H 5224 General Bill, By Sandifer
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 4-25-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
 RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY OF COUNTIES TO REGULATE CONSTRUCTION AND ELECTRICAL
 WORK AND TO LICENSE CONTRACTORS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IN SUCH REGULATION AND
 LICENSURE, A COUNTY SHALL ABIDE BY STATE REGULATIONS AND THAT IN CERTAIN
 CIRCUMSTANCES, THE BUILDING CODES COUNCIL MAY SUPERCEDE THE AUTHORITY OF THE
 COUNTY.

   05/24/06  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-8
   05/24/06  House  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and
                     Industry HJ-9

TO AMEND SECTION 4-25-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY OF COUNTIES TO REGULATE CONSTRUCTION AND ELECTRICAL WORK AND TO LICENSE CONTRACTORS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IN SUCH REGULATION AND LICENSURE, A COUNTY SHALL ABIDE BY STATE REGULATIONS AND THAT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE BUILDING CODES COUNCIL MAY SUPERCEDE THE AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 4-25-10 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 4-25-10.    The governing body of each county in this State with a population of more than one hundred fifty thousand persons, according to the most recent official United States census, may determine those areas or sections in the county lying outside of the limits of incorporated municipalities which, by reason of density of settlement or population, or urban growth and development, residential, commercial, business, or industrial, shall come within the purview of those rules and regulations which that the governing body of the county may issue pursuant to this section. The governing body may, either by resolution or ordinance, provide and prescribe reasonable rules and regulations for (a) the construction, alteration or repair of all buildings and structures of every kind, (b) the installation of electrical wiring and appliances in such buildings, (c) the licensing on the basis of their qualifications, competence and performance record, of all contractors engaged in the construction, alteration or repair of such buildings, and all electrical contractors engaged in the installation of electrical wiring and appliances in such buildings, and (d) the adoption of such other reasonable rules, regulations and codes pertaining to buildings and structures of every kind not otherwise provided by law, including but not limited to minimum housing, fire prevention, and gas codes, in any such area or section in which the governing body shall deem such consider rules and regulations to be necessary or proper for the protection of public health and safety in such that area or section. However, the governing body of each county shall abide by state regulations, and in certain circumstances, the state Building Codes Council may supercede the authority of the governing body of each county."

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