South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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H. 4783

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General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Kirsh
Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\19956bh10.docx

Introduced in the House on March 25, 2010
Currently residing in the House Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry

Summary: Charitable organizations

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/25/2010  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-21
   3/25/2010  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        HJ-21

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/25/2010

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 33-56-125 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION MAY NOT BLOCK ITS TELEPHONE NUMBER WHEN MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS TO SOLICIT CONTRIBUTIONS.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 56, Title 33 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 33-56-125.    (A)    A charitable organization registered to solicit contributions in this State or to have contributions solicited on its behalf in this State may not use any device to block its telephone number when making calls to solicit contributions.

(B)    As used in this section, 'charitable organization' means an organization as defined in Section 33-56-20."

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

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