South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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A209, R242, H3996

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. M.A. Pitts and Umphlett
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ms\7349zw09.docx

Introduced in the House on April 29, 2009
Introduced in the Senate on March 16, 2010
Last Amended on May 6, 2010
Passed by the General Assembly on May 20, 2010
Became law without Governor's signature, June 1, 2010

Summary: Department of Natural Resources

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   4/29/2009  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-182
   4/29/2009  House   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources 
                        and Environmental Affairs HJ-183
    3/9/2010  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, 
                        Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-2
   3/10/2010  House   Amended HJ-20
   3/10/2010  House   Read second time HJ-21
   3/11/2010  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-9
   3/16/2010  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-25
   3/16/2010  Senate  Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-25
    5/5/2010  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Fish, Game 
                        and Forestry SJ-15
    5/6/2010  Senate  Committee Amendment Amended and Adopted SJ-25
    5/6/2010  Senate  Read second time SJ-25
   5/11/2010  Senate  Read third time and returned to House with amendments 
                        SJ-18
   5/11/2010  Senate  Reconsider vote whereby read third time and returned 
                        with amendments SJ-18
   5/11/2010  Senate  Read third time and returned to House with amendments 
                        SJ-18
   5/20/2010  House   Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-38
   5/20/2010  House   Roll call Yeas-82  Nays-0 HJ-38
   5/25/2010          Ratified R 242
    6/1/2010          Became law without Governor's signature
   6/15/2010          Effective date 07/01/10
   6/17/2010          Act No. 209

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/29/2009
3/9/2010
3/10/2010
5/5/2010
5/6/2010

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

(A209, R242, H3996)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-1130, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEDUCTION OF ACCUMULATED POINTS, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO DEDUCT FOUR ACCUMULATED POINTS FROM A PERSON'S RECORD UPON A SHOWING THAT THE PERSON SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A DEPARTMENT PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 50-9-310, AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS.

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

Deduction of points; exceptions

SECTION    1.    Section 50-9-1130 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 50-9-1130.    (A)    Each time a person is convicted of a violation enumerated in Section 50-9-1120, the number of points assigned to the violation must be charged against the person. For each calendar year that passes after assignment in which the person received no points, the department shall deduct one-half of the accumulated points if the total number of points is greater than three. If a person has three or less points at the end of a calendar year in which no points were received, the department shall reduce his point total to zero; however, a person's record must not be less than zero points.

(B)    The department shall deduct four accumulated points from a person's record upon a showing that the person successfully completed a department program of instruction established pursuant to Section 50-9-310.

(C)    A person is not eligible for a reduction in points under the provisions of subsection (B) if at the time he accumulated eighteen or more points:

(1)    he had any hunting, trapping, or fishing suspension within the previous five years; or

(2)    he had a previous point reduction under the provisions of subsection (B) within the previous five years.

(D)    The department is authorized to promulgate appropriate regulations to effectuate the provisions of this section."

Time effective

SECTION     2.    This act takes effect July 1, 2010.

Ratified the 25th day of May, 2010.

Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 6/1/2010.

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