South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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S. 889

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators McConnell, Grooms, O'Dell and McGill
Document Path: l:\s-jud\bills\mcconnell\jud0023.kw.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 8, 2008
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry

Summary: Churches

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/12/2007  Senate  Prefiled
  12/12/2007  Senate  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
    1/8/2008  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-47
    1/8/2008  Senate  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        SJ-47
   1/18/2008          Scrivener's error corrected

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/12/2007
1/18/2008

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A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 9, TITLE 6, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO BUILDING AND FIRE CODES, SO AS TO ADD SECTION 6-9-67 TO PROVIDE THAT NATURAL CUT TREES SHALL NOT BE PROHIBITED FROM BEING ALLOWED IN PLACES OF WORSHIP.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 9, Title 6 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 6-9-67.    (A)    For purposes of this section, 'places of worship' mean new or existing buildings that are included within the Group A occupancies as contained in either the International Fire Code or the most recently adopted nationally recognized fire code.

(B)    Neither the Fire Marshal nor a governing body of a county or municipality shall enforce that portion of either the International Fire Code or a nationally recognized fire code that prohibits natural cut trees from being located in places of worship which do not fall within the exceptions provided for structures that have approved automatic sprinkler systems installed in accordance with the International Fire Code or a nationally recognized fire code.

(C)    This section does not affect the authority of the Fire Marshal or a governing body of a county or a municipality to enforce the other provisions of the International Fire Code or a nationally recognized fire code that pertain to decorative vegetation in new and existing buildings."

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

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