S 0361 {Rat #4, Act #2 of 2023} General Bill, By Grooms and Scott

Similar(H 3747)
 AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 57-5-1630,
 RELATING TO THE EXTENSION OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE
 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION IS NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PREAPPROVAL
 OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT EXTENSIONS AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSION MUST
 RATIFY EXTENSIONS AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING. - RATIFIED TITLE

   1/10/2023  Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 206)
   1/10/2023  Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation (Senate Journal-page 206)
   1/19/2023  Senate Committee report: Favorable Transportation (Senate Journal-page 7)
   2/14/2023  Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 9)
   2/14/2023  Senate Roll call Ayes-42  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 9)
   2/15/2023  Senate Read third time and sent to House (Senate Journal-page 6)
   2/16/2023  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 20)
   2/16/2023  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works (House Journal-page 20)
   3/1/2023  House  Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works (House Journal-page 34)
   3/7/2023  House  Requests for debate-Rep(s). Ott, McDaniel,
                     Thigpen, Rivers, Alexander, Bernstein, Bauer, JA
                     Moore, Tedder, Pendarvis, Jefferson, JL Johnson,
                     May, AM Morgan, Wheeler, Weeks, Anderson, Hosey,
                     Erickson, Hixon, Blackwell, Magnuson, Williams (House Journal-page 29)
   3/8/2023  House  Read second time (House Journal-page 68)
   3/8/2023  House  Roll call Yeas-107  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 69)
   3/9/2023  House  Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 37)
   3/15/2023         Ratified R 4
   3/20/2023         Signed By Governor
   3/22/2023         Effective date 03/20/23
   3/22/2023         Act No. 2

(A2, R4, S361)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 57-5-1630, RELATING TO THE EXTENSION OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION IS NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PREAPPROVAL OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT EXTENSIONS AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSION MUST RATIFY EXTENSIONS AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.

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

Department of Transportation

SECTION 1.    Section 57-5-1630 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

Section 57-5-1630.    No construction contract may be extended to include work not contemplated in the original award, except within the limitations imposed by the contract. Where in the judgment of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation it is in the public's interest and prices advantageous to the department are obtained, the department may extend contracts to include additional work. In every case, the commission must ratify the contract extension at the next succeeding commission meeting. Advertisement in the case of extensions of contracts under this section shall consist of detailed reports of the transactions made public at open meetings of the commission.

Time effective

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

Ratified the 15th day of March, 2023.

Approved the 20th day of March, 2023.

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