South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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A266, R341, S382

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Hayes
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3125mm08.docx

Introduced in the Senate on February 3, 2009
Introduced in the House on May 12, 2009
Last Amended on June 15, 2010
Passed by the General Assembly on June 15, 2010
Governor's Action: June 24, 2010, Signed

Summary: Personal property

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    2/3/2009  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-12
    2/3/2009  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-12
    2/6/2009  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Malloy (ch), Ford, Massey, 
                        S.Martin, Mulvaney
    5/6/2009  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary SJ-8
    5/7/2009  Senate  Committee Amendment Adopted SJ-28
    5/7/2009  Senate  Read second time SJ-28
    5/8/2009          Scrivener's error corrected
   5/12/2009  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-11
   5/12/2009  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-109
   5/12/2009  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-109
   3/24/2010  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary 
                        HJ-27
   4/15/2010  House   Debate adjourned until Tuesday, April 20, 2010 HJ-46
   4/20/2010  House   Debate adjourned HJ-16
   4/20/2010  House   Debate adjourned until Wednesday, April 21, 2010 HJ-48
   4/21/2010  House   Debate adjourned until Thursday, April 22, 2010 HJ-14
   4/22/2010  House   Debate adjourned until Tuesday, April 27, 2010 HJ-17
   4/27/2010  House   Debate adjourned until Tuesday, May 5, 2010 HJ-36
    5/4/2010  House   Debate adjourned HJ-46
    5/5/2010  House   Amended HJ-13
    5/5/2010  House   Read second time HJ-13
    5/6/2010  House   Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments 
                        HJ-21
   5/11/2010  Senate  House amendment amended SJ-33
   5/11/2010  Senate  Returned to House with amendments SJ-33
   5/20/2010  House   Non-concurrence in Senate amendment HJ-39
   5/20/2010  House   Roll call Yeas-1  Nays-96 HJ-39
   5/26/2010  Senate  Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee 
                        appointed Hayes, Malloy, and Massey SJ-87
   5/27/2010  House   Conference committee appointed Reps. Bannister, Hearn, 
                        and Stavrinakis HJ-8
    6/3/2010  Senate  Conference report received and adopted SJ-52
   6/15/2010  House   Conference report received and adopted HJ-161
   6/15/2010  House   Ordered enrolled for ratification HJ-164
   6/21/2010          Ratified R 341
   6/24/2010          Signed By Governor
    7/1/2010          Effective date 06/24/10
    7/8/2010          Act No. 266

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/3/2009
5/6/2009
5/7/2009
5/8/2009
3/24/2010
5/5/2010
5/11/2010
6/15/2010


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A266, R341, S382)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 62-2-804, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE EFFECT OF PROVISION FOR SURVIVORSHIP ON SUCCESSION TO JOINT TENANCY, SO AS TO MAKE SUCH PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO REAL PROPERTY HELD IN JOINT TENANCY; AND BY ADDING SECTION 62-2-805 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR A PRESUMPTION THAT A DECEDENT AND THE DECEDENT'S SPOUSE HELD TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY IN A JOINT TENANCY WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP, FOR EXCEPTIONS TO THE PRESUMPTION, AND FOR THE STANDARD OF PROOF TO OVERCOME THE PRESUMPTION.

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

Joint tenancy in real property severed

SECTION    1.    Section 62-2-804 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 62-2-804.    When any person is seized or possessed of any real property held in joint tenancy at the time of his death, the joint tenancy is deemed to have been severed by the death of the joint tenant and the real property is distributable as a tenancy in common unless the instrument which creates the joint tenancy in real property, including any instrument in which one person conveys to himself and one or more other persons, or two or more persons convey to themselves, or to themselves and another or others, expressly provides for a right of survivorship, in which case the severance does not occur. While other methods for the creation of a joint tenancy in real property may be utilized, an express provision for a right of survivorship is conclusively considered to have occurred if the will or instrument of conveyance contains the names of the devisees or grantees followed by the words 'as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common'."

Joint tenancy presumed

SECTION    2.    Part 8, Article 2, Title 62 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 62-2-805.    (A)    For purposes of this article, tangible personal property in the joint possession or control of the decedent and the surviving spouse at the time of the decedent's death is presumed to be owned by the decedent and the decedent's spouse in joint tenancy with right of survivorship if ownership is not evidenced otherwise by a certificate of title, bill of sale, or other writing. This presumption does not apply to property:

(1)    acquired by either spouse before marriage;

(2)    acquired by either spouse by gift or inheritance during the marriage;

(3)    used by the decedent spouse in a trade or business in which the surviving spouse has no interest;

(4)    held for another; or

(5)    devised in a written statement or list disposing of tangible personal property pursuant to Section 62-2-512.

(B)    The presumption created in this section may be overcome by a preponderance of the evidence demonstrating that ownership was held other than in joint tenancy with right of survivorship."

Severability

SECTION    3.    If any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holding shall not affect the constitutionality or validity of the remaining portions of this act, the General Assembly hereby declaring that it would have passed this act, and each and every section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, and word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words hereof may be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid, or otherwise ineffective.

Time effective

SECTION    4.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 21st day of June, 2010.

Approved the 24th day of June, 2010.

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