South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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S. 193

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Rose and McConnell
Document Path: l:\s-res\mtr\024airc.ebd.mtr.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 11, 2011
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation

Summary: State agency aircraft

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/1/2010  Senate  Prefiled
   12/1/2010  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation
   1/11/2011  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 91)
   1/11/2011  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation 
                        (Senate Journal-page 91)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/1/2010

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

A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 55 OF THE 1976 CODE, BY ADDING SECTION 55-1-85 TO PROVIDE THAT STATE AGENCIES MANAGING AIRCRAFT SHALL KEEP RECORDS OF EACH FLIGHT, TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION TO BE RECORDED, TO PROVIDE THAT THE RECORDS SHALL MADE BE AVAILABLE ONLINE BY THE DIVISION OF AERONAUTICS, AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 1, Title 55 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 55-1-85.(A)    Any state agency managing state-owned aircraft shall keep a record of each flight. The record shall include:

(1)    names and signatures of each person using the flight and his affiliation with the state agency;

(2)    a sworn statement from the highest ranking official of the agency certifying that the flight was in conjunction with the official business of the agency and describing the official nature of the trip;

(3)    the origin and destination of the flight and all stops made between the flight origin and destination;

(4)    the date of the flight; and

(5)    the contact information for the state official who authorized the flight.

(B)    With the exception of flights made for the purposes of on-going criminal investigations and surveillance, records kept pursuant to subsection (A) shall be reported to the Division of Aeronautics no later than forty-eight hours after the flight has reached its destination. The division shall conspicuously post the records on its website."

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

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