South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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A173, R181, H3325

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Harrison
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ms\7102ahb05.doc

Introduced in the House on January 19, 2005
Introduced in the Senate on April 5, 2005
Last Amended on May 19, 2005
Passed by the General Assembly on June 1, 2005
Governor's Action: June 7, 2005, Signed

Summary: Foreign brewer to include its successor or assignee

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/19/2005  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-13
   1/19/2005  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-13
   3/30/2005  House   Committee report: Favorable Judiciary HJ-15
   3/31/2005  House   Read second time HJ-21
   3/31/2005  House   Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day HJ-22
    4/1/2005  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-2
    4/5/2005  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-11
    4/5/2005  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-11
   5/18/2005  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary 
                        SJ-19
   5/19/2005  Senate  Amended SJ-106
   5/31/2005  Senate  Read second time
   5/31/2005  Senate  Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day SJ-32
    6/1/2005  Senate  Read third time and returned to House with amendments 
                        SJ-24
    6/1/2005  House   Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-51
    6/2/2005          Ratified R 181
    6/7/2005          Signed By Governor
   6/13/2005          Copies available
   6/13/2005          Effective date 06/07/05
   6/30/2005          Act No. 173

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/19/2005
3/30/2005
5/18/2005
5/19/2005


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

(A173, R181, H3325)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 61-4-1115, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN AN IMPORTER AND A FOREIGN BREWER, SO AS TO CLARIFY THAT A FOREIGN BREWER INCLUDES ITS SUCCESSOR OR ASSIGNEE.

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

Alcohol and alcoholic beverages; beer, ale, porter, and wine; importer and foreign brewer agreements

SECTION    1.    Section 61-4-1115 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 76 of 2001, is amended to read:

"Section 61-4-1115.    For the purpose of this article, when a registered producer is an importer of beer produced by a brewer located outside of the United States, the importer is considered to be the agent of the foreign brewer and an agreement subject to the provisions of this article between a wholesaler and the importer is binding on a successor importer of beer produced by that foreign brewer, its successor, or its assignee."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 2nd day of June, 2005.

Approved the 7th day of June, 2005.

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