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Bill 3597

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3597
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990224
Primary Sponsor:                  Cobb-Hunter
All Sponsors:                     Cobb-Hunter, Klauber, Bowers, M. Hines, 
                                  Moody-Lawrence, Parks and Stille
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\nbd\11176ac99.doc
Companion Bill Number:            1172
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee 26 
                                  HLCI
Subject:                          Setoff debt collection, political 
                                  subdivision to include Housing Authority 
                                  Executive Directors Assn.; Taxation, Property


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
------  20000303  Companion Bill No. 1172
House   19990224  Introduced, read first time,           26 HLCI
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 12-56-20, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF THE SETOFF DEBT COLLECTION ACT, SO AS TO EXTEND THE DEFINITION OF "POLITICAL SUBDIVISION" TO INCLUDE THE SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF HOUSING AUTHORITY EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 12-56-20(1) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 55A, Part II of Act 419 of 1998, is further amended to read:

"(1) 'Claimant agency' means a state agency, board, committee, commission, public institution of higher learning, political subdivision, South Carolina Student Loan Corporation, housing authorities established pursuant to Articles 5, 7, and 9 of Chapter 3 of Title 31, 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 Chapters 111, 113, or 115 of Title 59. 'Political subdivision' includes the Municipal Association of South Carolina and , the South Carolina Association of Counties, and the South Carolina Association of Housing Authority Executive Directors 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.

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