H*3847(Rat #0242, Act #0145 of 1997)  General Bill, By Meacham and Kirsh
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 39-55-215, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
 RELATING TO THE MINIMUM ACREAGE OF LAND REQUIRED FOR USE AS A CEMETERY, SO AS
 TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION.

   04/09/97  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-17
   04/09/97  House  Referred to Committee on Medical, Military,
                     Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-17
   04/30/97  House  Recalled from Committee on Medical, Military,
                     Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-65
   05/01/97  House  Requests for debate-Rep(s). Howard, Canty, Scott,
                     Lloyd, Breeland, Whipper, Mack, Young-Brickell,
                     Meacham, R. Smith, Felder, Harrell, Tripp,
                     Kelley, Keegan, Lanford & Davenport HJ-32
   05/14/97  House  Amended HJ-78
   05/14/97  House  Read second time HJ-80
   05/14/97  House  Roll call Yeas-89  Nays-0 HJ-80
   05/15/97  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-83
   05/20/97  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-12
   05/20/97  Senate Referred to Committee on General SJ-12
   06/03/97  Senate Polled out of committee General SJ-74
   06/03/97  Senate  Committee report- no report General Committee SJ-74
   06/04/97  Senate Read second time SJ-107
   06/04/97  Senate Ordered to third reading with notice of
                     amendments SJ-107
   06/05/97  Senate Amended SJ-16
   06/05/97  Senate Read third time and returned to House with
                     amendments SJ-16
   06/05/97  House  Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-63
   06/09/97         Ratified R 242
   06/14/97         Vetoed by Governor
   06/17/97  House  Veto overridden by originating body Yeas-7 
                     Nays-0 HJ-99
   06/17/97  Senate Veto overridden Yeas-28 Nays-0 SJ-45
   06/17/97         Effective date 06/17/97
   07/09/97         Copies available
   07/09/97         Act No. 145

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 39-55-215, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MINIMUM ACREAGE OF LAND REQUIRED FOR USE AS A CEMETERY, SO AS TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION.

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

Minimum acreage for cemeteries, exception

SECTION 1. Section 39-55-215 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"(e) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) relating to the minimum acreage do not apply when the governing body of a municipality which is within fifteen miles of the corporate limits of the City of Charlotte, North Carolina and in which the cemetery is to be located passes an ordinance authorizing a cemetery with less than thirty acres of land when a licensee establishes an irrevocable trust with a trust corpus of at least fifteen thousand dollars and five acres of land, and the dedication of fifteen percent of all future sales to deposit in the trust on a quarterly basis."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Vetoed by the Governor -- 6/14/97.

Veto overridden by House -- 6/17/97.

Veto overridden by Senate -- 6/17/97.