Bill 8

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       8
Type of Legislation:               General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                  Senate
Introduced Date:                   19970114
Primary Sponsor:                   Rose 
All Sponsors:                      Rose 
Drafted Document Number:           res1112.mtr
Residing Body:                     Senate
Current Committee:                 Judiciary Committee 11 SJ
Date of Last Amendment:            19970213
Subject:                           Legislative Manual, House Clerk
                                   to publish once during each biennial
                                   session, General Assembly

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

Senate  19980121  Recommitted to Committee                 11 SJ
Senate  19970213  Committee amendment adopted
Senate  19970212  Committee report: Favorable with         11 SJ
                  amendment
Senate  19970114  Introduced, read first time,             11 SJ
                  referred to Committee

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

February 13, 1997

S. 8

S. Printed 2/13/97--S.

Read the first time January 14, 1997.

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 2-1-130, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE MANUAL, SO AS TO DIRECT THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, BEGINNING WITH THE 112TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND CONTINUING WITH EACH GENERAL ASSEMBLY THEREAFTER, TO PUBLISH THE LEGISLATIVE MANUAL ONLY ONCE DURING EACH SUCCESSIVE BIENNIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION 1. Section 2-1-130 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 2-1-130. (A) The Clerk of the House of Representatives may distribute, without charge, copies of each Legislative Manual as published to the following individuals, institutions, and offices in South Carolina:

(a) Members, clerks, and attaches of the General Assembly;

(b) Members of the South Carolina Congressional Delegation;

(c) Justices of the Supreme Court and circuit judges;

(d) Circuit and county court solicitors;

(e) Clerks of court;

(f) State departments, boards, and commissions;

(g) Representatives of news media reporting sessions of the General Assembly;

(h) State-supported institutions of higher learning;

(i) Penal and charitable institutions;

(j) Federal departments;

(k) Public schools;

(l) Public libraries;

(m) Private schools; and

(n) In those counties with only one resident member of the House of Representatives, the same number of manuals shall be issued that was normally issued to such county when it had a resident Senator.

(B) Beginning with the 112th General Assembly and continuing with each General Assembly thereafter, the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall publish the South Carolina Legislative Manual only once during each biennial session of the General Assembly.

(C) Whenever republished after the 112th General Assembly, the South Carolina Legislative Manual must include a biography for each judicial circuit solicitor in the same form as those biographies provided for circuit court judges."

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