South Carolina General Assembly
110th Session, 1993-1994

Bill 4596

                    Current Status
Introducing Body:               House
Bill Number:                    4596
Ratification Number:            442
Act Number:                     389
Primary Sponsor:                Hodges
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Public utility, natural gas
                                providers
Companion Bill Number:          1117
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19940428
Computer Document Number:       PT/22379JM.94
Governor's Action:              S
Date of Governor's Action:      19940510
Introduced Date:                19940125
Date of Last Amendment:         19940426
Last History Body:              ------
Last History Date:              19940510
Last History Type:              Act No. 389
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Hodges
Type of Legislation:            General Bill
History

Bill   Body    Date          Action Description              CMN  Leg Involved
----   ------  ------------  ------------------------------  ---  ------------
4596   ------  19940510      Act No. 389
4596   ------  19940510      Signed by Governor
4596   ------  19940504      Ratified R 442
4596   House   19940428      Concurred in Senate
                             amendment, enrolled for
                             ratification
4596   Senate  19940427      Read third time, returned to
                             House with amendment
4596   Senate  19940426      Amended, read second time,
                             ordered to third reading with
                             notice of general amendments
4596   Senate  19940421      Committee Report: Favorable     12
                             with amendment
4596   Senate  19940412      Introduced, read first time,    12
                             referred to Committee
4596   House   19940407      Read third time, sent to
                             Senate
4596   House   19940406      Amended, read second time
4596   House   19940323      Committee Report: Favorable     26
                             with amendment
4596   House   19940125      Introduced, read first time,    26
                             referred to Committee
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(A389, R442, H4596)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 58-5-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS UNDER THE LAW ON GAS, HEAT, WATER, SEWERAGE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL, AND STREET RAILWAY COMPANIES, SO AS TO REDEFINE "PUBLIC UTILITY".

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

"Public utility" redefined

SECTION 1. Section 58-5-10(3) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(3) The term `public utility' includes every corporation and person delivering natural gas distributed or transported by pipe, and every corporation and person furnishing or supplying in any manner heat (other than by means of electricity), water, sewerage collection, sewerage disposal, and street railway service, or any of them, to the public, or any portion thereof, for compensation; provided, however, that a corporation or person furnishing, supplying, marketing, and/or selling natural gas at the retail level for use as a fuel in self-propelled vehicles shall not be considered a public utility by virtue of the furnishing, supplying, marketing, and/or selling of such natural gas; and".

Time effective

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

Approved the 10th day of May, 1994.