South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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S. 381

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Bryant, Bright, Sheheen, Courson and Coleman
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Introduced in the Senate on February 13, 2013
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry

Summary: Department of Employment and Workforce

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/13/2013  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 4)
   2/13/2013  Senate  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 4)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/13/2013

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A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 29, TITLE 41 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE DEPARMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND WORKFORCE, BY ADDING SECTION 41-29-85 TO REQUIRE A PERCENTAGE REDUCTION IN THE SALARIES AND WAGES OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND WORKFORCE, THE DEPARTMENT'S DIVISION DIRECTORS, AND OTHER MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES EQUAL TO THE PERCENTAGE CALCULATED BY THE OVERPAYMENT RATE AND UNDERPAYMENT RATE FOR THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 29, Title 41 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 41-29-85.    Beginning fiscal year 2013-2014, and for each subsequent fiscal year, the salaries and wages of the Executive Director of the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, the department's division directors, and other management employees shall be reduced by an amount equal to the percentage calculated by the overpayment rate and underpayment rate for the Unemployment Insurance program for the previous year reported to the Office of Management and Budget as required by the Improper Payments Information Act, as determined by the United States Department of Labor.

SECTION    2.    For fiscal year 2013-2014, the salaries and wages of the Executive Director of the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, the department's division directors, and other management employees are reduced by thirteen and eighty-three hundredths percent, which is the sum as calculated by the overpayment rate and underpayment rate for the Unemployment Insurance program reported to the Office of Management and Budget as required by the Improper Payments Information Act, as determined by the United States Department of Labor.

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

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