South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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H. 4226

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. G. Brown
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20601sd03.doc

Introduced in the House on May 15, 2003
Currently residing in the House Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry

Summary: Wireless telecommunications provider may not bill end users for uncompleted calls

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   5/15/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-14
   5/15/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        HJ-14

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

5/15/2003

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 39-1-75 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER OPERATING IN THE STATE MAY BILL END USERS FOR UNCOMPLETED CALLS AND TO PROVIDE THAT ALL COMPLETED CALLS MUST BE BILLED IN NO GREATER THAN ONE-SIXTH OF A MINUTE INCREMENTS AFTER AN INITIAL ONE MINUTE MINIMUM.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 1, Title 39 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 39-1-75.    No wireless telecommunications provider operating in the State may bill end users for uncompleted calls. In addition, all completed calls must be billed in no greater than one-sixth of a minute increments after an initial one minute minimum."

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

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