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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Leventis and Ford
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Introduced in the Senate on January 11, 2005
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
Summary: Innkeeper required to conspicuously post telephone, e-mail, on-line, and fax rates charged
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/15/2004 Senate Prefiled 12/15/2004 Senate Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 1/11/2005 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-168 1/11/2005 Senate Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry SJ-168
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VERSIONS OF THIS 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.
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 post:
(1) in a conspicuous place in the office of the lodging establishment 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) in each room of the lodging establishment a notice to communicate with 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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