S 1035 General Bill, By McGill, Alexander, S. Boan, Bryan, Cork, Courson, 
Courtney, Drummond, Elliott, Fair, Ford, Giese, Glover, Gregory, Hayes, Holland, 
Jackson, Land, Lander, Leatherman, Leventis, Martin, Matthews, McConnell, 
Mescher, Moore, O'Dell, Passailaigue, Patterson, Peeler, Rankin, Reese, 
L.E. Richter, M.T. Rose, Russell, Ryberg, Saleeby, Setzler, Short, G. Smith, 
J.V. Smith, Thomas, Waldrep, Washington and Wilson
 A Bill to amend Section 4-9-55, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating
 to the requirement that no county may be bound by any general law requiring it
 to spend funds or take an action requiring the expenditure of funds unless the
 General Assembly has determined that the law requiring the expenditure
 fulfills a state interest and the law requiring the expenditure is approved by
 two-thirds of the members voting in each house of the General Assembly, so as
 to delete the general and special appropriations acts from the exemptions in
 this Section.

   01/18/96  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-5
   01/18/96  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-5
   03/12/96  Senate Recalled from Committee on Judiciary SJ-20
   03/13/96  Senate Committed to Committee on Finance SJ-21
   03/20/96  Senate Committee report: Favorable Finance SJ-12
   03/27/96  Senate Read second time SJ-22
   03/27/96  Senate Ordered to third reading with notice of
                     amendments SJ-22
   04/09/96  Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-11
   04/10/96  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-16
   04/10/96  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-16

COMMITTEE REPORT

March 20, 1996

S. 1035

Introduced by Senators McGill, Alexander, Boan, Bryan, Cork, Courson, Courtney, Drummond, Elliott, Fair, Ford, Giese, Glover, Gregory, Hayes, Holland, Jackson, Land, Lander, Leatherman, Leventis, Martin, Matthews, McConnell, Mescher, Moore, O'Dell, Passailaigue, Patterson, Peeler, Rankin, Reese, Richter, Rose, Ryberg, Saleeby, Setzler, Short, Greg Smith, J. Verne Smith, Thomas, Waldrep, Washington and Wilson

S. Printed 3/20/96--S.

Read the first time January 18, 1996.

To whom was referred a Bill (S. 1035), to amend Section 4-9-55, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the requirement that no county may be bound by any general law requiring it to spend funds, etc., respectfully

That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass:

JOHN DRUMMOND, for Committee.

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 4-9-55, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT NO COUNTY MAY BE BOUND BY ANY GENERAL LAW REQUIRING IT TO SPEND FUNDS OR TAKE AN ACTION REQUIRING THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS UNLESS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS DETERMINED THAT THE LAW REQUIRING THE EXPENDITURE FULFILLS A STATE INTEREST AND THE LAW REQUIRING THE EXPENDITURE IS APPROVED BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS VOTING IN EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SO AS TO DELETE THE GENERAL AND SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS ACTS FROM THE EXEMPTIONS IN THIS SECTION.

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

SECTION 1. Section 4-9-55(C) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 157 of 1993, is amended to read:

"(C) The provisions of this section do not apply to:

(1) laws enacted to require funding of pension benefits existing on the effective date of this section;

(2) laws relating to the Judicial Department;

(3) criminal laws;

(4) election laws;

(5) the general appropriations act;

(6)(5) the Department of Education;

(7) special appropriations acts;

(8)(6) laws reauthorizing but not expanding then-existing statutory authority;

(9)(7) laws having a fiscal impact of less than ten cents per capita on a statewide basis; laws creating, modifying, or repealing noncriminal infractions."

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