South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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A63, R167, H3429

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Cotty and Cato
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20123sd03.doc

Introduced in the House on January 28, 2003
Introduced in the Senate on May 6, 2003
Last Amended on April 30, 2003
Passed by the General Assembly on June 3, 2003
Governor's Action: June 25, 2003, Signed

Summary: Repeal of provision regarding responsibilities of landlords and tenants for utilities, water, sewerage, and garbage services

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/28/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-34
   1/28/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        HJ-34
    4/9/2003  House   Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        HJ-5
   4/22/2003  House   Debate adjourned until Wednesday, April 23, 2003 HJ-24
   4/23/2003  House   Requests for debate-Rep(s). Rice, Owens, GM Smith, 
                        Bailey, EH Pitts, Mahaffey, Loftis, Moody-Lawrence, 
                        Witherspoon, Weeks and  Clyburn HJ-19
   4/24/2003  House   Debate adjourned until Tuesday, April 29, 2003 HJ-67
   4/30/2003  House   Amended HJ-66
   4/30/2003  House   Read second time HJ-67
   4/30/2003  House   Roll call Yeas-88  Nays-1 HJ-67
    5/1/2003  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-20
    5/1/2003          Scrivener's error corrected
    5/6/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-6
    5/6/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-6
   5/28/2003  Senate  Recalled from Committee on Judiciary SJ-7
   5/29/2003  Senate  Read second time SJ-82
    6/3/2003  Senate  Read third time and enrolled SJ-50
    6/5/2003          Ratified R 167
   6/25/2003          Signed By Governor
   6/30/2003          Copies available
   6/30/2003          Effective date 06/25/03
    7/1/2003          Act No. 63

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/28/2003
4/9/2003
4/30/2003
5/1/2003
5/28/2003


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A63, R167, H3429)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-33-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO A TENANT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR GAS, ELECTRIC, WATER, SEWERAGE, OR GARBAGE SERVICES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THESE REQUIREMENTS DO NOT APPLY TO A LANDLORD WHOSE PROPERTY IS A MULTI-UNIT BUILDING CONSISTING OF FOUR OR MORE RESIDENTIAL UNITS SERVED BY A MASTER METER OR SINGLE CONNECTION.

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

Exception to provisions of section

SECTION    1.    Section 27-33-50 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 336 of 2002, is amended by adding at the end:

"(C)    This provision does not apply to a landlord whose property is a multi-unit building consisting of four or more residential units served by a master meter or single connection."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 5th day of June, 2003.

Approved the 25th day of June, 2003.

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