Bill Text: SC H5040 | 2017-2018 | 122nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-02 - Requests for debate-Rep [H5040 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2017-H5040-Introduced.html

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 53-5-110 SO AS TO REQUIRE CERTAIN BUILDINGS AND OFFICES TO BE CLOSED ON MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 5, Title 53 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 53-5-110.    All buildings and offices of the State, and any of its political subdivisions, including school districts, but excluding offices providing medical, protective, or emergency services, must be closed on the third Monday of January, in observation of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day."

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