Current Status Bill Number:4454 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19980120 Primary Sponsor:Riser All Sponsors:Riser, Law, Harrison, Witherspoon, Sharpe, Trotter and Littlejohn Drafted Document Number:bbm\5973jm.98 Residing Body:House Date Tabled:19980224 Current Committee:Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee 26 HLCI Subject:Land surveyor of property lines to notify landowners before surveying; Property, Engineering
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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House 19980224 Tabled in Committee 26 HLCI
House 19980212 Referred to Committee 26 HLCI
House 19980212 Recalled from Committee 25 HJ
House 19980120 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 27-1-35 SO AS TO REQUIRE A SURVEYOR OF PROPERTY LINES TO NOTIFY AFFECTED LANDOWNERS OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DATE, TIME, AND MANNER OF THE SURVEY BEFORE SURVEYING AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR VIOLATING THIS SECTION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 27-1-35. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a surveyor of property lines shall notify affected landowners or their representatives in writing of the date, time, and manner of the survey before surveying.
A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of five hundred dollars or imprisonment for thirty days, or both."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.