South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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H. 3124

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. J.E. Smith, Merrill, E.H. Pitts and Ballentine
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20024sd09.docx

Introduced in the House on January 13, 2009
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: Biennial State General Appropriation Act

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/16/2008  House   Prefiled
  12/16/2008  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
   1/13/2009  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-56
   1/13/2009  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-57
   1/28/2009  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: E.H.Pitts
   1/29/2009  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Ballentine

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/16/2008

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 2-7-60, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT, BEGINNING WITH ITS 2011 SESSION, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL ENACT A BIENNIAL STATE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 2-7-60 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 2-7-60.        Except as hereinafter provided, The the General Assembly shall annually provide for all expenditures in the general appropriation appropriations act, and the appropriations made for any department, institution, board or commission shall must be in a definite sum for each purpose or activity with such that itemization under the activity as may be deemed considered necessary by the General Assembly.

Beginning with its 2011 session and in each session every two years thereafter, the General Assembly shall enact a biennial state general appropriations act in a form and under conditions as the General Assembly considers appropriate. On July 1, 2012, and thereafter, the term 'annual state general appropriations act' or any similar variations of this term as contained in any provision of law must be construed to mean the biennial state general appropriations act."

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

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