Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4553 Primary Sponsor:Kirsh Committee Number:30 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Setoff debt collection, political subdivisions Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Computer Document Number:JIC/5382HC.94 Introduced Date:19940119 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19940119 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Kirsh Type of Legislation:General Bill
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4553 House 19940119 Introduced, read first time, 30
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TO AMEND SECTION 12-54-420, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF THE SETOFF DEBT COLLECTION ACT, SO AS TO ALLOW THE MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES TO SUBMIT CLAIMS ON BEHALF OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THESE ASSOCIATIONS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 12-54-420(1) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 10 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"(1) `Claimant agency' means a state agency, board, committee, commission, public institution of higher learning, political subdivision, and the Internal Revenue Service. It also includes a private institution of higher learning for the purpose of collecting debts related to default on authorized educational loans made pursuant to Chapter 111, 113, or 115 of Title 59. `Political subdivision' includes the Municipal Association of South Carolina and the South Carolina Association of Counties when these organizations submit claims on behalf of their members or other political subdivisions."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.