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A12, R18, S374
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Peeler
Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\19890ab13.docx
Introduced in the Senate on February 12, 2013
Introduced in the House on February 21, 2013
Last Amended on February 20, 2013
Passed by the General Assembly on April 17, 2013
Governor's Action: April 23, 2013, Signed
Summary: Cherokee County Register of Deeds
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2/12/2013 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 8) 2/12/2013 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 8) 2/20/2013 Senate Recalled from Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 12) 2/20/2013 Senate Amended (Senate Journal-page 12) 2/20/2013 Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 12) 2/20/2013 Senate Roll call Ayes-36 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 12) 2/21/2013 Senate Read third time and sent to House (Senate Journal-page 9) 2/21/2013 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 78) 2/21/2013 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 78) 3/21/2013 House Recalled from Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 33) 4/16/2013 House Read second time (House Journal-page 14) 4/16/2013 House Roll call Yeas-98 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 15) 4/17/2013 House Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 24) 4/18/2013 Ratified R 18 4/23/2013 Signed By Governor 4/29/2013 Effective date 04/23/13 4/30/2013 Act No. 12
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
(A12, R18, S374)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 30-5-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DUTIES OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS, SO AS TO ADD CHEROKEE COUNTY TO THOSE COUNTIES EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENT THAT THOSE DUTIES BE PERFORMED BY THE CLERK OF COURT; AND TO AMEND SECTION 30-5-12, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR CERTAIN COUNTIES, SO AS TO ADD CHEROKEE COUNTY TO THOSE COUNTIES WHERE THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE COUNTY SHALL APPOINT THE REGISTER OF DEEDS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
County clerks of court exempt from register of deeds duties, Cherokee County added
SECTION 1. Section 30-5-10(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 127 of 2010, is further amended to read:
"(A) In every county in the State other than Aiken, Anderson, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Greenville, Horry, Jasper, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Richland, Spartanburg, and Sumter the duties prescribed by law for the register of deeds must be performed by the clerk of court who has all the powers and emoluments given the register of deeds in Aiken, Anderson, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Greenville, Horry, Jasper, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Richland, Spartanburg, and Sumter counties."
County governing bodies required to appoint register of deeds, Cherokee County added
SECTION 2. Section 30-5-12(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 127 of 2010, is further amended to read:
"(A) The governing bodies of Anderson, Beaufort, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Georgetown, Horry, Jasper, Kershaw, Lancaster, Oconee, Orangeburg, and Pickens counties shall appoint the register of deeds for its county under terms and conditions as it may agree upon."
Time effective
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 18th day of April, 2013.
Approved the 23rd day of April, 2013.
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