South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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S. 389

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Ritchie, Hayes, Land, Hawkins, Hutto and Malloy
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20220sd03.doc

Introduced in the Senate on February 19, 2003
Introduced in the House on April 9, 2003
Last Amended on April 3, 2003
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Court of Common Pleas and Family Court; no fees to be charged for filing consent order for dismissal of any civil action

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/19/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-6
   2/19/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-6
    4/2/2003  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary 
                        SJ-19
    4/3/2003  Senate  Amended SJ-50
    4/3/2003  Senate  Read second time SJ-50
    4/8/2003  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-38
    4/9/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-29
    4/9/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-29

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/19/2003
4/2/2003
4/3/2003

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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

April 3, 2003

S. 389

Introduced by Senators Ritchie, Hayes, Land, Hawkins, Hutto and Malloy

S. Printed 4/3/03--S.

Read the first time February 19, 2003.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 8-21-320, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MOTION FEES IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS AND FAMILY COURT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO FEE SHALL BE CHARGED FOR FILING A CONSENT ORDER FOR DISMISSAL OF ANY CIVIL ACTION.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Section 8-21-320 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 329 of 2002, is amended to read:

"Section 8-21-320.    There is assessed for every motion made in the court of common pleas and family court, not including motions made in family court juvenile delinquency proceedings, a fee of twenty-five dollars. The fee must accompany each motion filed. No fee shall be charged for filing any consent order in a civil action. The Supreme Court has authority to issue administrative rules to exempt from the motion fee certain family court matters involving rules to show cause in child and spousal support matters. The Supreme Court may waive the filing fees imposed by this section upon a proper showing of indigency. The revenue from this fee must be collected by the clerk of court in each court and remitted to the State Treasurer and credited to a separate judicial department support fund for the exclusive use of the judicial department."

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

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