Current Status Bill Number:501 Ratification Number:359 Act Number:357 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19950214 Primary Sponsor:Gregory All Sponsors:Gregory Drafted Document Number:PT\1672DW.95 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19960502 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:19960520 Subject:Moratorium on construction projects
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 19960613 Act No. A357 ------ 19960520 Signed by Governor ------ 19960514 Ratified R359 House 19960502 Read third time, enrolled for ratification House 19960501 Read second time House 19960424 Committee report: Favorable 27 H3M House 19950601 Introduced, read first time, 27 H3M referred to Committee Senate 19950531 Read third time, sent to House Senate 19950530 Read second time, notice of general amendments Senate 19950524 Committee report: Favorable 11 SJ Senate 19950214 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ referred to CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
(A357, R359, S501)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 6-1-110 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY MAY NOT IMPOSE A MORATORIUM ON A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR WHICH A PERMIT HAS BEEN GRANTED WITHOUT GIVING A TWO-WEEK NOTICE IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE PROJECT IS LOCATED AND REQUIRE AT LEAST TWO READINGS WHICH ARE A WEEK APART BEFORE A MORATORIUM MAY BE IMPOSED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Moratorium prohibited
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 6-1-110. No municipality or county may adopt an ordinance which imposes a moratorium on a construction project for which a permit has been granted without giving a two-week notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the project is located. No moratorium may be imposed without at least two readings which are a week apart."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 20th day of May, 1996.