South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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H. 4847

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Nanney
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3922dw10.docx

Introduced in the House on April 14, 2010
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Municipalities and counties

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   4/14/2010  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-81
   4/14/2010  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-81

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/14/2010

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 6-1-190 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE A MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY TO POST ALL NOTICES REQUIRED BY LAW TO EACH ENTITY'S WEBSITE INSTEAD OF PRINTING IT IN THE NEWSPAPER, AND TO REQUIRE A PUBLIC LIBRARY OR COUNTY GOVERNMENT OFFICE TO PRINT A COPY OF THE NOTICE UPON REQUEST.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 1, Title 6 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 6-1-190.    (A)    A municipality or county required by law to post a notice in a newspaper may post the notice on the website of the municipality or county.

(B)    Upon request, a county library or county government office shall print the notice, free of charge, to a person requesting in person the notice.

(C)    Nothing in this section requires a municipality or county to provide or maintain a website.

(D)    The posting of a notice pursuant to the provisions of this section satisfies all statutory requirements to post a notice in a newspaper."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect ninety days after approval by the Governor.

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