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S. 1017
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Shealy and Alexander
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Introduced in the Senate on January 16, 2020
Introduced in the House on March 11, 2020
Last Amended on March 4, 2020
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Vending facilities operated by blind persons
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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1/16/2020 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 2)
1/16/2020 Senate Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services
(Senate Journal-page 2)
2/12/2020 Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment Family and
Veterans' Services (Senate Journal-page 9)
3/4/2020 Senate Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 90)
3/4/2020 Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 90)
3/4/2020 Senate Roll call Ayes-46 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 90)
3/10/2020 Senate Read third time and sent to House
3/11/2020 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 46)
3/11/2020 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(House Journal-page 46)
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED
March 4, 2020
S. 1017
S. Printed 3/4/20--S.
Read the first time January 16, 2020.
TO AMEND SECTION 43-26-90 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO BUILDINGS NOT SUBJECT TO CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE OPERATION OF VENDING FACILITIES BY BLIND PERSONS, TO INCLUDE LOCAL DETENTION FACILITIES.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 43-26-90 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 43-26-90. (A) This chapter does not apply to hospitals,; four-year institutions of higher learning and their branches,; public elementary and secondary schools,; technical education institutions,; the South Carolina State Museum,; property under the Patriots Point Development Authority jurisdiction,; facilities devoted primarily to athletics,; or to state, municipal, county, or civic center auditoriums and assembly halls; or local detention facilities, except as provided pursuant to subsection (B). As many as two coin operated vending machines may be placed in buildings on the public property if the machines are not located in a building where there is a vending facility operated by the commission.
(B) This chapter does not apply to any commissary services provided in local detention facilities. The commission may operate vending facilities in publicly accessible areas of local detention facilities or within secure areas of local detention facilities."
SECTION 2. Section 43-26-10 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered new item to read:
"( ) 'Commissary services' means a store, purchasing location, or purchasing service within a local detention facility established solely for inmates, from which inmates can purchase products, including those items enumerated in Section 43-26-60."
SECTION 3. Pursuant to Section 43-26-90, as amended by this act, the South Carolina Commission for the Blind may operate vending facilities in publicly accessible areas of local detention facilities or within secure areas of local detention facilities that were operating on the effective date of this act.
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