South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

Download This Bill in Microsoft Word format

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

H. 3302

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Rutherford
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bh\7345ahb21.docx

Introduced in the House on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Coroner qualifications

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   12/9/2020  House   Prefiled
   12/9/2020  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/12/2021  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 150)
   1/12/2021  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 150)

View the latest legislative information at the website

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2020

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 17-5-130, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CORONER QUALIFICATIONS AND OTHER MATTERS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A CANDIDATE FOR CORONER IN THIS STATE MUST BE A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH HE SEEKS THE OFFICE OF CORONER AT THE TIME HE FILES FOR THE OFFICE OF CORONER RATHER THAN ONE YEAR BEFORE FILING.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 17-5-130(A)(1) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "(1)    A coroner in this State shall have all of the following qualifications, the person shall:

            (a)    be a citizen of the United States;

            (b)    be a resident of the county in which the person seeks the office of coroner for at least one year before qualifying for the election to the office at the time he files for the office;

            (c)    be a registered voter;

            (d)    have attained the age of twenty-one years before the date of qualifying for election to the office;

            (e)    have obtained a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent by the State Department of Education; and

            (f)    have not been convicted of a felony offense or an offense involving moral turpitude contrary to the laws of this State, another state, or the United States."

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

----XX----


This web page was last updated on January 26, 2021 at 9:56 AM