BIL:4392

RTN:181

ACN:171

TYP:General Bill GB

INB:House

IND:20020108

PSP:Harrison

SPO:Harrison, Keegan, Barfield, Sharpe, Witherspoon, Altman

DDN:l:\council\bills\gjk\20796sd02.doc

DPB:20020206

LAD:20020116

GOV:S

DGA:20020207

SUB:Employee grievance procedures, to exempt presidents of technical college system and further provide for exemption of educational employees

HST:

BodyDateAction DescriptionComLeg Involved

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------20020222Act No. A171

------20020207Signed by Governor

------20020207Ratified R181

Senate20020206Read third time, enrolled for

ratification

Senate20020205Read second time, unanimous

consent for third reading on

Wednesday, 20020206

------20020131Scrivener's error corrected

Senate20020130Committee report: Favorable06 SF

Senate20020122Introduced, read first time,06 SF

referred to Committee

House20020117Read third time, sent to Senate

House20020116Amended, read second time

House20020116Debate interrupted

House20020110Recalled from Committee25 HJ

House20020109Referred to Committee25 HJ

Recalled from Committee30 HWM

House20020108Introduced, read first time,30 HWM

referred to Committee

House20011205Prefiled, referred to Committee30 HWM

Versions of This Bill

Revised on 20020110

Revised on 20020116

Revised on 20020117

Revised on 20020130

Revised on 20020131

TXT:

(A171, R181, H4392)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 817370, 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 595352, 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

SECTION1.Section 817370 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 264 of 2000, is further amended to read:

“Section 817370.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)parttime 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 JobsEconomic 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 fouryear postsecondary educational institution, including its branch campuses, if any, as defined in Section 5910710;

(11)athletic coaches and unclassified employees in the athletic departments of fouryear postsecondary educational institutions as defined in Section 5910710;

(12)deputy directors as defined in Section 817320;

(13)regional and county directors of the Department of Social Services as defined in Section 43340(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

SECTION2.Section 595352(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

SECTION3.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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