South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

Download This Bill in Microsoft Word format

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

S. 1053

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators McConnell and Rose
Document Path: l:\s-res\gfm\008feei.mrh.gfm.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 14, 2010
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Appropriation bill

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1/14/2010  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-5
   1/14/2010  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-5
   1/25/2010  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Campbell (ch), Knotts, 
                        Campsen, Lourie

View the latest legislative information at the LPITS web site

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/14/2010

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

A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 7, TITLE 2 OF THE 1976 CODE BY ADDING SECTION 2-7-61, TO PROVIDE THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL NOT INCREASE OR IMPLEMENT A FINE OR PENALTY IN THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL AND MAY ONLY DO SO BY SEPARATE ACT, TO PROVIDE THAT NO STATE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT, OR ENTITY MAY INCREASE OR IMPLEMENT A FINE OR FEE BY REGULATION OR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION, AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 7, Title 2 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 2-7-61.    (A)    The General Assembly shall not authorize a state agency, department, or entity to increase or implement a fee for performing a service or function, or a civil penalty or fine for failure to comply with a requirement or provision of law under its jurisdiction in the temporary or permanent provisions of the State General Appropriation Act or acts supplemental thereto, and any increase or implementation of any fee or fine may only be authorized by an act separate from an appropriations bill.

(B)    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from the effective date of this act, no state agency, department, or entity may increase or implement a fee for performing a service or function, or a civil penalty or fine for failure to comply with a requirement or provision of law under its jurisdiction by regulation or administrative action.

(C)    The provisions of this section do not apply to internal charges between state agencies, departments, or entities, or any fees or charges, including tuition, made by schools or colleges to students of the institution for instruction, activities, or materials provided or furnished to those students."

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

----XX----

This web page was last updated on Monday, October 10, 2011 at 12:17 P.M.