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Timestamp: 2014-10-24 15:24:10
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Corrections, Jails, Probations, Paroles and Pardons
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This issue of the Legislative Update is a comprehensive review of all legislation passed by the General Assembly during the 2013 session. It is a report intended to provide a brief synopsis of newly enacted legislation and is generally categorized for ease of review. Please refer to the actual text of the legislation for detailed provisions. Requests for Legislation
Murrell's Inlet-Garden City Fire District. Act 86 (R108, H. 3944) an act to amend § 4-23-20, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the Board of Fire Control for the Murrell's Inlet - Garden City Fire District in Georgetown and Horry Counties, so as to provide that the members of that board representing Georgetown County must be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of a majority of the Georgetown County legislative delegation notwithstanding the provisions of Act 515 of 1996 devolving that appointment authority on the governing body of Georgetown County and to delete obsolete language. See Act for Effective Date Δ Back to top
Tobacco products. Act 35 (R67, H. 3538) an act to amend § 16-17-500, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the sale or purchase of tobacco products for minors, so as to include alternative nicotine products in the purview of the statute; to amend § 16-17-501, as amended, relating to definitions for purposes of relevant tobacco product for minors offenses, so as to define the terms "alternative nicotine product" and "electronic cigarette"; and to amend §§ 16-17-502, 16-17-503, and
16-17-504, relating to distribution of tobacco product samples, enforcement and reporting, and implementation, respectively, all so as to make conforming changes to include alternative nicotine products. Effective June 7, 2013
Expungement of Criminal Record. Act 75 (R93, H. 3184) an act to amend § 22-5-910, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to expungement of criminal records, so as to provide that a person may be eligible for expungement of a first offense crime which carries a fine of one thousand dollars rather than five hundred dollars; to amend § 17-1-40, as amended, relating to the destruction of criminal records when charges are dismissed, so as to provide for destruction of criminal records when a courtesy summons was issued under certain circumstances and to require removal of any internet-based public record of a charge that is dismissed or discharged no later than thirty days from the disposition date. Effective June 13, 2013 Δ Back to top
Firefighter Mobilization Act of 2000. Act 85 (R107, H. 3870) an act to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding § 23-49-65 so as to provide in the "Firefighter Mobilization Act of 2000" that the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) has specific and exclusive jurisdiction on behalf of the state in matters pertaining to the response to and crisis management of acts of terrorism and emergency event management of explosive devices; to amend § 23-49-20, relating to the South Carolina Firefighter Mobilization Oversight Committee, so as to add the Chief of SLED to the committee and to correct obsolete references; to amend § 23-49-50, relating to the South Carolina Firefighter Mobilization Plan, so as to rename the committee as the South Carolina Firefighter Mobilization and Emergency Response Task Force Plan, to add the task force to those resources that the plan is intended to offer, and to provide the plan is operational when the Chief of SLED directs a response to a terrorist or explosive device event; to amend § 23-49-60, relating to the duties of the committee, so as to provide the committee shall develop guidelines for using resources allocated to the task force at the state and regional level; to amend
§ 23-49-70, relating to state and regional coordinators appointed by the committee to execute the plan, so as to make a conforming change to the name of the plan, to require the Office of State Fire Marshal to provide administrative support as required by the committee to perform its prescribed functions, and to provide that the state coordinator appointed by the committee shall report to the State Fire Marshal and provide administrative support to the committee; to amend § 23-49-80, relating to information required of the South Carolina State Firemen's Association, so as to correct obsolete language; and to amend § 23-49-110, relating to definitions, so as to define additional terms. Effective June 13, 2013
Rental Recovery for Improvements Made in Good Faith. Act 71 (R84, S. 562) an act to amend § 27-27-10, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the recovery of the value of improvements made in good faith in an action to recover lands and tenements, so as to provide that the defendant shall be entitled to recover the full value of all improvements if the defendant purchased or acquired title to the lands and tenements. Effective June 13, 2013
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Insurers. Act 19 (R27, H. 3621) as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the revocation or suspension of a certificate of authority to transact business in this state by an insurer, so as to revise provisions concerning hazardous insurers. Effective April 23, 2013 Small Employer Health Insurance Availability Act. Act 48 (R56, S. 465) an act to amend § 38-71-1330, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to definitions in the Small Employer Health Insurance Availability Act, so as to revise the definition of an "eligible employee". Effective June 7, 2013
