South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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A94, R131, H4266

STATUS INFORMATION

Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Lucas and White
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\9371dg15.docx

Introduced in the House on May 27, 2015
Introduced in the Senate on June 2, 2015
Last Amended on June 16, 2015
Passed by the General Assembly on June 17, 2015
Governor's Action: June 24, 2015, Signed

Summary: Continuing authority to pay expenses of state government

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   5/27/2015  House   Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference (House Journal-page 3)
   5/28/2015          Scrivener's error corrected
   5/28/2015  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 21)
   5/28/2015  House   Roll call Yeas-102  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 22)
   5/28/2015  House   Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day (House Journal-page 23)
   5/29/2015  House   Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 1)
    6/2/2015  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 16)
    6/2/2015  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance (Senate Journal-page 16)
   6/16/2015  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Finance 
                        (Senate Journal-page 18)
   6/16/2015  Senate  Amended (Senate Journal-page 18)
   6/16/2015  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 18)
   6/16/2015  Senate  Roll call Ayes-39  Nays-2 (Senate Journal-page 18)
   6/16/2015  Senate  Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day (Senate Journal-page 18)
   6/17/2015  Senate  Read third time and returned to House with amendments 
                        (Senate Journal-page 7)
   6/17/2015  House   Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled 
                        (House Journal-page 34)
   6/17/2015  House   Roll call Yeas-89  Nays-10 (House Journal-page 34)
   6/23/2015          Ratified R 131
   6/24/2015          Signed By Governor
    7/6/2015          Effective date 07/01/15
   8/17/2015          Act No. 94

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

5/27/2015
5/27/2015-A
5/28/2015
6/16/2015


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

(A94, R131, H4266)

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONTINUING AUTHORITY TO PAY THE EXPENSES OF STATE GOVERNMENT IF THE 2015-2016 FISCAL YEAR BEGINS WITHOUT A GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR THAT YEAR IN EFFECT, TO SUSPEND A PROVISION, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DURATION OF THE CONTINUING AUTHORITY.

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

Continuing authority to pay government expenses, provision suspended

SECTION    1.    (A)    If the 2015-2016 state fiscal year begins with no annual general appropriations act in effect for that year, the authority to pay the recurring expenses of state government continues at the level of amounts appropriated in Act 286 of 2014 for the recurring expenses of state government for Fiscal Year 2015-2016, except as provided in subsection (B).

The effective dates of Parts IA and IB of Act 286 of 2014 are extended until the effective date for appropriations made in a general appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2015-2016, after which appropriations made pursuant to this joint resolution are deemed to have been made pursuant to the general appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2015-2016.

(B)    Notwithstanding debt service appropriations in Act 286 of 2014 and until the effective date of the appropriations made in a general appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2015-2016, there is appropriated from the general fund of the State whatever amount is necessary for timely debt service on state obligations and other amounts constitutionally required to be appropriated, including the Capital Reserve Fund. The General Reserve Fund is established in the amount required by law.

(C)    In addition to the provisions of Part IB of Act 286 of 2014 which are continued by this section, there is added an appropriately numbered proviso to read:

84.___.    (DOT: Sunset Suspended)    The provisions of Section 6 of Act 114 of 2007 are suspended for Fiscal Year 2015-2016. This proviso shall remain effective for the entirety of Fiscal Year 2015-2016 regardless of the effective date of the general appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2015-2016.

Duration of continuing authority

SECTION    2.    This joint resolution shall remain in effect until July 24, 2015.

Time effective

SECTION    3.    This joint resolution takes effect July 1, 2015.

Ratified the 23rd day of June, 2015.

Approved the 24th day of June, 2015.

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