South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session, 2017-2018

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A284, R273, H4980

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Tallon, Allison, Long and Forrester
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nl\13736sd18.docx

Introduced in the House on February 21, 2018
Introduced in the Senate on March 1, 2018
Last Amended on May 9, 2018
Passed by the General Assembly on May 10, 2018
Governor's Action: May 18, 2018, Signed

Summary: Renewable Water Sources

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/21/2018  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 14)
   2/21/2018  House   Referred to Spartanburg Delegation 
                        (House Journal-page 14)
   2/27/2018  House   Committee report: Favorable Spartanburg Delegation 
                        (House Journal-page 2)
   2/28/2018          Scrivener's error corrected
   2/28/2018  House   Amended (House Journal-page 8)
   2/28/2018  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 8)
   2/28/2018  House   Roll call Yeas-84  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 10)
    3/1/2018          Scrivener's error corrected
    3/1/2018  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 28)
    3/1/2018  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 10)
    3/1/2018  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 10)
    5/8/2018  Senate  Recalled from Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 3)
    5/9/2018  Senate  Amended (Senate Journal-page 119)
    5/9/2018  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 119)
    5/9/2018  Senate  Roll call Ayes-43  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 119)
   5/10/2018  Senate  Read third time and returned to House with amendments 
                        (Senate Journal-page 113)
   5/10/2018  House   Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled 
                        (House Journal-page 109)
   5/10/2018  House   Roll call Yeas-98  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 110)
   5/14/2018          Ratified R 273
   5/18/2018          Signed By Governor
   5/25/2018          Effective date 05/18/18
  10/16/2018          Act No. 284

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/21/2018
2/27/2018
2/28/2018
2/28/2018-A
3/1/2018
5/8/2018
5/9/2018


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A284, R273, H4980)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 745 OF 1967, RELATING TO RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES (REWA) FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE WESTERN CAROLINA REGIONAL SEWER AUTHORITY, SO AS TO REVISE THE MEMBERSHIP OF ITS GOVERNING COMMISSION TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS FROM SPARTANBURG COUNTY, AND TO ADD THE "ENOREE BASIN" OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY TO REWA'S SERVICE AREA.

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

Service area expanded

SECTION    1.    Act 745 of 1967 is amended by adding a new Section to read:

"Section 2.8.    Notwithstanding another provision of law, the boundary lines that define the service territory of the Renewable Water Resources (ReWa), formerly the Western Carolina Regional Sewer Authority, are hereby expanded to include an area labeled the 'Enoree Basin' area of Spartanburg County, which is shown on a map filed with the Renewable Water Resources Commission as provided and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and designated as document 'ReWa Service Area - 2018 Attachment A'. The General Assembly provides that this document is the document of record delineating the service territory of the Renewable Water Resources."

Membership revised

SECTION    2.    Section 3 of Act 745 of 1967 is amended to read:

"Section 3.    (A)    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing body of Renewable Water Resources (ReWa), formerly designated the Greenville County Sewer Authority and subsequently redesignated the Western Carolina Regional Sewer Authority, shall consist of a commission composed of eleven members who must be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of the legislative delegation of the county from which the member must be appointed. A legislative delegation consists of all House members and Senators representing any portion of a county whose districts also include all or any part of the territory of Renewable Water Resources. For all matters other than appointing members for ReWa, the legislative delegations of Greenville, Anderson, Laurens, and Spartanburg Counties shall act as one entity.

(B)    All members of the commission must be residents of the counties from which they are appointed and also must be residents of ReWa's territory within their respective counties. All members shall serve at large.

(C)    One member must be from Anderson County, one member from Laurens County, and two members from Spartanburg County. Seven members must be from Greenville County.

(1)    The Anderson and Laurens County Delegations shall each recommend one member for appointment to the Governor. The initial terms of the members from Anderson County and Laurens County must be designated in the original appointments.

(2)    The Spartanburg County Delegation shall recommend for appointment to the Governor two members of the Commission from Spartanburg County. The initial term of the second member from Spartanburg County shall expire on December 1, 2022, and thereafter his successors shall be appointed in the same manner of original appointment for terms of four years each and until their successors are appointed and qualify."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 14th day of May, 2018.

Approved the 18th day of May, 2018.

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