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S 217

Session 125 (2023-2024)

S 0217  General Bill, By McLeod
 A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION
 41-35-40(A), RELATING TO WEEKLY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, SO AS TO MODIFY THE
 WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 41-35-50 RELATING TO MAXIMUM
 POTENTIAL ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

   11/30/2022  Senate Prefiled
   11/30/2022  Senate Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
   1/10/2023  Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 113)
   1/10/2023  Senate Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry (Senate Journal-page 113)
   2/8/2023         Scrivener's error corrected

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

11/30/2022
02/08/2023

S 217 General Bill, By McLeod

A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 41-35-40(A), RELATING TO WEEKLY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, SO AS TO MODIFY THE WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 41-35-50 RELATING TO MAXIMUM POTENTIAL ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 41-35-40(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

Section 41-35-40(A). An insured worker's weekly benefit amount is fifty percent of his weekly average wage, as defined in Section 41-27-140, and the weekly benefit amount, if not a multiple of one dollar, must be computed to the next lower multiple of one dollar. However, no insured worker's weekly benefit amount may be less than forty-two dollars nor greater than sixty-six and two-thirds percent of the statewide average weekly wage most recently computed before the beginning of the individual's benefit year four hundred and one dollars.

SECTION 2. Section 41-35-50 of the 1976 Code is repealed.

SECTION 3. This act takes effect January 1, 2024.

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