Bill 4054

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    4054
Ratification Number:            280
Act Number:                     259
Type of Legislation:            General Bill GB
Introducing Body:               House
Introduced Date:                19950412
Primary Sponsor:                McElveen 
All Sponsors:                   McElveen 
Drafted Document Number:        bbm\10065jm.95
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19960306
Date of Last Amendment:         19960222
Governor's Action:              S
Date of Governor's Action:      19960401
Subject:                        Tech Prep Program
                                participants

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

------  19960410  Act No. A259
------  19960401  Signed by Governor
------  19960326  Ratified R280
House   19960306  Concurred in Senate amendment, 
                  enrolled for ratification
Senate  19960227  Read third time, returned to House
                  with amendment
Senate  19960222  Amended, read second time
Senate  19960221  Committee report: Favorable with         11 SJ
                  amendment
Senate  19960130  Introduced, read first time,             11 SJ
                  referred to Committee
House   19960126  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   19960125  Unanimous consent for third
                  reading on the next Legislative day
House   19960125  Amended, read second time
House   19960124  Committee report: Favorable with         26 HLCI
                  amendment
House   19950412  Introduced, read first time,             26 HLCI
                  referred to Committee

(A259, R280, H4054)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 42-1-315 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW APPLIES TO AND INCLUDES ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE TECH PREP OR OTHER STRUCTURED SCHOOL TO WORK PROGRAMS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 42-7-65, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND THE DESIGNATION OF THE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE FOR CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF EMPLOYEES, SO AS TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE PROVISIONS REGARDING THE AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE FOR STUDENTS OF HIGH SCHOOLS, STATE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, AND STATE-SUPPORTED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WHILE ENGAGED IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.

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

Tech Prep; etc.

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 42-1-315. The provisions of this title apply to and include all participants in the Tech Prep or other structured school to work programs, whether compensated or not, for injuries by accident arising out of and in the course of their employment with a sponsoring employer."

Tech Prep; etc.

SECTION 2. The last unnumbered paragraph of Section 42-7-65 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 16 of 1991, is further amended to read:

"The average weekly wage for inmates of the State Department of Corrections as defined in Section 42-1-480 is forty dollars a week. The average weekly wage for county prisoners is forty dollars a week. The average weekly wage for students of high schools, state technical schools, and state-supported colleges and universities while engaged in work study, marketing education, or apprentice programs on the premises of private companies or while engaged in the Tech Prep or other structured school to work programs on the premises of a sponsoring employer is fifty percent of the average weekly wage in the State for the preceding fiscal year."

Time effective

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Approved the 1st day of April, 1996.