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Bill 779

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      779
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  19990429
Primary Sponsor:                  McConnell
All Sponsors:                     McConnell
Drafted Document Number:          l:\s-res\gfm\004spec.dmb.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee 12 
                                  SLCI
Subject:                          Residential specialty contractors, not 
                                  required by commercial construction licensing 
                                  requirements


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  19990429  Introduced, read first time,           12 SLCI
                  referred to Committee


                             Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 40-59-77 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS, SO AS TO PROHIBIT COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES FROM REQUIRING THAT RESIDENTIAL SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS ABIDE BY COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 40-59-77 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 40-59-77. (A) The commission shall, by regulation, classify residential specialty contractors in a manner consistent with established usage and procedure in the construction business, and may limit the field and scope of the operations of a residential specialty contractor to those in which he is to be registered. All residential specialty contractor registrations issued by the commission must be for one or more of the classifications adopted pursuant to this chapter.

(B) Residential specialty contractors must be qualified and experienced in the particular branches or fields of the contracting vocation in which they intend to, and do, engage.

Residential specialty contractors are not exempt from complying with county and municipal business license ordinances or other regulatory ordinances. Any county or municipality may require a residential specialty contractor to be examined and licensed in accordance with standards adopted by the county or municipality. However, a county or municipality may not adopt requirements that would require that a residential specialty contractor abide by commercial construction licensing requirements unless he is engaged in commercial construction."

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

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