South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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A26, R67, S360

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Hutto
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\9440zw03.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3548

Introduced in the Senate on February 12, 2003
Introduced in the House on March 19, 2003
Last Amended on March 13, 2003
Passed by the General Assembly on April 24, 2003
Governor's Action: May 14, 2003, Signed

Summary: Commercial Code, records, indexing, filing; fee assessment recalculated

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/12/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-8
   2/12/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-8
   3/12/2003  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary 
                        SJ-12
   3/13/2003  Senate  Amended SJ-21
   3/13/2003  Senate  Read second time SJ-21
   3/18/2003  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-11
   3/19/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-14
   3/19/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-14
    4/9/2003  House   Committee report: Favorable Ways and Means HJ-19
   4/23/2003  House   Read second time HJ-46
   4/24/2003  House   Read third time and enrolled HJ-27
    5/8/2003          Ratified R 67
   5/14/2003          Signed By Governor
   5/23/2003          Copies available
   5/23/2003          Effective date 05/14/03
   6/11/2003          Act No. 26

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/12/2003
3/12/2003
3/13/2003
4/9/2003

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A26, R67, S360)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 36-9-525, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE FEES CHARGED FOR FILING AND INDEXING CERTAIN RECORDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE 36 OF THE 1976 CODE, SO AS TO RECALCULATE HOW THE FEE IS ASSESSED.

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

Fees

SECTION    1.    Section 36-9-525(a) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 329 of 2002, is further amended to read:

"(a)    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), the fee for filing and indexing a record under this part, other than an initial financing statement of the kind described in subsection (b), is the amount specified in subsection (c), if applicable, plus:

(1)    eight dollars if the record is communicated in writing and consists of one or two pages;

(2)    ten dollars if the record is communicated in writing and consists of three pages and one dollar for each additional page after the third page; and

(3)    ten dollars if the record is communicated by another medium authorized by filing-office rule."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 8th day of May, 2003.

Approved the 14th day of May, 2003.

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