{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-25-23-20","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 25-23-20","heading":"Civil Air Patrol leave; employer requirements; pay; availability.","body":"(A) Public and private employers shall provide a minimum of thirty days per calendar year of Civil Air Patrol leave to employees for the purpose of response to an emergency service operation of the Civil Air Patrol. This leave may be used in support of mutual aid requests by other states or Civil Air Patrol units outside the employee's chain of command with prior approval of his employer and the employee's wing commander or his designee.\n(B) Public and private employers shall provide a minimum of ten days per year of Civil Air Patrol leave to employees for the purpose of training and proficiency activities, which may be administered by the Civil Air Patrol, the United States Air Force, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or other emergency management-related organizations.\n(C) Employers shall have discretion to grant additional days leave beyond the requirements listed above or permit employees to utilize up to five days of Civil Air Patrol leave from one category for the purposes of the other, in the event that the desired leave category has an insufficient balance.\n(D) Public employers shall pay employees for all Civil Air Patrol leave taken during a calendar year at the employee's current pay rate. Private employers may provide Civil Air Patrol leave as paid or unpaid leave. Unused Civil Air Patrol leave shall not be paid out when an employee leaves employment with his employer.\n(E) Civil Air Patrol leave shall be available in a lump sum at the start of each calendar year to eligible employees. Unused leave shall be forfeited at the end of calendar year and will not be carried over to a new calendar year.","path":["Title 25 - MILITARY, CIVIL DEFENSE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS","CHAPTER 23 Civil Air Patrol Leave Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t25c023.php","current_through":"2026 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-25T03:26:55Z","sha256":"1fe2405a212fa781c4472ecebd0cb201dff93e76341db871489005aa62f04b52","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-25-23-10","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-25-23-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}