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Bill 3614

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3614
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990225
Primary Sponsor:                  Witherspoon
All Sponsors:                     Witherspoon, Vaughn, Sharpe, Sandifer, 
                                  Edge, Kirsh and Leach
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\nbd\11181mm99.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM
Subject:                          Code of Laws and supplements, 
                                  distribution of; provisions for replacement 
                                  costs; Legislative Council


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990225  Introduced, read first time,           30 HWM
                  referred to Committee


                             Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 8-15-40, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DELIVERY OF A SET OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS AND SUPPLEMENTS TO HIS SUCCESSOR BY A STATE OR COUNTY OFFICER WHO RECEIVED A SET OF THE CODE AND SUPPLEMENTS BY VIRTUE OF HOLDING HIS OFFICE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE COST OF THE CODE SET IS DEEMED TO BE THE REPLACEMENT COST THEREOF AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE OFFICER IF HE FAILS TO DELIVER THE CODE SET TO HIS SUCCESSOR IS EITHER PERSONALLY OR THROUGH HIS OFFICIAL BOND LIABLE FOR AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE REPLACEMENT COST RATHER THAN TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 2-13-240, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SO AS TO MAKE SECTIONS 8-15-30 AND 8-15-40 APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND THE CODE COMMISSIONER.

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

SECTION 1. Section 8-15-40 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 8-15-40. Any An officer receiving a set of the Code and supplements thereto to it, upon leaving office, shall deliver to his successor in office the codes and supplements thereto which he received as an officer. Any An officer leaving office without turning over to his successor the sets of the codes and supplements thereto delivered to him by virtue of his office shall be is liable for them on his official bond or is personally liable for them if he is not required to give a bond. The value of any such set is hereby fixed at twenty-five dollars the cost of replacement. The codes and supplements thereto after distribution to such officers shall be are and remain the property of the State after distribution to an officer and shall be must be returned to the State Librarian by any person who may not be is not authorized by law to retain them. The Attorney General shall enforce the provisions of this section and Section 8-15-30."

SECTION 2. Section 2-13-240(d) as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended by deleting subsection (d) which reads:

"(d) The provisions of Sections 8-15-30 and 8-15-40 of the 1976 Code shall not apply to members of the General Assembly, members of the Legislative Council and the Code Commissioner."

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

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