South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

Download This Bill in Microsoft Word format

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

H. 4552

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Taylor
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5059cm14.docx

Introduced in the House on January 23, 2014
Currently residing in the House Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs

Summary: Poultry operation

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1/23/2014  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 10)
   1/23/2014  House   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources 
                        and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 10)

View the latest legislative information at the website

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/23/2014

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

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 47-9-70 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL MAY NOT ISSUE A PERMIT TO ALLOW A PERSON TO CONSTRUCT A CONFINED POULTRY OPERATION UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION FOR THE TERM "RESIDENCE".

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

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 9, Title 47 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 47-9-70.    (A)    The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall not issue a permit to allow a person to construct a confined poultry operation within five thousand two hundred eighty feet of a community that contains more than forty residences. This provision may be waived if the permit applicant obtains waivers signed by the owners of the residences in the affected area. A resident's owner who signs a waiver shall not be counted in the total number.

(B)    As used in this section 'residence' means a permanent inhabited dwelling, any existing church, school, hospital, or any other structure which is routinely occupied by the same person or persons more than twelve hours per day or by the same person or persons under the age of eighteen for more than two hours per day, except those owned by the applicant."

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

----XX----

This web page was last updated on February 7, 2014 at 10:23 AM