South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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S. 152

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Leventis and Grooms
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20066mm03.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 14, 2003
Introduced in the House on March 20, 2003
Last Amended on March 18, 2003
Currently residing in the House Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry

Summary: Requires an innkeeper to post telephone, e-mail, and fax rates charged in its lodging establishment

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    1/8/2003  Senate  Prefiled
    1/8/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
   1/14/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-85
   1/14/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        SJ-85
   3/13/2003  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, 
                        Commerce and Industry SJ-9
   3/17/2003          Scrivener's error corrected
   3/18/2003  Senate  Amended SJ-13
   3/18/2003  Senate  Read second time SJ-13
   3/18/2003  Senate  Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-13
   3/19/2003          Scrivener's error corrected
   3/19/2003  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-29
   3/20/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-7
   3/20/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        HJ-7

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/8/2003
3/13/2003
3/17/2003
3/18/2003
3/19/2003

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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

March 18, 2003

S. 152

Introduced by Senators Leventis and Grooms

S. Printed 3/18/03--S.    [SEC 3/19/03 3:35 PM]

Read the first time January 14, 2003.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 45-2-90 SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT AN INNKEEPER CONSPICUOUSLY POST TELEPHONE, E-MAIL, ON-LINE, AND FAX RATES CHARGED IN ITS LODGING ESTABLISHMENT.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 2 of Title 45 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 45-2-90.    The innkeeper of a lodging establishment shall:

(1)    post in a conspicuous place in the office a notice of the rates charged for local, long-distance, toll-free, and room-to-room telephone calls, electronic mail messages, Internet on-line access, and facsimile transmissions; and

(2)    post in each room of the lodging establishment a notice to contact the front desk for the rates charged for local, long-distance, toll-free, and room-to-room telephone calls, electronic mail messages, Internet on-line access, and facsimile transmission."

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

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