South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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S. 360

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Grooms
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11214ac07.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 31, 2007
Introduced in the House on May 31, 2007
Last Amended on February 27, 2008
Currently residing in conference committee

Summary: Energy Efficiency Act

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/31/2007  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-8
   1/31/2007  Senate  Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural 
                        Resources SJ-8
   5/24/2007  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture 
                        and Natural Resources SJ-21
   5/29/2007  Senate  Committee Amendment Adopted SJ-39
   5/29/2007  Senate  Read second time SJ-39
   5/30/2007  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-15
   5/31/2007  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-15
   5/31/2007  House   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources 
                        and Environmental Affairs HJ-15
   1/30/2008  House   Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural 
                        Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-1
   1/31/2008  House   Requests for debate-Rep(s). Lowe and Witherspoon HJ-31
    2/5/2008  House   Requests for debate-Rep(s). Merrill, Bingham, 
                        Ballentine, Huggins, Spires, Toole, Shoopman, Brady, 
                        JH Neal, Agnew, Hiott, Jefferson, Umphlett, Skelton, 
                        Hosey, Scott, Erickson, Miller, Scarborough, 
                        Stavrinakis, Bedingfield, JR Smith, GR Smith, Leach, 
                        Hodges, Brantley, Davenport, Mitchell, Mahaffey, 
                        Gullick, Kirsh, Crawford, Young, Branham, Herbkersman, 
                        and R Brown HJ-32
    2/5/2008  House   Debate adjourned until Wednesday, February 6, 2008 HJ-50
    2/6/2008  House   Amended HJ-24
    2/6/2008  House   Read second time HJ-26
    2/6/2008  House   Roll call Yeas-114  Nays-0 HJ-26
    2/7/2008  House   Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments 
                        HJ-38
   2/27/2008  Senate  House amendment amended SJ-18
   2/27/2008  Senate  Returned to House with amendments SJ-18
   2/28/2008          Scrivener's error corrected
    3/5/2008  House   Non-concurrence in Senate amendment
    3/5/2008  Senate  Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee 
                        appointed Ryberg, Hutto and Grooms SJ-18
    3/6/2008  House   Conference committee appointed Reps. Loftis, Hagood, and 
                        Agnew HJ-1

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/31/2007
5/24/2007
5/29/2007
1/30/2008
2/6/2008
2/27/2008
2/28/2008

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HOUSE AMENDMENTS AMENDED

February 27, 2008

S. 360

Introduced by Senator Grooms

S. Printed 2/27/08--S.    [SEC 2/28/08 2:18 PM]

Read the first time January 31, 2007.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 48-52-215 TO DEFINE "RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES" FOR PURPOSES OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA ENERGY EFFICIENCY ACT.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Article 2, Chapter 52, Title 48 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 48-52-215.    For purposes of this chapter, 'renewable energy resources' means solar photovoltaic energy, solar thermal energy, wind power, hydroelectric, geothermal energy, tidal energy, recycling, hydrogen fuel derived from renewable resources, biomass energy, nuclear energy, and landfill gas."

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

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