H 4086  General Bill, By Tallon, Hixon, Johnson, Pope, Hardee, Hyde, Bailey, 
Hewitt and R.Williams
 A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION
 23-6-35 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY SHALL PROMULGATE
 REGULATIONS THAT ADDRESS THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH GENERATING
 MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION TEAM REPORTS AND REPORTS GENERATED BY
 OTHER TEAMS THAT PERFORM SIMILAR FUNCTIONS AND ESTABLISH FEES TO COVER THESE
 COSTS.
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   02/26/19  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 37)
   02/26/19  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
                     (House Journal-page 37)
   02/28/19  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Pope,
                     Hardee, Hyde, Bailey, Hewitt
   04/02/19  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: R.Williams

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 23-6-35 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS THAT ADDRESS THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH GENERATING MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION TEAM REPORTS AND REPORTS GENERATED BY OTHER TEAMS THAT PERFORM SIMILAR FUNCTIONS AND ESTABLISH FEES TO COVER THESE COSTS.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 6, Title 23 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 23-6-35.    The department shall promulgate regulations that address the costs associated with generating multidisciplinary accident investigation team reports and reports generated by other teams that perform similar functions and establish fees to cover these costs. The department shall strive to establish report fees that are comparable to fees charged to obtain similar reports in the private sector. The purpose of the fee is to cover the department's costs associated with producing the reports."

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