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A7, R11, H3691

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Murphy
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bh\7386ahb21.docx

Introduced in the House on January 14, 2021
Introduced in the Senate on January 28, 2021
Passed by the General Assembly on March 10, 2021
Governor's Action: March 15, 2021, Signed

Summary: Adopt revised Code Volumes 1A and 14A

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/14/2021  House   Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference (House Journal-page 571)
   1/26/2021  House   Debate adjourned until  Wednesday, January 27 
                        (House Journal-page 19)
   1/27/2021  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 28)
   1/27/2021  House   Roll call Yeas-93  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 28)
   1/28/2021  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 21)
   1/28/2021  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 7)
   1/28/2021  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 7)
    3/4/2021  Senate  Recalled from Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 2)
    3/9/2021  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 18)
    3/9/2021  Senate  Roll call Ayes-37  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 18)
   3/10/2021  Senate  Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 15)
   3/11/2021          Ratified R  11
   3/15/2021          Signed By Governor
   3/17/2021          Effective date  03/15/21
   3/17/2021          Act No.  7

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/14/2021
1/14/2021-A
3/4/2021

(A7, R11, H3691)

AN ACT TO ADOPT REVISED CODE VOLUMES 1A AND 14A OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, TO THE EXTENT OF THEIR CONTENTS, AS THE ONLY GENERAL PERMANENT STATUTORY LAW OF THE STATE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2021.

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

Revised Code volumes, authorization

SECTION    1.    (A)    Section 2-13-90 of the 1976 Code authorizes the Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner to contract to be prepared and published under their supervision and direction revised volumes of the Code of Laws.

(B)    The Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner have determined that Volumes 1A and 14A are appropriate for revision.

(C)    Section 2-13-90 of the 1976 Code also provides that the revised volumes must be submitted to the General Assembly for its consideration.

Revised Code volumes, adopted

SECTION    2.    (A)    Revised Volume 1A containing Titles 3 and 4, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is substituted for original Volume 1A which contained Titles 3 and 4.

(B)    Revised Volume 14A containing Title 41, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is substituted for original Volume 14A which contained Title 41.

(C)    Revised Volumes 1A and 14A are adopted as part of the Code of Laws and, to the extent of their contents, are the only general permanent statutory law of the State as of January 1, 2021.

Time effective

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 11th day of March, 2021.

Approved the 15th day of March, 2021.

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