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General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Pitts
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3164sa18.docx

Introduced in the House on April 10, 2018
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: General Assembly members

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   4/10/2018  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 7)
   4/10/2018  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 7)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/10/2018

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-260 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON MAY NOT BE ELECTED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IF THE ELECTION IS HELD IN A YEAR AFTER THE YEAR IN WHICH THAT PERSON REACHES THE AGE OF SEVENTY-TWO.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 1, Title 2 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 2-1-260.    Beginning with any election after 2018, a person may not be elected to the General Assembly if the election is held in a year after the year in which he reaches the age seventy-two."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon ratification of an amendment to Section 7, Article III of the Constitution of this State authorizing the General Assembly to provide the membership qualifications set forth in SECTION 1.

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