2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 2 - General Assembly › Chapter 13 - Code Commissioner And Committee On Statutory Laws › Section 2-13-90. Revised Code volumes.

If at any time the supplement of any volume of the Code of Laws shall, in the judgment of the Council and the Commissioner, become too bulky for convenient use, the Council and the Commissioner shall contract to be prepared and published under their supervision and direction, and submit to the General Assembly for its consideration, a revised volume setting forth the contents of the original volume revised and codified to include the effect of such cumulative pocket supplement; and the General Assembly, having considered and approved such revised volume shall, by bill passed under the formalities prescribed by the Constitution of South Carolina for the passage of laws, declare the revised volume to be substituted for the original volume as a part of the then existing Code of Laws, and, to the extent of its contents, the only general permanent statutory law of the State. All replacement volumes shall include an annotation to any general permanent statutory law which is impliedly repealed and must be included as it had been previously printed in the Cumulative Supplement it replaced.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-307.1; 1952 Code Section 1-307; 1942 Code Section 2118; 1932 Code Section 2118; 1931 (37) 168; 1940 (41) 1940; 1953 (48) 223; 1975 (59) 160; 1982 Act No. 344, Section 7; 1986 Act No. 455, Section 4.
Editor's Note
2018 Act No. 129, Sections 1 to 3, provide as follows:
"SECTION 1. (A) Section 2-13-90 of the 1976 Code authorizes the Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner to contract to be prepared and published under their supervision and direction revised volumes of the Code of Laws.
"(B) The Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner have determined that Volumes 15A and 18 are appropriate for revision.
"(C) Section 2-13-90 of the 1976 Code also provides that the revised volumes must be submitted to the General Assembly for its consideration.
"SECTION 2. (A) Revised Volume 15A containing Title 44 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is substituted for original Volume 15A containing the same title.
"(B) Revised Volume 18 containing Titles 56 and 57 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is substituted for original Volume 18 containing the same titles.
"(C) Revised Volumes 15A and 18 are adopted as part of the Code of Laws and, to the extent of their contents, are the only general permanent statutory law of the State as of January 1, 2018.
"SECTION 3. The 2017 Cumulative Supplements to the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, are adopted as part of the Code of Laws. These supplements, volumes as supplemented by them, and the replacement volumes referred to in Section 2 of this act, constitute the only general permanent statutory law of the State as of January 1, 2018."
2019 Act No. 63, Section 1, 2, provide as follows:
"SECTION 1. (A) Section 2-13-90 of the 1976 Code authorizes the Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner to contract to be prepared and published under their supervision and direction revised volumes of the Code of Laws.
"(B) The Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner have determined that Volumes 3 and 4 are appropriate for revision.
"(C) Section 2-13-90 of the 1976 Code also provides that the revised volumes must be submitted to the General Assembly for its consideration.
"SECTION 2. (A) Revised Volume 3 containing Title 7, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is substituted for original Volume 3 which contained Title 7.
"(B) Revised Volume 4 containing Titles 8 and 9, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is substituted for original Volume 4 which contained Titles 8 and 9.
"(C) Revised Volumes 3 and 4 are adopted as part of the Code of Laws and, to the extent of their contents, are the only general permanent statutory law of the State as of January 1, 2019."
2020 Act No. 150, Sections 1, 2, provide as follows:
"SECTION 1. (A) Section 2-13-90 of the 1976 Code authorizes the Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner to contract to be prepared and published under their supervision and direction revised volumes of the Code of Laws.
"(B) The Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner have determined that Volumes 11A and 20 are appropriate for revision.
"(C) Section 2-13-90 of the 1976 Code also provides that the revised volumes must be submitted to the General Assembly for its consideration.
"SECTION 2. (A) Revised Volume 11A containing Titles 34 and 35, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is substituted for original Volume 11A which contained Titles 34 and 35.
"(B) Revised Volume 20 containing Title 59, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is substituted for original Volume 20 which contained Title 59.
"(C) Revised Volumes 11A and 20 are adopted as part of the Code of Laws and, to the extent of their contents, are the only general permanent statutory law of the State as of January 1, 2020."
2021 Act No. 7, Sections 1, 2, provide as follows:
"SECTION 1. (A) Section 2-13-90 of the 1976 Code authorizes the Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner to contract to be prepared and published under their supervision and direction revised volumes of the Code of Laws.
"(B) The Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner have determined that Volumes 1A and 14A are appropriate for revision.
"(C) Section 2-13-90 of the 1976 Code also provides that the revised volumes must be submitted to the General Assembly for its consideration.
"SECTION 2. (A) Revised Volume 1A containing Titles 3 and 4, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is substituted for original Volume 1A which contained Titles 3 and 4.
"(B) Revised Volume 14A containing Title 41, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is substituted for original Volume 14A which contained Title 41.
"(C) Revised Volumes 1A and 14A are adopted as part of the Code of Laws and, to the extent of their contents, are the only general permanent statutory law of the State as of January 1, 2021."
2022 Act No. 127, Sections 1, 2, provide as follows:
"SECTION 1. (A) Section 2-13-90 of the 1976 Code authorizes the Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner to contract to be prepared and published under their supervision and direction revised volumes of the Code of Laws.
"(B) The Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner have determined that Volume 21 is appropriate for revision.
"(C) Section 2-13-90 of the 1976 Code also provides that the revised volumes must be submitted to the General Assembly for its consideration.
"SECTION 2. (A) Revised Volume 21 containing Titles 60 through 62, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is substituted for original Volume 21 which contained Titles 60 through 62.
"(B) Revised Volume 21 is adopted as part of the Code of Laws and, to the extent of its contents, is the only general permanent statutory law of the State as of January 1, 2022."
2023 Act No. 4, Sections 1, 2, provide as follows:
"SECTION 1. (A) Section 2-13-90 of the S.C. Code authorizes the Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner to contract to be prepared and published under their supervision and direction revised volumes of the Code of Laws.
"(B) The Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner have determined that Volume 13A is appropriate for revision.
"(C) Section 2-13-90 of the S.C. Code also provides that the revised volumes must be submitted to the General Assembly for its consideration.
"SECTION 2. (A) Revised Volume 13A containing Title 39, South Carolina Code of Laws, is substituted for original Volume 13A which contained Title 39.
"(B) Revised Volume 13A is adopted as part of the Code of Laws and, to the extent of its contents, is the only general permanent statutory law of the State as of January 1, 2023."