South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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A272, R350, H4350

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Limehouse, Sottile, Gilliard and Mack
Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\19553ab10.docx

Introduced in the House on January 19, 2010
Introduced in the Senate on April 29, 2010
Passed by the General Assembly on June 15, 2010
Became law without Governor's signature, June 28, 2010

Summary: Manufactured homes

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/19/2010  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-2
   1/19/2010  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        HJ-2
   4/22/2010  House   Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        HJ-3
   4/27/2010  House   Read second time HJ-34
   4/28/2010  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-24
   4/29/2010  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-14
   4/29/2010  Senate  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        SJ-14
   5/26/2010  Senate  Polled out of committee Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        SJ-16
   5/26/2010  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, 
                        Commerce and Industry SJ-16
    6/1/2010  Senate  Committee Amendment Adopted SJ-52
    6/1/2010  Senate  Read second time SJ-52
    6/2/2010  Senate  Read third time and returned to House with amendments 
                        SJ-31
   6/15/2010  House   Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-73
   6/15/2010  House   Roll call Yeas-110  Nays-2 HJ-73
   6/21/2010          Ratified R 350
   6/28/2010          Became law without Governor's signature
    7/2/2010          Effective date 06/28/10
    7/8/2010          Act No. 272

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/19/2010
4/22/2010
5/26/2010
6/1/2010

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

(A272, R350, H4350)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-29-340, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CRITERIA REQUIRED FOR A MANUFACTURED HOME, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT FOR A SALE OF A PREVIOUSLY OWNED MANUFACTURED HOME, THE BUYER AND SELLER MUST CERTIFY THAT AT LEAST TWO FUNCTIONING SMOKE DETECTORS ARE IN THE HOME.

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

Criteria for certifying manufactured home; certification of smoke detectors in previously owned manufactured home

SECTION    1.    Section 40-29-340 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 61 of 2001, is amended to read:

"Section 40-29-340.    No person may sell or offer for sale a manufactured home manufactured after June 15, 1976, unless its components, systems, and appliances meet the criteria of compliance with the Construction and Safety Standards Act and have been properly certified by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. For the sale of a previously owned manufactured home, the buyer and seller shall sign a form certifying both persons have determined at least two functioning smoke detectors are in the home."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 21st day of June, 2010.

Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 6/28/2010.

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