GroundRules
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-19-240: Employees shall be removable only for cause; suspension pending investigation.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 5 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
- CHAPTER 19 Civil Service Commissions
- ARTICLE 3 In Other Cities of Certain Population
No officer or employee of the fire or police department, including the chiefs thereof, shall be dismissed, removed, or discharged except for cause. But the commission may suspend any officer or employee pending an investigation of charges against him not to exceed fifteen days at any one time.
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