Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3479 Primary Sponsor:Sharpe Committee Number:25 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Regulations Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Computer Document Number:436/12934AC.93 Introduced Date:19930211 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19930211 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Sharpe T.C. Alexander G. Bailey Cato Davenport Chamblee Fulmer Jaskwhich Carnell Kennedy Lanford Littlejohn Riser R. Smith Townsend Vaughn Wells Wilkins Wofford A. Young Wright R. Young Harrison J. Wilder Stuart Gamble D. Wilder Witherspoon Simrill Richardson Waites Law Keegan Shissias Quinn Allison Walker H. Brown Robinson Elliott Koon McAbee Stone J. Harris Gonzales Type of Legislation:General Bill
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3479 House 19930211 Introduced, read first time, 25
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TO AMEND SECTION 1-23-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT FOR PROMULGATING REGULATIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT TESTS, STANDARDS, AND CRITERIA USED BY AN AGENCY IN EVALUATING LICENSE OR PERMIT APPLICATIONS COME WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF A "REGULATION".
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 1-23-10(4) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(4) `Regulation' means each agency statement of general public applicability that implements or prescribes law or policy or practice requirements of any agency including, but not limited to, any test, standard, or criteria an agency uses in evaluating license or permit applications. The term `regulation' includes the amendment or repeal of a prior regulation but does not include descriptions of agency procedures applicable only to agency personnel; opinions of the Attorney General; decisions or orders in rate making, price fixing, or licensing matters; awards of money to individuals; policy statements or rules of local school boards; regulations of the National Guard; decisions, orders, or rules of the Board of Probation, Parole and Pardon Board Services; orders of the supervisory or administrative agency of any a penal, mental, or medical institution, in respect to the institutional supervision, custody, control, care or treatment of inmates, prisoners, or patients therein; decisions of the governing board of any a university, college, technical college, school, or other educational institution with regards to curriculum, qualifications for admission, dismissal and readmission, fees and charges for students, conferring degrees and diplomas, employment tenure and promotion of faculty and disciplinary proceedings; decisions of the Human Affairs Commission relating to firms or individuals; advisory opinions of any agencies; and other agency actions relating only to specified individuals."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.