Current StatusView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.Bill Number: 523 Ratification Number: 68 Act Number 204 Introducing Body: Senate Subject: Volumes 9 and 13 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina
(A204, R68, S523)
A JOINT RESOLUTION TO ADOPT REVISED CODE VOLUMES 9 AND 13 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, 1989.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Findings
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 when, in their judgment, the supplement of any volume becomes too bulky for convenient use;
(B) The Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner have determined that the cumulative supplements to Volumes 9 and 13 have become too bulky for convenient use;
(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 volumes adopted
SECTION 2. (A) Revised Volume 9 containing Titles 21 through 25, of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is substituted for original Volume 9 containing the same titles.
(B) Revised Volume 13, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, containing Titles 37 and 38, is substituted for original Volume 13 containing the same titles.
(C) Revised Volumes 9 and 13 are adopted as part of the Code of Laws and to the extent of their contents the only general permanent statutory law of the State as of January 1, 1989.
Time effective
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.