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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.37 Ratification Number:104 Act Number:59 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19990112 Primary Sponsor:Hayes All Sponsors:Hayes, Elliott, Giese, Rankin, Branton Drafted Document Number:l:\s-res\rwh\001rent.efd.doc Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19990602 Date of Last Amendment:19990408 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:19990611 Subject:Landlords, ejectment of tenants; disposal of personal property allowed when; Property, Rental History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 19990702 Act No. A59 ------ 19990611 Signed by Governor ------ 19990609 Ratified R104 House 19990602 Read third time, enrolled for ratification House 19990601 Read second time House 19990526 Committee report: Favorable 25 HJ House 19990415 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ referred to Committee Senate 19990414 Read third time, sent to House Senate 19990408 Co-Sponsor added by Senator Branton Senate 19990408 Read second time Senate 19990408 Committee amendment adopted Senate 19990407 Committee report: Favorable with 11 SJ amendment Senate 19990112 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ referred to Committee Senate 19981118 Prefiled, referred to Committee 11 SJ Versions of This Bill Revised on April 7, 1999 - Word format Revised on April 8, 1999 - Word format Revised on May 26, 1999 - Word format
(A59, R104, S37)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-40-710, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PERSONAL PROPERTY BELONGING TO A RESIDENTIAL TENANT WHO HAS BEEN EVICTED, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE REMOVAL BY APPROPRIATE MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY OFFICIALS OF SUCH PERSONAL PROPERTY IN A PUBLIC STREET OR HIGHWAY AFTER FORTY-EIGHT HOURS AND TO PROVIDE THAT, IF THE PREMISES IS LOCATED IN A MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY THAT DOES NOT COLLECT TRASH OR DEBRIS FROM THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS, THEN AFTER A PERIOD OF FORTY-EIGHT HOURS, THE LANDLORD MAY REMOVE THE PERSONAL PROPERTY FROM THE PREMISES AND DISPOSE OF IT IN THE MANNER THAT TRASH OR DEBRIS IS NORMALLY DISPOSED OF IN SUCH MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 27-40-735 RELATING TO A REDUNDANT PROVISION FOR THE DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY OF AN EVICTED TENANT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Disposition of property
SECTION 1. Section 27-40-710(D) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 382 of 1998, is amended to read:
"(D) Personal property belonging to a tenant removed from a premises as a result of an eviction proceeding under this chapter which is placed on a public street or highway shall be removed by the appropriate municipal or county officials after a period of forty-eight hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, and may also be removed by these officials in the normal course of debris or trash collection before or after a period of forty-eight hours. If the premises is located in a municipality or county that does not collect trash or debris from the public highways, then after a period of forty-eight hours, the landlord may remove the personal property from the premises and dispose of it in the manner that trash or debris is normally disposed of in such municipalities or counties. The notice of eviction must clearly inform the tenant of the provisions of this section. The municipality or county and the appropriate officials or employees thereof have no liability in regard to the tenant if he is not informed in the notice of eviction of the provisions of this section."
Repeal
SECTION 2. Section 27-40-735 of the 1976 Code is repealed.
Time effective
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 9th day of June, 1999.
Approved the 11th day of June, 1999.
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