South Carolina General Assembly
104th Session, 1981-1982

Bill 3222

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               3222
Ratification Number:       418
Act Number                 343
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Relating to amounts of workers'
                           compensation paid, so as to increase benefits
                           for the loss of a hand
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(A343, R418, H3222)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 42-9-30, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO AMOUNTS OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PAID, SO AS TO INCREASE BENEFITS FOR THE LOSS OF A HAND.

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

Benefits for loss of hand

Section 1. Item (12) of Section 42-9-30 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(12) For the loss of a hand, sixty-six and two-thirds percent of the average weekly wages during one hundred and eighty-five weeks."

Time effective

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon the approval by the Governor.