South Carolina General Assembly
113th Session, 1999-2000

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Bill 3440

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3440
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990203
Primary Sponsor:                  Cooper
All Sponsors:                     Cooper
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\psd\7156ac99.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Date Tabled:                      19990309
Current Committee:                Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee 26 
                                  HLCI
Subject:                          Contractor, general or mechanical; 
                                  threshold construction costs requiring 
                                  licensure as increased; Construction


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990309  Tabled in Committee                    26 HLCI
House   19990203  Introduced, read first time,           26 HLCI
                  referred to Committee


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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 40-11-30, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THRESHOLD CONSTRUCTION COSTS REQUIRING LICENSURE AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR OR MECHANICAL CONTRACTOR SO AS TO INCREASE THE THRESHOLD FROM FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND FROM FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 40-11-30 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 440 of 1998, is further amended to read:

"Section 40-11-30. No entity or individual may practice as a contractor by performing or offering to perform contracting work for which the total cost of construction is greater than five forty-five thousand dollars for general contracting or greater than five thirty-five thousand dollars for mechanical contracting without a license issued in accordance with this chapter."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect April 1, 1999.

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