South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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S. 648

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Cleary
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\10096ab11.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3744

Introduced in the Senate on March 3, 2011
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry

Summary: Soil Classifiers

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    3/3/2011  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 5)
    3/3/2011  Senate  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 5)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/3/2011

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 40-65-40, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM PROVISIONS CONCERNING SOIL CLASSIFIERS, SO AS TO REVISE THE EXEMPTIONS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 40-65-40 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 249 of 2010, is further amended to read:

"Section 40-65-40.    This chapter shall must not be construed to prevent or affect:

(1)    the work of an employee or subordinate of a person licensed pursuant to this chapter or an employee of a person practicing lawfully pursuant to this chapter, if the work does not include final soil classifying decisions and is done under the direct supervision of and verified by a person licensed pursuant to this chapter or a person practicing lawfully pursuant to this chapter;

(2)    the practice of any other legally recognized profession or trade;

(3)    the practice of soil classifying by a person who is regularly employed to perform soil classifying services solely for his employer or for a subsidiary or affiliated corporation of his employer, if the soil classifying is performed on the real property of his employer. persons engaged solely in teaching soil science or engaged solely in soil science research;

(2)    officers and employees of the United States, the State, and units of local government who practice soil science solely in the capacity of their office or employment;

(3)    officers and employees of companies engaged in the practice of soil science, when the officers and employees practice soil science solely in the capacity of their employment and who do not offer their services to the public for hire;

(4)    the work of an employee or subordinate of a person holding a Professional Soil Classifier license under this chapter provided this work does not include final soil classifying decisions and is done under the supervision of and verified by a person holding a Professional Soil Classifier license;

(5)    a person who practices another licensed trade or profession within the scope of that license."

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

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