H*3161 (Rat #0282, Act #0184 of 1989) General Bill, By J.V. Gregory, J. Brown, Fair, Kirsh, R.N. McLellan, P.E. Short and Wilkins
    A Bill to reauthorize the existence of the Public Service Commission for six years; to amend Sections 58-3-100, 58-5-240, 58-9-540, 58-21-10, 58-23-20, 58-23-330, as amended, 58-23-1010, and 58-27-870, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the Public Service Commission, so as to provide that the expenses of the Public Service Commission must be paid from license fees and taxes paid by entities over which it has jurisdiction according to assessments of the Tax Commission, to require the Commission to document its determination of fair rate of return and to specify an allowable operating margin in water and wastewater rate orders, to provide that the Commission may not fix or approve the rates, fares, or charges for interurban railways or buses, but the Commission's jurisdiction to regulate street railway service is not affected, to provide that buses of regulated utilities are not exempt from Commission regulation but that motor vehicles of motor carriers used incidental to the carrier's business are not subject to Commission regulation, to provide that certificates of motor carriers or amendments to them must be approved according to criteria established by the Commission, and to provide that reasons for restrictions on certificates or amendments must be justified by the Commission in writing; and to repeal Section 58-23-1510 and Article 19, Chapter 9 of Title 58 relating to buses and taxis in cities of thirty thousand to fifty thousand population and telegraph and express companies.-amended title
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01/12/89	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-7
01/12/89	House	Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry HJ-7
02/08/89	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry HJ-5
02/16/89	House	Amended HJ-41
02/16/89	House	Read second time HJ-44
02/16/89	House	Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day HJ-44
02/17/89	House	Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-2
02/21/89	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-7
02/21/89	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-8
03/08/89	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary SJ-9
03/16/89	Senate	Amended SJ-12
03/16/89	Senate	Read second time SJ-13
03/16/89	Senate	Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-13
03/28/89	Senate	Amended SJ-14
03/28/89	Senate	Read third time and returned to House with amendments SJ-16
03/29/89	Senate	Recalled from House SJ-6
03/29/89	House	Returned HJ-81
03/30/89	Senate	Reconsidered SJ-12
03/30/89	Senate	Amended SJ-12
03/30/89	Senate	Read third time and returned to House with amendments SJ-12
04/19/89	House	Debate adjourned HJ-34
05/10/89	House	Senate amendment amended HJ-61
05/10/89	House	Returned to Senate with amendments HJ-65
05/12/89	Senate	Non-concurrence in House amendment SJ-4
05/16/89	House	House insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Reps. Gregory, J. Rogers & Nettles HJ-19
05/16/89	Senate	Conference committee appointed Sens. Long, Lee, and Fielding SJ-50
05/30/89	Senate	Conference report received SJ-140
05/30/89	Senate	Debate interrupted SJ-140
05/31/89	House	Conference report received and adopted HJ-39
05/31/89	Senate	Conference report adopted SJ-66
05/31/89	Senate	Ordered enrolled for ratification SJ-66
06/02/89		Ratified R 282
06/08/89		Signed By Governor
06/08/89		Effective date 06/08/89
06/08/89		Act No. 184
06/19/89		Copies available