South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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S. 219

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Ford
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22855sd05.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2005
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Political subdivisions required to observe all state legal holidays

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/12/2005  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-19
   1/12/2005  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-19
    2/4/2005  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Martin (ch), Malloy, Campsen, 
                        Williams

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1/12/2005

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 6-1-135, SO AS TO REQUIRE ALL POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE RECEIVING ANY STATE FUNDS TO OBSERVE STATE LEGAL HOLIDAYS, TO PROVIDE THAT PAYMENT OF STATE FUNDS OTHERWISE DUE A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION MUST BE SUSPENDED IF A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION FAILS TO OBSERVE ALL STATE LEGAL HOLIDAYS, AND TO DEFINE "POLITICAL SUBDIVISION".

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

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 1, Title 6 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 6-1-135.    Effective January 1, 2006, a political subdivision of this State, by ordinance, must provide for the observance of the state legal holidays provided pursuant to Section 53-5-10 if the political subdivision receives any state funds. Payment of state funds otherwise due a political subdivision must be suspended if such an ordinance is not in effect on January 1, 2006. The State Treasurer, before making disbursements of state funds to a political subdivision after December 31, 2005, must verify that the required ordinance is in effect. For purposes of this section, a 'political subdivision of this State' means a county or municipality.

Nothing in this section may be construed to limit the authority of a political subdivision: (1) to provide for the observance of holidays other than state legal holidays; or (2) manage the schedule of personnel on holidays for purposes of providing and maintaining vital services."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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