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S. 33

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Knotts and Kuhn
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20028sd03.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 14, 2003
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Taxicab driver, operating as a lease under an agreement with a company that owns the taxi considered an independent contractor

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/4/2002  Senate  Prefiled
   12/4/2002  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/14/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-34
   1/14/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-34

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/4/2002

TO AMEND CHAPTER 23, TITLE 58, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 58-23-1273 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A DRIVER OPERATING A TAXICAB UNDER A SIGNED INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH A COMPANY WHICH OWNS THE TAXICAB AND WHICH ALLOWS THE DRIVER TO OPERATE THE TAXICAB AS A LESSEE IS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 42-1-130.

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

SECTION 1.    Chapter 23, Title 58 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 58-23-1273.    A driver who has or is operating a taxicab under a signed independent contractor lease agreement with a company which owns the taxicab and which allows the driver to operate the taxicab as a lessee is an independent contractor notwithstanding Section 42-1-130."

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

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