South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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S. 144

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Knotts, Reese and Rankin
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5097cm03.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3452

Introduced in the Senate on January 14, 2003
Introduced in the House on March 4, 2003
Last Amended on February 26, 2003
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: Law enforcement officers, full time; assaulted or injured while arresting someone to be placed on administrative leave with pay instead of sick leave

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    1/8/2003  Senate  Prefiled
    1/8/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance
   1/14/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-82
   1/14/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-82
   2/25/2003  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance SJ-19
   2/26/2003          Scrivener's error corrected
   2/26/2003  Senate  Amended SJ-29
   2/26/2003  Senate  Read second time SJ-29
   2/27/2003  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-14
    3/4/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-77
    3/4/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-77

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/8/2003
2/25/2003
2/26/2003
2/26/2003-A

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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

February 26, 2003

S. 144

Introduced by Senators Knotts, Reese and Rankin

S. Printed 2/26/03--S.

Read the first time January 14, 2003.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 8-11-40, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO STATE EMPLOYEE SICK LEAVE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A FULL-TIME COMMISSIONED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO IN THE LINE OF DUTY IS ASSAULTED OR INJURED WHILE ARRESTING OR ATTEMPTING TO ARREST A PERSON MAY BE PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WITH PAY BY HIS EMPLOYER RATHER THAN SICK LEAVE.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Section 8-11-40 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 100 of 1999, is further amended to read:

"Section 8-11-40.    All permanent full-time state employees in FTE positions are entitled to fifteen days' sick leave a year with pay. Sick leave is earned by permanent full-time state employees in FTE positions at the rate of one and one-fourth days a month and may be accumulated, but no more than one hundred eighty days may be carried over from one calendar year to another. The department or agency head is authorized to grant additional sick leave in extenuating circumstances upon approval of the State Budget and Control Board. All permanent part-time and hourly state employees in FTE positions are entitled to sick leave prorated on the basis of fifteen days a year subject to the same carry-over specified herein in this section. In the event If an employee transfers from one state agency to another, his sick leave balance also is transferred. The State Budget and Control Board, through the Division of Personnel, may promulgate those regulations in accordance with law as may be necessary to administer the provisions of this section, including the power to define the use of sick leave.

Permanent full-time State employees in FTE positions who are temporarily disabled as a result of an assault by an inmate, patient, or client physically attacked while in the performance of official duties and suffer bodily harm as a result of the attack must be placed on administrative leave with pay by their employer rather than sick leave. The period of administrative leave per for each incident may not exceed one hundred eighty calendar days.

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 upon approval by the Governor.

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