South Carolina General Assembly
114th Session, 2001-2002

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Bill 4392


                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4392
Ratification Number:              181
Act Number:                       171
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20020108
Primary Sponsor:                  Harrison
All Sponsors:                     Harrison, Keegan, Barfield, Sharpe, 
                                  Witherspoon, Altman
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\gjk\20796sd02.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     20020206
Date of Last Amendment:           20020116
Governor's Action:                S
Date of Governor's Action:        20020207
Subject:                          Employee grievance procedures, to exempt 
                                  presidents of technical college system and 
                                  further provide for exemption of educational 
                                  employees


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
------  20020222  Act No. A171
------  20020207  Signed by Governor
------  20020207  Ratified R181
Senate  20020206  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
Senate  20020205  Read second time, unanimous
                  consent for third reading on 
                  Wednesday, 20020206
------  20020131  Scrivener's error corrected
Senate  20020130  Committee report: Favorable            06 SF
Senate  20020122  Introduced, read first time,           06 SF
                  referred to Committee
House   20020117  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   20020116  Amended, read second time
House   20020116  Debate interrupted
House   20020110  Recalled from Committee                25 HJ
House   20020109  Referred to Committee                  25 HJ
                  Recalled from Committee                30 HWM
House   20020108  Introduced, read first time,           30 HWM
                  referred to Committee
House   20011205  Prefiled, referred to Committee        30 HWM


              Versions of This Bill
Revised on January 10, 2002 - Word format
Revised on January 16, 2002 - Word format
Revised on January 17, 2002 - Word format
Revised on January 30, 2002 - Word format
Revised on January 31, 2002 - Word format

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(A171, R181, H4392)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 8-17-370, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM STATE EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCE RIGHTS AND PROCEDURES, SO AS TO EXEMPT PRESIDENTS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM, AND FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THE EXEMPTION OF OTHER EDUCATIONAL FACULTY AND EMPLOYEES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 59-53-52, RELATING TO POWERS AND DUTIES OF AREA TECHNICAL EDUCATION COMMISSIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AREA COMMISSIONS SHALL EMPLOY THEIR RESPECTIVE TECHNICAL COLLEGE PRESIDENTS WHO SHALL BE EMPLOYED AT THE WILL OF THE AREA COMMISSION.

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

Exemption from grievance procedures

SECTION 1. Section 8-17-370 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 264 of 2000, is further amended to read:

"Section 8-17-370. The provisions of this article do not apply to:

(1) members, officers, or employees of the General Assembly;

(2) employees within the Office of the Governor who work at the mansion or in the State House or those employees appointed by the Governor to serve at or above the organizational level of assistant directors of the individual program components;

(3) elected public officials of this State or persons appointed to fill vacancies in these offices;

(4) all judges, officers, and employees of the Judicial Department; jurors; all employees of the Commission on Prosecution Coordination; and the judges, officers, and employees of the Administrative Law Judge Division;

(5) members of state boards, commissions, councils, advisory councils, or committees compensated on a per diem basis;

(6) inmate help in a charitable, penal, or correctional institution, residents of rehabilitation facilities, or students employed in institutions of learning;

(7) part-time professional personnel engaged in consultant or contractual services;

(8) an agency head who has the authority and responsibility for an agency within state government including the divisions of the State Budget and Control Board;

(9) employees of the Public Service Authority, State Ports Authority, the Jobs-Economic Development Authority, or the Division of Public Railways and the Division of Savannah Valley Development of the Department of Commerce;

(10) teaching or research faculty, professional librarians, academic administrators, or other persons holding faculty appointments at a four-year post-secondary educational institution, including its branch campuses, if any, as defined in Section 59-107-10;

(11) athletic coaches and unclassified employees in the athletic departments of four-year post-secondary educational institutions as defined in Section 59-107-10;

(12) deputy directors as defined in Section 8-17-320;

(13) regional and county directors of the Department of Social Services as defined in Section 43-3-40(B);

(14) employees of the Medical University Hospital Authority, provided the Medical University Hospital Authority has promulgated an employee grievance plan in accordance with its enabling provision; and

(15) presidents of the South Carolina Technical College System."

Employment at will

SECTION 2. Section 59-53-52(8) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(8) Employ the respective technical college president, who shall be employed at the will of the area commission from a list of at least three candidates recommended by a committee consisting of the chairman of the area commission or designated commission member, the chairman of the board or designated state board member and one area president appointed by the two aforementioned persons;"

Time effective

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 7th day of February, 2002.

Approved the 7th day of February, 2002.

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