South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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A269, R258, H4821

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. G.M. Smith, Pitts, Murphy, Horne, Hearn, McCoy, Stavrinakis, Bannister and Harrison
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ms\7688ahb12.docx

Introduced in the House on February 22, 2012
Introduced in the Senate on April 25, 2012
Passed by the General Assembly on June 5, 2012
Governor's Action: June 11, 2012, Vetoed
Legislative veto action(s): Veto overridden

Summary: Filing of court documents by electronic means created

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/22/2012  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 172)
   2/22/2012  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 172)
   3/28/2012  House   Recalled from Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 57)
   4/24/2012  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 39)
   4/24/2012  House   Roll call Yeas-109  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 39)
   4/25/2012  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 14)
   4/25/2012  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 9)
   4/25/2012  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 9)
   4/27/2012  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Rankin (ch), Hutto, Bright, 
                        Davis
   5/30/2012  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 15)
   5/31/2012  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 32)
   5/31/2012  Senate  Roll call Ayes-34  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 32)
    6/5/2012  Senate  Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 45)
    6/6/2012          Ratified R 258
   6/11/2012          Vetoed by Governor
   6/19/2012  House   Veto overridden by originating body Yeas-93  Nays-14
   6/20/2012  Senate  Veto overridden Ayes-39  Nays-3
    7/2/2012          Effective date 06/20/12
    7/9/2012          Act No. 269

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/22/2012
3/28/2012
5/30/2012

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

(A269, R258, H4821)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 8-21-310, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO COURT FEES AND COSTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE FILING OF COURT DOCUMENTS BY ELECTRONIC MEANS FROM AN INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC FILING (E-FILING) SYSTEM AND TO PROVIDE THAT FEES GENERATED FROM E-FILING ARE TO BE USED IN SUPPORT OF COURT TECHNOLOGY.

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

Court fees, e-filing

SECTION    1.    Section 8-21-310 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 256 of 2010, is further amended by adding an appropriately numbered item at the end to read:

"( )    for filing court documents by electronic means from an integrated electronic filing (e-filing) system owned and operated by the South Carolina Judicial Department in an amount set by the Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court and all fees must be remitted to the South Carolina Judicial Department to be dedicated to the support of court technology."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 6th day of June, 2012.

Vetoed by the Governor -- 6/11/12.

Veto overridden by House -- 6/19/12.

Veto overridden by Senate -- 6/20/12.

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