Bill 280

                    Current Status

 
 Introducing Body:              Senate
 Bill Number:                   280
 Primary Sponsor:               Stilwell
 Committee Number:              11
 Type of Legislation:           GB
 Subject:                       Tort actions against
          defendant where cause of
          action
 Residing Body:                 Senate
 Current Committee:             Judiciary
 Computer Document Number:      280
 Introduced Date:               Jan 08, 1991
 Last History Body:             Senate
 Last History Date:             Jan 08, 1991
 Last History Type:             Introduced and read first
                    time, referred to Committee
 Scope of Legislation:          Statewide
 All Sponsors:                  Stilwell
 Type of Legislation:           General Bill

 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
 ----  ------  ------------  ------------------------------  ---
 280   Senate  Jan 08, 1991  Introduced and read first       11
                             time, referred to Committee
 280   Senate  Oct 29, 1990  Prefiled, referred to           11
                             Committee

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 15-7-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ACTIONS WHICH MUST BE TRIED WHERE THE CAUSE OF ACTION AROSE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT TORT ACTIONS AGAINST A DEFENDANT MUST BE TRIED WHERE THE CAUSE OF ACTION AROSE.

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

SECTION 1. Section 15-7-20 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 15-7-20. Actions for the following causes must be tried in the county where the cause or some part thereof of the cause arose, subject to the like power of the court to change the place of trial:

(1) For for the recovery of a penalty or forfeiture imposed by statute, except that when it is imposed for an offense committed on a lake, river, or other stream of water situated in two or more counties the action may be brought in any county bordering on such the lake, river, or stream, and opposite to the place where the offense was committed; and

(2) Against against a public officer or person specially appointed to execute his duties for an act done by him in virtue of his office or against a person who by his command or in his aid shall do anything touching the duties of such the officer. ; and

(3) against a defendant in a tort action."

SECTION 2. The provisions of Section 15-7-20 of the 1976 Code, as amended by the provisions of Section 1 of this bill, apply to tort actions against a defendant which arise on or after the effective date of this act.

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.