South Carolina General Assembly
114th Session, 2001-2002

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Bill 1076

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      1076
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20020228
Primary Sponsor:                  Reese
All Sponsors:                     Reese
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\pt\1776dw02.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 11 SJ
Subject:                          Freedom of Information, meetings of 
                                  public bodies; failure to notify person of 
                                  meeting makes all actions of public body null 
                                  and void


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20020228  Introduced, read first time,           11 SJ
                  referred to Committee


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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 30-4-80, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO NOTICE OF MEETINGS OF PUBLIC BODIES, SO AS TO DECLARE NULL AND VOID ALL ACTIONS OF A PUBLIC BODY AT A MEETING WHEN IT FAILS TO NOTIFY A PERSON, FOR A SECOND CONSECUTIVE TIME, OF THE MEETING TIME OR RESCHEDULED MEETING TIME WHEN THE PERSON HAS REQUESTED NOTIFICATION OF THIS INFORMATION IN WRITING.

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

SECTION 1. Section 30-4-80 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"(g) All actions of a public body at a meeting are declared null and void when a public body fails to notify a person, for a second consecutive time, of a meeting time or rescheduled meeting time when a person has requested notification of this information in writing."

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

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