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H. 3307
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Huggins, Wooten and Long
Document Path: l:\council\bills\jn\3242cz21.docx
Introduced in the House on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the House Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
Summary: Ejection, judgement appeal
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/9/2020 House Prefiled
12/9/2020 House Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
1/12/2021 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 152)
1/12/2021 House Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
(House Journal-page 152)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 27-40-800, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE APPEAL OF A JUDGMENT FOR EJECTION, SO AS TO REQUIRE A TENANT TO PAY THE LANDLORD ALL RENT ALLEGEDLY OWED PRIOR TO THE ACTION FOR POSSESSION AND TO UPDATE A REFERENCE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 27-40-800(b) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(b) It is sufficient to stay execution of a judgment for ejectment that the tenant pay all rent allegedly owed prior to the execution of the judgment and sign an undertaking that he will pay to the landlord the amount of rent, as determined by the magistrate in accordance with Section 27-40-780 27-40-790, as it becomes due periodically after the judgment was entered. Any magistrate, clerk, or circuit court judge shall order a stay of execution upon the undertaking."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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