South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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A101, R16, H3589

STATUS INFORMATION

Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Rep. Cooper
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20180sd03.doc

Introduced in the House on February 12, 2003
Introduced in the Senate on February 19, 2003
Last Amended on February 20, 2003
Passed by the General Assembly on February 27, 2003
Became law without Governor's signature, March 13, 2003

Summary: State employee adoption assistance program

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/12/2003  House   Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference HJ-6
   2/18/2003  House   Read second time HJ-12
   2/19/2003  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-20
   2/19/2003  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference
   2/20/2003  Senate  Amended SJ-17
   2/20/2003  Senate  Read second time SJ-17
   2/20/2003  Senate  Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-17
   2/25/2003  Senate  Read third time and returned to House with amendments 
                        SJ-21
   2/27/2003  House   Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-24
    3/6/2003          Ratified R 16
   3/13/2003          Became law without Governor's signature
   3/19/2003          Copies available
   3/19/2003          Effective date 03/13/03
  10/23/2003          Act No. 101

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/12/2003
2/12/2003-A
2/19/2003
2/20/2003

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A101, R16, H3589)

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE THAT NEW APPLICATIONS MAY BE ACCEPTED UNDER THE STATE EMPLOYEE ADOPTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD OF TIME UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

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

New applications accepted

SECTION    1.    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, due to changes in the application process for the State Employee Adoption Assistance Program between the current and prior fiscal year, new applications may be accepted for employees who adopted a child during the period of March 1, 2002, through June 30, 2002, and who meet all other adoption program criteria pursuant to Paragraph 63.61, Part 1B of Act 289 of 2002. New applications for this period may be filed for a period of ten working days following the effective date of this joint resolution.

Nothing herein shall be construed to disqualify as untimely filed any application filed during the annual application period pursuant to Paragraph 63.61, Part IB of Act 289 of 2002, by employees who adopted a child during the period March 1, 2002, through June 30, 2002.

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 6th day of March, 2003.

Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 3/13/03.

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