South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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S. 832

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Reese
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3403ssp07.doc

Introduced in the Senate on June 7, 2007
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Electric utilities

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    6/7/2007  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-22
    6/7/2007  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-22
   6/20/2007  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Moore (ch), Ford, Rankin, Scott
   1/24/2008  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Rankin (ch), Ford, Scott, 
                        Campbell

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

6/7/2007

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 58-27-260 SO AS TO REQUIRE ELECTRIC UTILITIES TO RETURN FIFTY PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OF THE FEE PAID BY MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR USE OF A UTILITY'S TOWER TO AN OWNER OF PROPERTY ON WHICH A TOWER IS LOCATED AND TO DEFINE "MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE".

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

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 27, Title 58 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 58-27-260.    (A)    An electric utility shall pay fifty percent of the amount it receives from a mobile telecommunications service provider for use of the utility's tower to an owner of property on which the tower is located.

(B)    For purposes of this section, 'mobile telecommunications service' includes, but is not limited to, any one-way or two-way radio communication service carried on between mobile stations or receivers and land stations and by mobile stations communicating among themselves, through cellular telecommunications services, personal communications services, paging services, specialized mobile radio services, and any other form of mobile one-way or two-way communications service."

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

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