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A42, R77, H3957

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Harrison, Bales, McLeod and Funderburk
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\6100cm11.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 770

Introduced in the House on March 16, 2011
Introduced in the Senate on March 31, 2011
Passed by the General Assembly on May 27, 2011
Governor's Action: June 7, 2011, Signed

Summary: Richland-Lexington County Airport Commission

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/16/2011  House   Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference (House Journal-page 12)
   3/17/2011          Scrivener's error corrected
   3/30/2011  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Funderburk
   3/30/2011  House   Debate adjourned until Thursday, March 31, 2011 
                        (House Journal-page 38)
   3/30/2011  House   Reconsidered (House Journal-page 40)
   3/30/2011  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 41)
   3/31/2011  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 24)
   3/31/2011  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 8)
   3/31/2011  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation 
                        (Senate Journal-page 8)
   5/25/2011  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Transportation 
                        (Senate Journal-page 12)
   5/26/2011  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 48)
   5/26/2011  Senate  Roll call Ayes-29  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 48)
   5/26/2011  Senate  Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day (Senate Journal-page 48)
   5/27/2011  Senate  Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 1)
    6/1/2011          Ratified R 77
    6/7/2011          Signed By Governor
   6/14/2011          Effective date 06/07/11
   6/20/2011          Act No. 42

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/16/2011
3/16/2011-A
3/17/2011
5/25/2011

(A42, R77, H3957)

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE SECTION 3 OF ACT 292 OF 1985, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE RICHLAND-LEXINGTON COUNTY AIRPORT COMMISSION'S AUTHORITY TO MAKE APPLICATION TO THE FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES BOARD FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING, OPERATING, AND MAINTAINING FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES AS SECTION 55-11-430 OF THE 1976 CODE; AND TO AMEND SECTION 55-11-430, RELATING TO THE RICHLAND-LEXINGTON COUNTY AIRPORT COMMISSION'S AUTHORITY TO MAKE APPLICATION TO THE FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES BOARD FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING, OPERATING, AND MAINTAINING FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES, SO AS TO EXPAND THE AREA WITHIN THE STATE IN WHICH THE COMMISSION MAY ESTABLISH FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES.

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

Richland-Lexington Airport Commission foreign-trade zones

SECTION    1.    Section 3 of Act 292 of 1985, as last amended by Act 16 of 1989, is hereby designated as Section 55-11-430 of the 1976 Code to be contained in Article 5, Chapter 11, Title 55, as so designated is amended to read:

"Section 55-11-430.    The Richland-Lexington Airport Commission may make application to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board for the purpose of establishing, operating, and maintaining foreign-trade zones in Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Edgefield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Richland, Saluda, and Sumter Counties, under the act of Congress known as the Foreign-Trade Zones Act which provides for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of foreign-trade zones in the United States.

The commission shall select and describe the location of the zones for which application may be made and shall make such regulations concerning the operation, maintenance, and policing of them as may be necessary to insure compliance with the Foreign-Trade Zones Act and for other appropriate purposes.

The commission has the authority to own, erect, maintain, and operate or lease any structures or buildings or enclosures as may be necessary or proper for establishing, operating, and maintaining such foreign-trade zones within Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Edgefield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Richland, Saluda, and Sumter Counties.

The authority granted to the commission confers the right and duty and power to do all things necessary and proper to achieve compliance with the Foreign-Trade Zones Act and to carry into effect the establishing, operating, and maintaining of foreign-trade zones within Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Edgefield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Richland, Saluda, and Sumter Counties."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 1st day of June, 2011.

Approved the 7th day of June, 2011.

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