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A131, R135, S297

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Shealy
Document Path: l:\s-res\ks\012secu.dmr.ks.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 24, 2017
Introduced in the House on February 28, 2017
Last Amended on February 16, 2017
Passed by the General Assembly on February 7, 2018
Governor's Action: February 12, 2018, Signed

Summary: Security officers

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/24/2017  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 21)
   1/24/2017  Senate  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 21)
   2/14/2017  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, 
                        Commerce and Industry (Senate Journal-page 19)
   2/16/2017  Senate  Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 9)
   2/16/2017  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 9)
   2/16/2017  Senate  Roll call Ayes-40  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 9)
   2/23/2017  Senate  Read third time and sent to House 
                        (Senate Journal-page 24)
   2/28/2017  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 40)
   2/28/2017  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (House Journal-page 40)
    2/1/2018  House   Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (House Journal-page 15)
    2/6/2018  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 20)
    2/6/2018  House   Roll call Yeas-109  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 20)
    2/7/2018  House   Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 13)
    2/8/2018          Ratified R 135
   2/12/2018          Signed By Governor
   2/15/2018          Effective date 2/12/18
   2/20/2018          Act No. 131

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/24/2017
2/14/2017
2/16/2017
2/1/2018

(A131, R135, S297)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-18-80, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SECURITY OFFICER REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES AND QUALIFICATIONS OF APPLICANTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT, PENDING ISSUANCE OF A REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE, A SECURITY OFFICER MAY PERFORM THE DUTIES OF A SECURITY OFFICER FOR UP TO THIRTY DAYS AFTER RECEIPT BY SLED OF HIS APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION.

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

Permitted practice time between application filing and certificate issuance extended

SECTION    1.    Section 40-18-80(A)(2) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(2)    Pending issuance of a registration certificate, a security officer may perform the duties of a security officer for up to thirty days after receipt by SLED of his application for registration; however, a person authorized to perform duties under this section has no arrest authority and must not carry a firearm until SLED issues a registration certificate. If SLED does not issue a registration certificate within thirty days of receipt of the application, a security officer must cease performing all security-related activities."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 8th day of February, 2018.

Approved the 12th day of February, 2018.

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