South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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H. 3037

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Altman, Vaughn, Umphlett, Merrill, Coates, Clemmons, Cotty and Mahaffey
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3072dw03.doc

Introduced in the House on January 14, 2003
Introduced in the Senate on March 5, 2003
Last Amended on March 4, 2003
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Candidate prohibited from being nominated by more than one political party

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/4/2002  House   Prefiled
   12/4/2002  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/14/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-23
   1/14/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-23
   1/28/2003  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Clemmons
    2/4/2003  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cotty
   2/26/2003  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary 
                        HJ-106
    3/4/2003  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Mahaffey
    3/4/2003  House   Amended HJ-86
    3/4/2003  House   Read second time HJ-87
    3/5/2003  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-17
    3/5/2003          Scrivener's error corrected
    3/5/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-10
    3/5/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-10

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/4/2002
2/26/2003
3/4/2003
3/5/2003

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AMENDED

March 4, 2003

H. 3037

Introduced by Reps. Altman, Vaughn, Umphlett, Merrill, Coates, Clemmons, Mahaffey and Cotty

S. Printed 3/4/03--H.    [SEC 3/5/03 12:36 PM]

Read the first time January 14, 2003.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-350, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CERTIFIED CANDIDATES NOMINATED BY PETITION, PRIMARY, OR CONVENTION, SO AS TO PROHIBIT A CANDIDATE FROM BEING NOMINATED BY MORE THAN ONE POLITICAL PARTY AND TO REQUIRE THE AUTHORITY CHARGED BY LAW WITH PRINTING THE BALLOT TO PRINT THE NAME OF THE CANDIDATE WITH THE ONE PARTY WHICH NOMINATED HIM.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Section 7-13-350 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 392 of 2002, is further amended by adding:

"(C)    The authority charged by law with printing the ballot shall print the name of a candidate accompanied by whatever political parties nominate him and may not print his name more than once."

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

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