Bill 3490

                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               House
Bill Number:                    3490
Primary Sponsor:                Neilson
Committee Number:               08
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Child support, accounting of
                                expenditures
Residing Body:                  Senate
Current Committee:              General Committee
Computer Document Number:       436/12817AC.93
Introduced Date:                19930211    
Date of Last Amendment:         19940504    
Last History Body:              Senate
Last History Date:              19940505    
Last History Type:              Introduced, read first time,
                                referred to Committee
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Neilson
                                     Farr
                                     G. Bailey
                                     Hines
                                     Corning
                                     Shissias
                                     Hutson
                                     Wells
                                     Jaskwhich
                                     Harrelson
                                     Vaughn
                                     Anderson
                                     Davenport
                                     Chamblee
                                     Allison
                                     Littlejohn
                                     Cato
                                     Stone
                                     Haskins
                                     Fair
                                     Walker
                                     Robinson
                                     Marchbanks
Type of Legislation:            General Bill

Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN  Leg Involved
____  ______  ____________  ______________________________  ___  ____________

3490  Senate  19940505      Introduced, read first time,    08
                            referred to Committee
3490  House   19940505      Read third time, sent to
                            Senate
3490  House   19940504      Amended, read second time
3490  House   19940420      Committee Report: Favorable     25
                            with amendment
3490  House   19930211      Introduced, read first time,    25
                            referred to Committee

AMENDED

May 4, 1994

H. 3490

Introduced by REPS. Neilson, Farr, G. Bailey, Hines, Corning, Shissias, Hutson, Wells, Jaskwhich, Harrelson, Vaughn, Anderson, Davenport, Chamblee, Allison, Littlejohn, Cato, Stone, Haskins, Fair, Walker, Robinson and Marchbanks

S. Printed 5/4/94--H.

Read the first time February 11, 1993.

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-420, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE FAMILY COURT IN DOMESTIC MATTERS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE COURT TO REQUIRE A PARENT RECEIVING CHILD SUPPORT TO MAKE AN ACCOUNTING OF THE EXPENDITURES MADE FROM THE CHILD SUPPORT RECEIVED.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION 1. Section 20-7-420 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 441 of 1992, is further amended by adding an appropriately numbered item to read:

"( ) To require, in its discretion and upon a showing of good cause, a parent or custodian of a child who receives child support on behalf of a child to submit to the parent paying the support or to the court, or both, at such times as the court requires an accounting of expenditures made from the child support received and such evidence of these expenditures as the court requires."

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