South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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H. 4386

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Bamberg, Henegan, Clyburn and Hosey
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22782zw16.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 387

Introduced in the House on January 12, 2016
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: Compensatory time or payment for SCHP

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/3/2015  House   Prefiled
   12/3/2015  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
   1/12/2016  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 50)
   1/12/2016  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means 
                        (House Journal-page 50)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/3/2015

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 8-11-55, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO COMPENSATORY TIME FOR WORKING OVERTIME, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN OFFICER OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY PATROL MAY ELECT EITHER COMPENSATORY TIME OR PAYMENT AT ONE AND ONE-HALF TIMES THE OFFICER'S REGULAR RATE OF PAY IN EXCHANGE FOR WORKING OVERTIME.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 8-11-55 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 8-11-55.    (A)    AnyA state employee who is required to work overtime during any a particular week, as a result, may be given compensatory time by his agency. Compensatory time, if granted, must be in accordance with the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended.

(B)    Officers of the South Carolina Highway Patrol Division may elect either compensatory time or payment at one and one-half times the officer's regular rate of pay for each hour worked in excess of the maximum allowable hours. The officer's election must be administered in accordance with the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended."

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

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