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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.1301 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:20000404 Primary Sponsor:Alexander All Sponsors:Alexander Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\swb\5135dw00.doc Companion Bill Number:4860 Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 11 SJ Subject:Register of Deeds, Oconee County added to list as having; county council to appoint; Property History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 20000407 Companion Bill No. 4860 Senate 20000404 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 30-5-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS' DUTIES BY A CLERK OF COURT IN CERTAIN COUNTIES, SO AS TO ADD OCONEE COUNTY TO THE LIST OF THOSE COUNTIES WHICH HAVE BOTH A REGISTER OF DEEDS AND A CLERK OF COURT; AND TO AMEND SECTION 30-5-12, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF A REGISTER OF DEEDS, SO AS TO ADD OCONEE COUNTY TO THE LIST OF COUNTIES IN WHICH THE GOVERNING BODY APPOINTS THE REGISTER OF DEEDS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 30-5-10 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 8 of 1999, is further amended to read:
"Section 30-5-10. In every county in the State other than Aiken, Anderson, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Chesterfield, Dorchester, Georgetown, Greenville, Horry, Lexington, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Richland, Spartanburg, and Sumter the duties prescribed by law for the register of deeds must be performed by the clerk of court who has all the powers and emoluments given the register of deeds in Aiken, Anderson, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Chesterfield, Dorchester, Georgetown, Greenville, Horry, Lexington, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Richland, Spartanburg, and Sumter counties. The registers of deeds in Berkeley and Dorchester counties are elected for terms of four years and until a successor is elected in the general election and qualifies."
SECTION 2. Section 30-5-12 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 8 of 1999, is further amended to read:
"Section 30-5-12. The governing bodies of Anderson, Beaufort, Chesterfield, Georgetown, Horry, Oconee, Orangeburg, and Pickens counties shall appoint the register of deeds for its county under terms and conditions as it may agree upon. The governing body of Georgetown County may appoint a register of deeds only after advertising the information concerning the appointment for two weeks before action is taken in a newspaper of general circulation in the county."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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