South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

Download This Bill in Microsoft Word format

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

H. 4648

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Harrison
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\10002sj04.doc

Introduced in the House on January 29, 2004
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Criminal justice organizations exempt from tort liability

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1/29/2004  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-10
   1/29/2004  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-10

View the latest legislative information at the LPITS web site

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/29/2004

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

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 40-71-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MEMBERS OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES WHO ARE EXEMPT FROM TORT LIABILITY, SO AS TO ADD CRIMINAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS TO THE DEFINITION OF "PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY".

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

SECTION    1.    Section 40-71-10(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(A)    'Professional society' as used in this chapter includes legal, medical, osteopathic, optometric, chiropractic, psychological, dental, accounting, pharmaceutic, criminal justice, and engineering organizations having as members at least a majority of the eligible licentiates in the area served by the particular society and any foundations composed of members of these societies."

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

----XX----

This web page was last updated on Monday, December 7, 2009 at 10:38 A.M.