S 0901 General Bill, By McConnell, Elliott and Courson
    A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 1-3-500, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN THE GOVERNOR LEAVES THE STATE, HE MUST NOTIFY THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, WHETHER OR NOT THE POWER OF THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE IS TRANSFERRED TO THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR; AND BY ADDING SECTION 1-3-630, SO AS TO DEFINE "EMERGENCY", "FULL AUTHORITY", AND "TEMPORARY ABSENCE" IN ORDER TO CLARIFY WHEN A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS THE FULL AUTHORITY TO ACT IN AN EMERGENCY IN THE EVENT OF THE TEMPORARY ABSENCE OF THE GOVERNOR FROM THE STATE.
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12/09/09	Senate	Prefiled
12/09/09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
01/12/10	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-11
01/12/10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-11
01/12/10	Senate	Referred to Subcommittee: L.Martin (ch), Knotts, Campbell, Coleman, Nicholson
01/27/10	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary SJ-14
01/28/10		Scrivener's error corrected
01/28/10	Senate	Committee Amendment Adopted SJ-30
02/02/10	Senate	Read second time SJ-15
02/03/10	Senate	Read third time and sent to House SJ-40
02/04/10	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-24
02/04/10	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-25
05/12/10	House	Committee report: Favorable Judiciary HJ-8
05/19/10	House	Debate interrupted HJ-27
05/20/10	House	Amended HJ-17
05/20/10	House	Read second time HJ-17
05/25/10	House	Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments HJ-12
06/01/10	Senate	House amendment amended SJ-150
06/01/10	Senate	Returned to House with amendments SJ-150
06/03/10	House	Non-concurrence in Senate amendment HJ-65
06/03/10	House	Roll call Yeas-1 Nays-92 HJ-65
06/15/10	Senate	Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed L. Martin, Knotts, and Coleman SJ-62
06/15/10	House	Conference committee appointed Harrison, McLeod, and GR Smith HJ-97
06/16/10	Senate	Conference report received and adopted SJ-51
06/16/10	House	Conference report rejected HJ-354
06/16/10	House	Roll call Yeas-12 Nays-98 HJ-354