H*3070 (Rat #0251, Act #0247 of 1991) General Bill, By Littlejohn, J. Rama and L.S. Whipper
    A Bill to amend Section 29-7-10, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the payment by contractors to laborers and others from money received from a contract and a laborer's lien, so as to include a subcontractor within the provisions of the Section; to amend Section 29-7-20, relating to the penalty for failure to pay laborers and others, so as to provide that an agreement to waive the right to file or claim a lien for labor and materials is against public policy and unenforceable unless payment substantially equal to the amount waived is actually made, and provide that a contractor or subcontractor may set off, against the money upon which a laborer, subcontractor, or materialman has a lien as provided in Section 29-7-10, any debt claimed to be owed to the contractor by these persons, based upon a good faith claim that those services and materials for which payment is claimed by those persons were defective, and provide for a procedure to make a set off.-amended title
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12/12/90	House	Prefiled
12/12/90	House	Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
01/08/91	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-56
01/08/91	House	Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry HJ-56
03/20/91	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry HJ-4
03/26/91	House	Amended HJ-18
03/26/91	House	Read second time HJ-18
03/28/91	House	Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-19
04/02/91	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-9
04/02/91	Senate	Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry SJ-9
05/27/91	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry SJ-10
06/05/91	Senate	Amended SJ-87
06/05/91	Senate	Read second time SJ-88
06/05/91	Senate	Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-88
06/06/91	Senate	Read third time and returned to House with amendments SJ-29
06/06/91	House	Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-90
09/23/91		Ratified R 251
10/01/91		Signed By Governor
10/01/91		Effective date 10/01/91
10/01/91		Act No. 247
10/03/91		Copies available