South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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A272, R361, H4454

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Vaughn, Altman, Leach and Mahaffey
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20765sd04.doc

Introduced in the House on January 13, 2004
Introduced in the Senate on February 18, 2004
Last Amended on May 19, 2004
Passed by the General Assembly on May 26, 2004
Governor's Action: July 16, 2004, Signed

Summary: Authority to call for referenda regarding local or regional hospitals governed by political subdivisions

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/10/2003  House   Prefiled
  12/10/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/13/2004  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-80
   1/13/2004  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-80
   2/11/2004  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary HJ-7
   2/17/2004  House   Amended HJ-17
   2/17/2004  House   Read second time HJ-18
   2/18/2004  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-32
   2/18/2004  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-11
   2/18/2004  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-11
   5/13/2004  Senate  Recalled from Committee on Judiciary SJ-1
   5/19/2004  Senate  Amended SJ-66
   5/19/2004  Senate  Read second time SJ-66
   5/20/2004  Senate  Read third time and returned to House with amendments 
                        SJ-20
   5/26/2004  House   Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-74
    6/2/2004          Ratified R 361
   7/16/2004          Signed By Governor
   7/26/2004          Copies available
   7/26/2004          Effective date 07/16/04
   7/28/2004          Act No. 272

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/10/2003
2/11/2004
2/17/2004
5/13/2004
5/19/2004

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A272, R361, H4454)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 6-1-140 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT FOR CERTAIN POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THIS STATE THAT WERE CREATED TO OPERATE HOSPITALS ON A LOCAL OR REGIONAL BASIS, THE ABILITY TO CALL FOR OR CONDUCT ADVISORY REFERENDA REGARDING THEIR ACTIVITIES SHALL REST SOLELY WITH THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION AND THE GOVERNMENTAL BODIES WHICH APPOINT THE BOARD, INCLUDING A COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION.

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

Advisory referenda

SECTION    1.    Chapter 1, Title 6 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 6-1-140.    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for political subdivisions of this State that were created to operate hospitals on a local or regional basis, which receive Medicaid funds to directly provide health care services, and whose governing body is not a county board, committee, or commission within the meaning of Section 4-9-170, the ability to call for or conduct advisory referenda regarding their activities shall rest solely with the governing board of the political subdivision or a governmental body which appoints the board, including a county legislative delegation."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 2nd day of June, 2004.

Approved the 16th day of July, 2004.

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