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Bill 3329

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3329
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20010124
Primary Sponsor:                  Cobb-Hunter
All Sponsors:                     Cobb-Hunter
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\nbd\11183ac01.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Subject:                          Setoff debt collection, Housing Authority 
                                  Executive Directors Association defined for; 
                                  Taxation, Property


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20010124  Introduced, read first time,           25 HJ
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 12-56-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF THE SETOFF DEBT COLLECTION ACT, SO AS TO EXTEND THE DEFINITION OF "POLITICAL SUBDIVISION" TO INCLUDE THE SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF HOUSING AUTHORITY EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 12-56-20(1) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "(1)    'Claimant agency' means a state agency, board, committee, commission, public institution of higher learning, political subdivision, South Carolina Student Loan Corporation, housing authorities established pursuant to Articles 5, 7, and 9 of Chapter 3 of Title 31, and the Internal Revenue Service, and the United States Department of Education. It also includes a private institution of higher learning for the purpose of collecting debts related to default on authorized educational loans made pursuant to Chapters 111, 113, or 115 of Title 59. 'Political subdivision' includes the Municipal Association of South Carolina and, the South Carolina Association of Counties, and the South Carolina Association of Housing Authority Executive Directors when these organizations submit claims on behalf of their members, other political subdivisions, or other claimant agencies as defined in this item. A political subdivision who submits a claim through an association is a claimant agency for the purpose of the notice and appeal provisions and other requirements of this chapter."

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

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