Bill 249

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       249
Type of Legislation:               General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                  Senate
Introduced Date:                   19970123
Primary Sponsor:                   Ford
All Sponsors:                      Ford, Glover, Matthews, Hutto,
                                   Washington, Anderson, Land, Williams
                                   and Jackson 
Drafted Document Number:           res1064.rf
Residing Body:                     House
Current Committee:                 Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Date of Last Amendment:            19970430
Subject:                           Holidays, Confederate Memorial
                                   Day and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s
                                   birthday

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

House   19970501  Introduced, read first time,             25 HJ
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19970430  Amended, read third time,
                  sent to House
Senate  19970429  Read second time, notice of
                  general amendments
Senate  19970424  Polled out of Committee:                 11 SJ
                  Favorable with amendment
Senate  19970123  Introduced, read first time,             11 SJ
                  referred to Committee

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

AS PASSED BY THE SENATE

April 30, 1997

S. 249

Introduced by Senators Ford, Glover, Matthews, Hutto, Washington, Anderson, Land, Williams and Jackson

S. Printed 4/30/97--S.

Read the first time January 23, 1997.

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 53-5-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LEGAL HOLIDAYS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING'S BIRTHDAY AND CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY SHALL BE REGULAR, RATHER THAN OPTIONAL, HOLIDAYS; TO DELETE REFERENCES TO ROBERT E. LEE'S BIRTHDAY AND JEFFERSON DAVIS' BIRTHDAY AS HOLIDAYS; AND TO MAKE GENERAL ELECTION DAY AN OPTIONAL, RATHER THAN REGULAR, HOLIDAY.

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

SECTION 1. Section 53-5-10 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 53-5-10. The first day of January - New Year's Day, the fifteenth day of January - Martin Luther King's birthday, the nineteenth day of January, the third Monday in February, the tenth day of May - Confederate Memorial Day, the last Monday of May - National Memorial Day, the third day of June, the Fourth day of July - Independence Day, the first Monday in September - Labor Day, the eleventh day of November - Veterans Day, National Thanksgiving Day and the day after, and the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth days of December in each year are legal holidays.

State employees may select, prior to the first day of January, in writing on a form provided by their employer, one of the following nonnational holidays: Martin Luther King's birthday, January 15; Robert E. Lee's birthday, January 19; Confederate Memorial Day, May 10; or Jefferson Davis' birthday, June 3, the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November (even years) - General Election Day, the third Monday in February - (Washington's birthday), or, in the alternative, select a day of their choice.

All general election days are legal holidays in addition to the above.

The holiday schedules of public colleges and universities, including technical colleges, shall not be in violation of this section so long as the number of holidays provided for in this section are not exceeded."

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