1/13/2015 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 189)
1/13/2015 Senate Referred to Committee on Finance
(Senate Journal-page 189)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 8-11-620(A)(1) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO LEAVE AND LUMP-SUM PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PUBLIC EMPLOYEE WHO IS TERMINATED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF FULL RETIREMENT SHALL HAVE FIVE DAYS AFTER TERMINATION TO PURCHASE THE REMAINING TIME.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 8-11-620(A)(1) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 8-11-620. (A)(1) Upon termination from state employment, an employee may take both annual leave and a lump-sum payment for unused leave, but this combination may not exceed forty-five days in a calendar year except as provided in Section 8-11-610. If an employee dies, the employee's legal representative is entitled to a lump-sum payment for the employee's unused leave, not to exceed forty-five working days, except as provided in Section 8-11-610. An employee who is terminated within one year of retirement eligibility under the South Carolina Retirement System shall have five business days after the date of termination to purchase his remaining service time in order to attain retirement eligibility."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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