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H. 3596

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. McLeod, J.E. Smith, Bales, Davenport, Parks, Clark, E.H. Pitts and Sinclair
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22783htc03.doc

Introduced in the House on February 12, 2003
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: State employees, sick leave, care for immediate family member

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/12/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-38
   2/12/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-38

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/12/2003

TO AMEND SECTION 8-11-40, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SICK LEAVE ALLOWED STATE EMPLOYEES, SO AS TO INCREASE FROM EIGHT TO TEN THE NUMBER OF SICK DAYS AN EMPLOYEE IS ALLOWED TO USE TO CARE FOR AN ILL IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER.

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

SECTION    1.    The last paragraph of Section 8-11-40, as last amended by Act 100 of 1999, is further amended to read:

"Employees earning sick leave as provided in this section may use not more than eight ten days of sick leave annually to care for ill members of their immediate families. For purposes of this section, the employee's 'immediate family' means the employee's spouse and children and the following relations to the employee or the spouse of the employee: mother, father, brother, sister, grandparent, or legal guardian and grandchildren if the grandchild resides with the employee and the employee is the primary caretaker of the grandchild."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect July 1, 2003.

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