South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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S. 166

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General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Leventis
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11077ab07.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 9, 2007
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance

Summary: Fire station or apparatus

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/13/2006  Senate  Prefiled
  12/13/2006  Senate  Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance
    1/9/2007  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-100
    1/9/2007  Senate  Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance SJ-100

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/13/2006

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 38-73-345 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IN COMPUTING DISTANCE FROM A FIRE STATION OR APPARATUS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING COMMERCIAL FIRE INSURANCE RATE CLASSIFICATIONS, A RATING ORGANIZATION SHALL ALLOW THE INSURED A MORE ADVANTAGEOUS FIRE CODE CLASSIFICATION IF THE INSURED CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT REGARDLESS OF DISTANCE, THE RESPONSE TIME FROM THE NEAREST FIRE STATION OR APPARATUS TO THE INSURED LOCATION DOES NOT EXCEED THE MEAN RESPONSE TIME OF A MORE ADVANTAGEOUS FIRE CODE CLASSIFICATION ASSUMING COMPARABLE AVAILABLE WATER SOURCES.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 73, Title 38 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 38-73-345.    In computing distance from a fire station or apparatus for the purpose of determining commercial fire insurance rate classifications, a rating organization shall allow the insured a more advantageous fire code classification if the insured can demonstrate that regardless of distance, the response time from the nearest fire station or apparatus to the insured location does not exceed the mean response time of a more advantageous fire code classification assuming comparable available water sources."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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