South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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H. 3492

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General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Kennedy, Brantley, McEachern, Clyburn, Hodges, Hosey, Jefferson, King and Williams
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11214ac09.docx

Introduced in the House on February 10, 2009
Rejected by the House on May 25, 2010

Summary: Residential home builder

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/10/2009  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-15
   2/10/2009  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        HJ-15
    2/2/2010  House   Recalled from Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        HJ-62
    2/2/2010  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-62
   4/22/2010  House   Recalled from Committee on Ways and Means HJ-36
   4/27/2010  House   Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Bingham, Cato
   4/28/2010  House   Debate adjourned until Thursday, May 6, 2010 HJ-30
    5/6/2010  House   Debate adjourned until Tuesday, May 11, 2010 HJ-24
   5/11/2010  House   Requests for debate-Rep(s). Rice, Forrester, 
                        Bedingfield, Parker, Pinson, Millwood, GR Smith, 
                        Nanney, Sandifer, Kennedy, Toole, and Gambrell HJ-14
   5/12/2010  House   Debate adjourned until Thursday, May 13, 2010 HJ-70
   5/25/2010  House   Rejected HJ-143
   5/25/2010  House   Roll call Yeas-34  Nays-69 HJ-143

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/10/2009
4/22/2010

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April 22, 2010

H. 3492

Introduced by Reps. Kennedy, Bingham, Brantley, Cato, McEachern, Clyburn, Hodges, Hosey, Jefferson, King and Williams

S. Printed 4/22/10--H.

Read the first time February 10, 2009.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 40-59-20, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF TERMS USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF RESIDENTIAL HOME BUILDERS SO AS TO INCREASE FROM FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS THE AMOUNT THAT A PERSON MAY UNDERTAKE IN THE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, OR IMPROVEMENT OF A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WITHOUT BEING CONSIDERED A RESIDENTIAL HOME BUILDER SUBJECT TO LICENSURE AND REGULATIONS BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS COMMISSION.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 40-59-20(6) of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 359 of 2002, is further amended to read:

"(6)    'Residential builder' means one who constructs, superintends, or offers to construct or superintend the construction, repair, improvement, or reimprovement of a residential building or structure which is not over three floors in height and which does not have more than sixteen units in any single apartment building, when the cost of the undertaking exceeds five fifteen thousand dollars. Anyone who engages or offers to engage in such undertaking in this State is considered to have engaged in the business of residential building."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect July 1, 2009.

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