South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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A296, R387, S548

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Martin
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20451sd03.doc

Introduced in the Senate on April 2, 2003
Introduced in the House on March 4, 2004
Last Amended on June 2, 2004
Passed by the General Assembly on June 3, 2004
Governor's Action: August 16, 2004, Signed

Summary: Criminal justice organizations exempt from tort liability

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    4/2/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-8
    4/2/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        SJ-8
   2/26/2004  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        SJ-16
    3/2/2004  Senate  Read second time SJ-11
    3/2/2004  Senate  Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-11
    3/3/2004  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-25
    3/4/2004  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-8
    3/4/2004  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-8
   5/19/2004  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary HJ-5
   5/25/2004  House   Requests for debate-Rep(s). Scott, JE Smith, JH Neal, 
                        Cobb-Hunter, Lloyd, Anthony, Mack, and Hosey HJ-39
   5/26/2004  House   Debate adjourned until Tuesday, June 1, 2004 HJ-82
    6/1/2004  House   Amended HJ-36
    6/1/2004  House   Read second time HJ-38
    6/1/2004  House   Roll call Yeas-102  Nays-0 HJ-38
    6/2/2004  House   Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments 
                        HJ-36
    6/2/2004  Senate  House amendment amended SJ-168
    6/2/2004  Senate  Returned to House with amendments SJ-168
    6/3/2004  House   Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-75
    6/3/2004          Ratified R 387
   8/16/2004          Signed By Governor
   8/19/2004          Copies available
   8/19/2004          Effective date 08/16/04
   8/24/2004          Act No. 296

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/2/2003
2/26/2004
5/19/2004
6/1/2004
6/2/2004


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

(A296, R387, S548)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-71-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MEMBERS OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES WHO ARE EXEMPT FROM TORT LIABILITY, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY TO INCLUDE THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCREDITATION COUNCIL.

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

Definition revised

SECTION    1.    Section 40-71-10(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 158 of 1989, is further amended to read:

"(A)    'Professional society' as used in this chapter includes legal, medical, osteopathic, optometric, chiropractic, psychological, dental, accounting, pharmaceutic, and engineering organizations having as members at least a majority of the eligible licentiates in the area served by the particular society and any foundations composed of members of these societies. It also includes the South Carolina Law Enforcement Accreditation Council."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 3rd day of June, 2004.

Approved the 16th day of August, 2004.

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