Health/Medical Insurance. Act 88 (R110, H. 3960) an act to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding § 38-41-35 so as to require an employer who participates in a multiple employer self-insured health plan to execute hold harmless agreements in which the employer agrees to pay all unpaid portions of insured claims, to require these agreements must be made on certain forms that the Department of Insurance shall provide, and to impose certain related responsibilities on the employer and insurer; and to amend § 38-41-50, as amended, relating to stop-loss coverage in multiple employer self-insured plans, so as to revise the requirements for determining policy coverage limits, and to require a participating employer's fund for an excess stop-loss policy. Effective June 13, 2013 Δ Back to top
Workers' Compensation Commission. Act 95 (R104, H. 3632) an act to amend § 42-5-190, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the maintenance tax imposed by the Workers' Compensation Commission on self insurers, so as to provide that the Commission shall retain a portion of the annual maintenance tax revenue to pay the salaries and expenses of the Commission, to provide that the Commission shall retain one-half of the interest charged on delinquent maintenance tax for the same purpose, and to provide duration provisions and reporting requirements. See Act for Effective Date Δ Back to top
Emerson Rose Act. Act 64 (R77, S. 341) an act to amend Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, to enact the "Emerson Rose Act" by adding § 44-37-70 so as to require each birthing facility licensed by the Department of Health and Environmental Control to perform a pulse oximetry screening, or another approved screening to detect congenital heart defects, on every newborn in its care, when the baby is twenty-four to forty-eight hours of age, or as late as possible if the baby is discharged from the hospital before reaching twenty-four hours of age. Effective September 11, 2013 Δ Back to top
Forestry. Act 60 (R60, S. 635) an act to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding § 48-23-300 so as to provide that a major facility project requesting third-party certification shall not be allowed to seek a rating point that would discriminate against wood products of this state derived from forest lands certified by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative or the American Tree Farm System. Effective June 7, 2013 Δ Back to top
Hunting and Fishing Licenses. Act 94 (R85, S. 584) an act to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding § 50-9-15 so as to define the term "license sales vendor" and "license year"; to amend § 50-9-20, as amended, relating to the duration of hunting and fishing licenses issued by the Department of Natural Resources, so as to provide for the duration of licenses for recreational and commercial use, and permit the Department to discontinue the issuance of stamps and permit the Department to issue a license that expires on the day before the anniversary of its issuance; to amend § 50-9-30, as amended, relating to residency requirements imposed for the issuance of certain licenses, so as to revise the requirements; to amend section §, as amended, relating to apprentice hunting licenses, so as to provide that the holder of an apprentice hunting license who obtains a certificate of completion prior to the expiration date of his apprentice hunting license must use his apprentice hunting license as his statewide hunting license, provided that the licensee must have the certificate of completion in his possession while hunting; to amend § 50-9-510, as amended, relating to licenses for purchase for the privilege of hunting, so as to discontinue issuance of hunting licenses that are valid only in a single county, to remove restrictions on the three year license purchase, to clarify requirements for migratory waterfowl permits, and to provide for the retained vendor fee; to amend § 50-9-525, relating to the issuance of hunting and fishing licenses to disabled residents, so as to revise the criteria used to determine who may obtain a license under this provision; to amend § 50-9-530, as amended, relating to Catawba licenses, so as to provide that there is no cost to a Catawba hunting and fishing licensee for any other tags required by law for recreational hunting and fishing except for those department hunting and fishing activities controlled by lottery; to amend § 50-9-540, as amended, relating to recreational fishing licenses, so as to provide that residents and nonresidents must purchase any other license that grants fishing privileges, to delete the lakes and reservoirs permit, and to change the temporary nonresident fishing license from seven to fourteen days; to amend § 50-9-610, relating to additional requirements for taking nongame freshwater fish, so as to delete the provision that exempts a resident who is sixty-five years of age or older from purchasing a permit for recreational fishing of certain set hooks and provide that tags must be attached as prescribed; to amend § 50-9-665, relating to bear hunting, so as to make a technical change; to amend § 50-9-920, as amended, relating to revenues from the sale of privileges, licenses, permits, and tags, so as to make conforming changes, and to provide for revised license revenue distribution; to amend § 50-9-950, relating to the Fish and Wildlife Protection Fund, so as to revise the fund's purpose, sources of revenue, and distribution of revenues; to amend § 50-9-955, relating to the Fish and Wildlife Deferred License Fund, so as to make a technical change, and revise the formula for distributing revenues contained in the fund; to amend § 50-9-960, relating to the Marine Resources Fund, so as to revise the purpose of the fund, revise the sources of revenue contained in the fund, and revise the projects that may be supported by the fund; to amend
§ 50-9-965, relating to the Marine Resources Deferred License Fund, so as to make a technical change, and revise the formula for transferring revenues into the fund; to repeal § 50-15-65(e) relating to alligator hunting, control, and management; to amend § 50-9-35, relating to a person who transfers his residency, so as to revise the provisions that regulate who may lawfully hold a resident license permit, stamp, or tag issued by the Department of Natural Resources. Effective July 1, 2013
