South Carolina S 437: Personnel Administrative Exemption

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2025-2026 Bill 437 Text of Previous Version (Mar. 11, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 437

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Indicates New Matter

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 
1-1-130 SO AS TO EXEMPT CERTAIN EMPLOYEES FROM THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 5, 
CHAPTER 17, TITLE 8 OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 1 of the S.C. Code is amended by 
adding:

 Section 
1-1-130. The following employees shall be exempt 
from the provisions of Article 5, Chapter 17, Title 8 of the South Carolina 
Code of Laws:

 (A) employees 
who report directly to a constitutional officer or report directly to a person 
who reports directly to a constitutional office in the Offices of the 
Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, 
Comptroller General, Superintendent of Education, Adjutant General, or the 
Commissioner of Agriculture; and

 (B) management 
employees who report directly to the agency head or report directly to a person 
who reports directly to the agency head of the Department of Alcohol and Other 
Drug Abuse Services, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Corrections, 
the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Insurance, the 
Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Labor, Licensing and 
Regulation, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, the Department of 
Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services, the Department of Revenue, the 
Department of Social Services, the State Law Enforcement Division, the 
Department of Motor Vehicles, or the Department of Public Safety.

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

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