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H. 3234
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. McEachern and Sandifer
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Introduced in the House on January 10, 2017
Introduced in the Senate on March 9, 2017
Last Amended on May 11, 2017
Currently residing in the Senate
Summary: Residential Landlord and Tenant Act exemptions
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/15/2016 House Prefiled 12/15/2016 House Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 1/10/2017 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 122) 1/10/2017 House Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry (House Journal-page 122) 2/16/2017 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Sandifer 3/7/2017 House Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry (House Journal-page 2) 3/8/2017 Scrivener's error corrected 3/8/2017 House Amended (House Journal-page 16) 3/8/2017 House Read second time (House Journal-page 16) 3/8/2017 House Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 17) 3/9/2017 House Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 8) 3/9/2017 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 10) 3/9/2017 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 10) 4/21/2017 Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Hutto (ch), Shealy, Timmons 5/3/2017 Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 13) 5/11/2017 Senate Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 60)
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12/15/2016
3/7/2017
3/8/2017
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5/3/2017
5/11/2017
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED
May 11, 2017
H. 3234
S. Printed 5/11/17--S.
Read the first time March 9, 2017.
TO AMEND SECTION 27-40-120, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT, SO AS TO DELETE OCCUPANCY UNDER A RENTAL AGREEMENT COVERING THE PREMISES USED BY THE OCCUPANT PRIMARILY FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES AS AN EXEMPTION UNDER THE ACT.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 27-40-120 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 27-40-120. The following arrangements are not governed by this chapter:
(1) residence at an institution, public or private, if incidental to detention or the provision of medical, geriatric, educational, counseling, religious, or similar service;
(2) occupancy under a contract of sale of a dwelling unit or the property of which it is a part, if the occupant is the purchaser or a person who succeeds to his interest;
(3) occupancy by a member or a fraternal or social organization in the portion of a structure operated for the benefit of the organization;
(4) transient occupancy in a hotel, motel, or other accommodations subject to the sales tax on accommodations as provided by Section 12-36-920;
(5) occupancy by an employee of a landlord whose right to occupancy is conditional upon employment in and about the premises;
(6) occupancy by an owner of a condominium unit or a holder of a proprietary lease in a cooperative;
(7) occupancy under a rental agreement covering the premises used by the occupant primarily for agricultural purposes;
(8)(7) occupancy under a rental agreement in a premises regulated by the provisions of Chapter 32, of Title 27, of the 1976 Code (Vacation Time Sharing Plan Act).;
(9)(8) residence, whether temporary or not, at a charitable or emergency protective shelter, public or private."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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