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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3597 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990224 Primary Sponsor:Cobb-Hunter All Sponsors:Cobb-Hunter, Klauber, Bowers, M. Hines, Moody-Lawrence, Parks and Stille Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\nbd\11176ac99.doc Companion Bill Number:1172 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee 26 HLCI Subject:Setoff debt collection, political subdivision to include Housing Authority Executive Directors Assn.; Taxation, Property History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 20000303 Companion Bill No. 1172 House 19990224 Introduced, read first time, 26 HLCI referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 12-56-20, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF THE SETOFF DEBT COLLECTION ACT, SO AS TO EXTEND THE DEFINITION OF "POLITICAL SUBDIVISION" TO INCLUDE THE SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF HOUSING AUTHORITY EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 12-56-20(1) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 55A, Part II of Act 419 of 1998, is further amended to read:
"(1) 'Claimant agency' means a state agency, board, committee, commission, public institution of higher learning, political subdivision, South Carolina Student Loan Corporation, housing authorities established pursuant to Articles 5, 7, and 9 of Chapter 3 of Title 31, and the Internal Revenue Service. It also includes a private institution of higher learning for the purpose of collecting debts related to default on authorized educational loans made pursuant to Chapters 111, 113, or 115 of Title 59. 'Political subdivision' includes the Municipal Association of South Carolina and , the South Carolina Association of Counties, and the South Carolina Association of Housing Authority Executive Directors when these organizations submit claims on behalf of their members or other political subdivisions."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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