Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.2643 Ratification Number:331 Act Number:305 Introducing Body:House Subject:Relating to the Attorney General and his assistants
(A305, R331, H2643)
AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 1 OF CHAPTER 7 OF TITLE 1, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND HIS ASSISTANTS, BY ADDING SECTION 1-7-55 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO PROSECUTE A COUNTER-CLAIM, CROSS-ACTION, OR ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION IN A CIVIL SUIT ON BEHALF OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Attorney General may prosecute
SECTION 1. Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 1 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 1-7-55. When the Attorney General undertakes to defend any civil action or proceeding on behalf of any officer or employee of the State, or of any political subdivision of the State, he may, in his discretion, upon the request of the officer or employee, enter and prosecute a counter-claim, cross-action, or any otherappropriate action in the suit on behalf of the officer or employee."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.