South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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A103, R38, S444

STATUS INFORMATION

Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Senators Matthews, Patterson and Ford
Document Path: l:\s-res\jwm\002inst.mrh.doc

Introduced in the Senate on March 5, 2003
Introduced in the House on March 11, 2003
Passed by the General Assembly on April 11, 2003
Became law without Governor's signature, April 23, 2003

Summary: State General Funds, 2002-2003, use of certain college and university funds

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    3/5/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-3
    3/5/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-3
    3/5/2003  Senate  Recalled from Committee on Finance SJ-3
    3/5/2003  Senate  Unanimous consent for second reading on next legislative 
                        day SJ-3
    3/5/2003  Senate  Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day SJ-3
    3/6/2003  Senate  Read second time SJ-8
    3/6/2003          Scrivener's error corrected
    3/7/2003  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-71
   3/11/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-22
   3/11/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-22
    4/9/2003  House   Committee report: Favorable Ways and Means HJ-18
   4/10/2003  House   Read second time HJ-19
   4/10/2003  House   Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day HJ-20
   4/11/2003          Scrivener's error corrected
   4/11/2003  House   Read third time and enrolled HJ-2
   4/16/2003          Ratified R 38
   4/23/2003          Became law without Governor's signature
    5/1/2003          Copies available
    5/1/2003          Effective date 04/23/03
  10/23/2003          Act No. 103

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/5/2003
3/5/2003-A
3/6/2003
4/9/2003
4/11/2003

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

(A103, R38, S444)

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE THAT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002-2003 ONLY, ALL UNIVERSITIES APPROPRIATED FUNDS TO BE USED TO SUPPORT BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH IN INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA'S RURAL AND URBAN CITIZENS MAY ALSO USE THESE FUNDS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL AND ESSENTIAL OPERATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

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

Funds may be used

SECTION    1.    Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary and for fiscal year 2002-2003 only, all universities appropriated funds to be used to support basic and applied research in information and technology outreach opportunities for South Carolina's rural and urban citizens may also use these funds for instructional and essential operational purposes only. Before utilization of these funds for instructional and other essential operational purposes, a certified public accountant retained by the university must first certify in writing to the Office of State Budget that all other cost-saving methods have been exhausted. A copy of the certification must be forwarded to the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 16th day of April, 2003.

Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 4/23/03.

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