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A110, R55, S675
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Turner and Allen
Document Path: l:\s-res\rt\012rene.kmm.rt.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 4265
Introduced in the Senate on March 19, 2019
Introduced in the House on April 11, 2019
Last Amended on April 2, 2019
Passed by the General Assembly on May 3, 2019
Governor's Action: May 13, 2019, Signed
Summary: Renewable Water Resources (REWA)
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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3/19/2019 Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on local &
uncontested calendar (Senate Journal-page 5)
3/20/2019 Scrivener's error corrected
4/2/2019 Senate Amended (Senate Journal-page 19)
4/2/2019 Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 19)
4/10/2019 Senate Read third time and sent to House
(Senate Journal-page 36)
4/11/2019 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 61)
4/11/2019 House Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources
and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 61)
4/24/2019 House Recalled from Committee on Agriculture, Natural
Resources and Environmental Affairs
(House Journal-page 23)
4/24/2019 House Committed to Greenville Delegation
(House Journal-page 23)
5/1/2019 House Delegation report: Favorable Greenville Delegation
(House Journal-page 9)
5/2/2019 House Read second time (House Journal-page 36)
5/2/2019 House Roll call Yeas-95 Nays-1 (House Journal-page 37)
5/2/2019 House Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative
day (House Journal-page 38)
5/3/2019 House Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 2)
5/9/2019 Ratified R 55
5/13/2019 Signed By Governor
5/17/2019 Effective date 05/13/19
7/10/2019 Act No. 110
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
3/19/2019
3/19/2019-A
3/20/2019
4/2/2019
5/1/2019
5/2/2019
(A110, R55, S675)
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 745 OF 1967, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES (REWA), FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE WESTERN CAROLINA REGIONAL SEWER AUTHORITY, TO ADD THE "SOUTHERN GREENVILLE" AREA OF GREENVILLE COUNTY TO REWA'S SERVICE TERRITORY, TO EXPRESS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S INTENT TO DESIGNATE A MAP AS THE DOCUMENT OF RECORD ON WHICH REWA'S AMENDED BOUNDARY LINES ARE DELINEATED, TO PROVIDE THAT NO RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL ENTITY LOCATED WITHIN THE SOUTHERN GREENVILLE EXTENDED TERRITORY IS REQUIRED TO TAP INTO THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY REWA UNLESS THE ENTITY DOES SO VOLUNTARILY OR HAS NO OTHER DHEC-APPROVED METHOD FOR DISPOSAL, AND TO REVISE THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH A RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL ENTITY LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN GREENVILLE AREA OF REWA MAY TAP INTO THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY REWA.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Territory expanded
SECTION 1. Act 745 of 1967, as last amended by Act 284 of 2018, is further amended by adding:
"Section 2.9. Notwithstanding another provision of law, the boundary lines that define the service territory of the Renewable Water Resources are hereby expanded so as to include an area labeled the 'Southern Greenville' area of Greenville County, which is shown on a map filed with the Renewable Water Resources Commission as provided and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and designated as document 'ReWa Service Area - 2019A'. The General Assembly intends for this document to serve as the document of record delineating the service territory of the Renewable Water Resources. No residential or commercial entity in the 'Southern Greenville' extended territory is required to tap into the services provided by the Renewable Water Resources unless the residential or commercial entity voluntarily seeks such access."
Tap conditions revised
SECTION 2. Section 2.7 of Act 745 of 1967, as added by Act 298 of 2016, is amended to read:
"Section 2.7. Notwithstanding another provision of law, the boundary lines that define the service territory of the Renewable Water Resources are hereby expanded so as to include an area labeled the 'Northern Greenville' area of Greenville County, which is shown on a map filed with the Renewable Water Resources Commission as provided and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and designated as document 'ReWa Service Area - 2016A'. The General Assembly intends for this document to serve as the document of record delineating the service territory of the Renewable Water Resources. No residential or commercial entity in the 'Northern Greenville' extended territory is required to tap into the services provided by the Renewable Water Resources unless the residential or commercial entity voluntarily seeks such access."
Time effective
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 9th day of May, 2019.
Approved the 13th day of May, 2019.
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