South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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H. 4846

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Talley and Jennings
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5828sj04.doc

Introduced in the House on February 26, 2004
Introduced in the Senate on April 27, 2004
Last Amended on May 13, 2004
Currently residing in the Senate

Summary: Agency reports to General Assembly

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/26/2004  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-4
   2/26/2004  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-4
   4/21/2004  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Jennings
   4/21/2004  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary 
                        HJ-33
   4/22/2004  House   Amended HJ-55
   4/22/2004  House   Read second time HJ-55
   4/22/2004  House   Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day HJ-56
   4/22/2004          Scrivener's error corrected
   4/23/2004  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-3
   4/27/2004  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-9
   4/27/2004  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-9
   5/12/2004  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary 
                        SJ-22
   5/13/2004  Senate  Amended SJ-26
   5/13/2004  Senate  Read second time SJ-26
   5/13/2004          Scrivener's error corrected
   5/14/2004          Scrivener's error corrected

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/26/2004
4/21/2004
4/22/2004
4/22/2004-A
5/12/2004
5/13/2004
5/13/2004-A
5/14/2004

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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

May 13, 2004

H. 4846

Introduced by Reps. Talley and Jennings

S. Printed 5/13/04--S.    [SEC 5/14/04 3:47 PM]

Read the first time April 27, 2004.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-230 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN AGENCY REQUIRED BY LAW TO REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL PREPARE ITS REPORT AND NOTIFY THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY MAIL OR E-MAIL THAT THE REPORT IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

Amend Title To Conform

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

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

"Section 2-1-230.    (A)    With the exception of the Governor's Executive Budget and related documents and telephone directories, an agency, a department, or an entity of state government required by law to report to the General Assembly shall prepare its report and notify the members of the General Assembly by mail or e-mail that the report is available upon request. An agency, a department, or an entity of state government shall not provide the General Assembly with hard copies of a publication whether or not the publication, report, or other document is required by law to be furnished to the General Assembly, and a publication only may be provided to a member of the General Assembly if the member requests the publication.

(B)    The agency, department, or entity of state government shall transmit these publications to the Office of Legislative Printing, Information and Technology Systems (LPITS) by electronic medium in a format and form pursuant to technical standards as may be established by LPITS. LPITS shall make information transmitted available through its network.

(C)    A report governed by the requirements of this section may be published in hard copy form if authorized by the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate."

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

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