South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session, 2017-2018

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A209, R227, S1099

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Campbell
Document Path: l:\s-res\pgc\015publ.sp.pgc.docx

Introduced in the Senate on March 7, 2018
Introduced in the House on April 3, 2018
Passed by the General Assembly on May 4, 2018
Governor's Action: May 15, 2018, Signed

Summary: SC Mining Act

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    3/7/2018  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 13)
    3/7/2018  Senate  Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural 
                        Resources (Senate Journal-page 13)
   3/21/2018  Senate  Polled out of committee Agriculture and Natural 
                        Resources (Senate Journal-page 13)
   3/21/2018  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Agriculture and Natural 
                        Resources (Senate Journal-page 13)
   3/28/2018  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 19)
   3/28/2018  Senate  Roll call Ayes-40  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 19)
   3/29/2018  Senate  Read third time and sent to House 
                        (Senate Journal-page 26)
    4/3/2018  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 82)
    4/3/2018  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (House Journal-page 82)
   4/26/2018  House   Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (House Journal-page 78)
    5/2/2018  House   Requests for debate-Rep(s). King, Hart, Pendarvis, 
                        Brawley, Gilliard, Brown, Anderson, M Rivers 
                        (House Journal-page 97)
    5/3/2018  House   Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). King, M Rivers, 
                        Brawley, Anderson, Brown, Gilliard 
                        (House Journal-page 19)
    5/3/2018  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 19)
    5/3/2018  House   Roll call Yeas-95  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 20)
    5/3/2018  House   Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day (House Journal-page 21)
    5/4/2018  House   Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 3)
   5/14/2018          Ratified R 227
   5/15/2018          Signed By Governor
   5/23/2018          Effective date 05/15/18
   5/31/2018          Act No. 209

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/7/2018
3/21/2018
4/26/2018


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(A209, R227, S1099)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 48-20-280, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ACTIVITIES EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA MINING ACT, SO AS TO EXEMPT CERTAIN ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY THE DIVISION OF PUBLIC RAILWAYS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.

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

Public rail infrastructure activities exempt from South Carolina Mining Act provisions

SECTION    1.    Section 48-20-280 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 48-20-280.    The provisions of this chapter do not apply to those activities of the:

(1)    South Carolina State Ports Authority, nor of a person acting under contract with the authority; undertaken solely in connection with the construction, repair, and maintenance of the authority's shipping container terminals;

(2)    Department of Transportation, nor of a person acting under contract with the department, on highway rights-of-way or borrow pits maintained solely in connection with the construction, repair, and maintenance of the public road systems of the State. This exemption does not become effective until the department has adopted reclamation standards applying to those activities and the standards have been approved by the council. At the discretion of the department, the provisions of this chapter may apply to mining on federal lands; or

(3)    Department of Commerce, Division of Public Railways, nor of a person acting under contract with the Department of Commerce, on rail rights-of-way or borrow pits maintained solely in connection with the construction, repair, and maintenance of the public rail infrastructure of the State."

Reclamation standards required

SECTION    2.    Section 48-20-280(3) is effective upon adoption of the Department of Commerce's reclamation standards applying to those activities used by the Department of Transportation.

Time effective

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 14th day of May, 2018.

Approved the 15th day of May, 2018.

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