S*0872(Rat #0274, Act #0245 of 2014)  General Bill, By Fair, Hutto, Jackson and 
L. Martin
 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-1-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
 RELATING TO THE JOINT CITIZENS AND LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN, SO AS TO
 REAUTHORIZE THE COMMITTEE THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2023, AND TO DELETE OBSOLETE
 PROVISIONS. - ratified title

   12/17/13  Senate Prefiled
   12/17/13  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   01/14/14  Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 54)
   01/14/14  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
                     (Senate Journal-page 54)
   01/22/14  Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Coleman (ch), Shealy, Turner
   02/26/14  Senate Committee report: Favorable Judiciary
                     (Senate Journal-page 14)
   03/04/14  Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 21)
   03/04/14  Senate Roll call Ayes-43  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 21)
   03/05/14  Senate Amended (Senate Journal-page 26)
   03/05/14  Senate Read third time and sent to House
                     (Senate Journal-page 26)
   03/05/14  Senate Roll call Ayes-44  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 26)
   03/06/14  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 8)
   03/06/14  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
                     (House Journal-page 8)
   05/14/14  House  Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Judiciary (House Journal-page 4)
   05/20/14  House  Amended (House Journal-page 45)
   05/20/14  House  Read second time (House Journal-page 45)
   05/20/14  House  Roll call Yeas-103  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 45)
   05/21/14  House  Read third time and returned to Senate with
                     amendments (House Journal-page 7)
   05/29/14  Senate Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
                     (Senate Journal-page 98)
   05/29/14  Senate Roll call Ayes-43  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 98)
   06/05/14         Ratified R 274
   06/06/14         Signed By Governor
   06/13/14         Effective date 06/06/14
   06/16/14         Act No. 245

(A245, R274, S872)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-1-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE JOINT CITIZENS AND LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN, SO AS TO REAUTHORIZE THE COMMITTEE THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2023, AND TO DELETE OBSOLETE PROVISIONS.

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

Joint Citizens and Legislative Committee on Children

SECTION    1.    Section 63-1-50 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 63-1-50.    (A)    There is established the Joint Citizens and Legislative Committee on Children to be composed of three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House, three members of the Senate to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and three members to be appointed by the Governor. The Director of the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Director of the Department of Social Services, the Director of the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, the Superintendent of the Department of Education, and the Director of the Department of Mental Health serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the committee. Members appointed by the Governor must not be employees of the State. Members serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. The committee shall study issues relating to children as the committee may undertake or as may be requested or directed by the General Assembly. The committee may contract for all necessary legal research and support services, subject to funding as provided in subsection (E).

(B)    The committee shall submit an annual report to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House no later than the first of February. The report must detail the work of the committee, account for the committee's expenditures, and provide findings and recommendations the committee develops relating to children's issues it has studied.

(C)    The staffing for the committee must be provided by the Children's Law Center of the University of South Carolina School of Law, subject to funding as provided in subsection (E).

(D)    The committee members may not receive compensation but are entitled to mileage, subsistence, and per diem as allowed by law for members of state boards, committees, and commissions.

(E)    The committee shall receive funding as may be provided in the annual general appropriations act or from any other source.

(F)    The committee shall terminate and shall cease to exist effective December 31, 2023, unless the General Assembly reauthorizes its continued existence beyond that date by legislation."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 5th day of June, 2014.

Approved the 6th day of June, 2014.