Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3692 Ratification Number:504 Act Number:432 Primary Sponsor:Vaughn Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Child placing agency redefined Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19940517 Computer Document Number:CYY/15134SD.93 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:19940527 Introduced Date:19930311 Date of Last Amendment:19930520 Last History Body:------ Last History Date:19940527 Last History Type:Act No. 432 Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Vaughn Waldrop J. Bailey Hines Farr Kirsh Stone Walker Littlejohn Gamble Richardson Cobb-Hunter Allison Wells Wofford Chamblee Corning Cato Holt Harrelson Davenport Moody-Lawrence P. Harris Gonzales Witherspoon Cooper Byrd Riser Wright D. Wilder Mattos Houck Jaskwhich Klauber Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN Leg Involved ---- ------ ------------ ------------------------------ --- ------------ 3692 ------ 19940527 Act No. 432 3692 ------ 19940527 Signed by Governor 3692 ------ 19940524 Ratified R 504 3692 Senate 19940517 Read third time, enrolled for ratification 3692 Senate 19940511 Read second time, notice of general amendments 3692 Senate 19940505 Committee Report: Favorable 08 3692 Senate 19930525 Introduced, read first time, 08 referred to Committee 3692 House 19930521 Read third time, sent to Senate 3692 House 19930520 Amended, read second time, unanimous consent for third reading on Friday, May 21, 1993 3692 House 19930506 Committee Report: Favorable 27 with amendment 3692 House 19930311 Introduced, read first time, 27 referred to CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
(A432, R504, H3692)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-1650, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS IN REGARD TO ADOPTIONS, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF CHILD PLACING AGENCY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Definition of child placing agency revised
SECTION 1. Section 20-7-1650(e) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 653 of 1988, is further amended to read:
"(e) `Child placing agency' or `agency' means the State Department of Social Services and any person or entity who holds legal or physical custody of a child for the purpose of placement for adoption or a person or entity who facilitates the placement of children for the purpose of adoption. For the purposes of this subsection, a person or entity who offers services for compensation where the intent of those services is to arrange or secure adoptions must be considered `facilitating the placement of children for adoption', whether those services constitute counseling, referrals, searches, or any other form of adoption services. However, an attorney engaged in the practice of law who represents a client in an adoption or who otherwise facilitates an adoption in the course of that practice is exempt from this definition."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 27th day of May, 1994.