South Carolina General Assembly

115th Session, 2003-2004

H. 4426

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill

Sponsors: Reps. Kirsh, Vaughn, Stille, Cotty, Altman, E.H.Pitts, Walker, Mahaffey and Perry

Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22312htc04.doc

Introduced in the House on January 13, 2004

Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: TERI annual leave payment provisions

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date Body Action Description with journal page number

12/3/2003 House Prefiled

12/3/2003 House Referred to Committee on Ways and Means

1/13/2004 House Introduced and read first time HJ69

1/13/2004 House Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ69

1/21/2004 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Perry

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/3/2003

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 811620, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ANNUAL LEAVE AND THE LUMPSUM PAYMENT FOR UNUSED LEAVE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A TEACHER AND EMPLOYEE RETENTION INCENTIVE EMPLOYEE PROGRAM (TERI)) PARTICIPANT IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A LUMPSUM PAYMENT FOR UNUSED ANNUAL LEAVE EARNED WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THE TERI PROGRAM AND TO GIVE THIS PROVISION PROSPECTIVE EFFECT.

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

SECTION 1. Section 811620 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 356 of 2002, is further amended by adding a new subsection at the end to read:

“(C) A participant in the Teacher and Employee Retention Incentive Program (TERI) employed by any state agency, board, committee, commission, institution of higher learning, school, or other entity that is a unit of state government is not eligible for a lumpsum payment for unused leave provided pursuant to subsection (A) of this section.”

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies for persons entering into the TERI Program established pursuant to Article 17, Chapter 1, Title 9 of the 1976 Code on or after that date.

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