Hunley Commission. Act 1 (R1, S. 156) an act to amend § 54-7-100, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the Hunley Commission, including its members and duties, so as to provide that an additional member of the commission shall be the Lieutenant Governor to serve ex officio, or his designee. Effective January 23, 2013 Commissioners of Pilotage for the Upper Coastal Area. Act 38 (R44, S. 96) an act to amend § 54-15-20, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the membership of the South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage for the upper coastal area, so as to increase the number of members on the commission from six to eight, and to revise appointment and related provisions. Effective June 7, 2013 Δ Back to top
Uniform Traffic Ticket. Act 78 (R97, H. 3451) an act to amend § 56-7-10, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the offenses that a person may be charged on a uniform traffic ticket, so as to provide that the offenses of shoplifting and criminal domestic violence first offense and second offense must be charged on a uniform traffic ticket, and that a uniform traffic ticket may be used in an arrest for certain misdemeanor offenses under the jurisdiction of the magistrate court; and to amend § 56-7-15, as amended, relating to the use of the uniform traffic ticket by a law enforcement officer to make an arrest, so as to provide that the offense must have been freshly committed or is committed in the presence of a law enforcement officer, and to provide that this provision also applies to the arrest of a person who is charged with shoplifting. Effective June 13, 2013 Δ Back to top
State Highway Secondary System. Act 98 (R119, H. 3360) an act to amend §§ 57-5-10, 57-5-70, and 57-5-80 Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the composition of the state highway system, additions to the state highway secondary system, and the deletion and removal of roads from the state highway secondary system, so as to provide that all highways within the state highway system shall be constructed to the Department of Transportation standards, to provide the funding sources that the Department may use to construct and maintain these highways, to revise the procedure and entities to which the Department may transfer roads within the state highway secondary system, and to revise the procedure whereby the Department may add a county or municipal road to the state highway system; by adding § 11-43-165 so as to provide that during each fiscal year, the Department of Transportation shall transfer fifty million dollars from nontax sources to the South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank to be used to finance certain projects, to provide that general revenue appropriated to the department for "highway engineering permanent improvements" is exempt from across-the-board reductions, and to provide that the implementation of this section is contingent upon fifty million dollars being appropriated to the Department of Transportation in the 2013-2014 General Appropriations Act for the purposes provided in this section; by adding § 12-36-2647 so as to provide that fifty percent of the revenues of certain sales, use, and casual excise taxes derived on the sale, use, or titling of motor vehicles required to be licensed and registered by the Department of Motor Vehicles must be credited to the state non-federal aid highway fund and used exclusively for certain purposes; and to provide that there is transferred to the Department of Transportation an amount not to exceed fifty million dollars to be used by the Department for bridge replacement and rehabilitation which shall serve as the match requirement for certain active federal aid eligible bridge replacement projects and prioritized rehabilitation projects. See Act for Effective Date Δ Back to top
Expanded Virtual Learning Act. Act 84 (R106, H. 3752) an act to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, so as to enact the "Expanded Virtual Learning Act"; to amend § 59-16-15, relating to the South Carolina Virtual School Program, so as to restyle the program as a virtual education program and to remove limits on the number of online credits a student may be awarded under the program; and to amend
§ 59-40-65, relating to enrollment of charter school students in the South Carolina Virtual School Program, so as to make a conforming change. Effective June 13, 2013
Developing and Evaluating Professional Teaching (ADEPT) (D. No. 4325). Act 108 (R39, S. 621) a joint resolution to approve regulations of the State Board of Education, relating to Assisting, Developing, and Evaluating Professional Teaching (ADEPT), designated as Regulation Document Number 4325, pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code. Effective May 22, 2013 Sell or Lease School Property. Act 113 (R28, S. 10) a joint resolution to authorize school trustees of a school district, in Fiscal Year 2012-2013, to sell or lease school property, real or personal, in the school district at any time they deem it expedient to do so and apply the proceeds of the sale or lease to the school fund of the district. Effective May 3, 2013
Employment of Teachers. Act 114 (R32, H. 3453) a joint resolution to require local school districts to decide and notify teachers of their employment for the 2013-2014 school year by May 5, 2013; to provide that a continuing-contract teacher who is being recommended for formal evaluation the following school year must be notified in writing on or before the date the school district issues the written offer of employment or reemployment; to require teachers who are reemployed by written notification to notify the district board of their acceptance within ten days of receipt of written notification of employment; and to allow districts to uniformly negotiate salaries of certain retired teachers below the district salary schedule. Effective April 15, 2013 Δ Back to top
ABC Act. Act 87 (R109, H. 3956) an act to amend § 61-6-20, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to definitions in the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, so as to revise the definition of "furnishing lodging" to provide for at least eighteen instead of twenty rooms that a business must offer for accommodations on a regular basis. Effective June 13, 2013 Δ Back to top