South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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S. 782

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Giese and Reese
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\9973sj04.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2004
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Education

Summary: Lottery tuition assistance, certain students prohibited from receiving after committing certain crimes, exceptions

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/16/2003  Senate  Prefiled
  12/16/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/13/2004  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-20
   1/13/2004  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-20
   1/15/2004  Senate  Recalled from Committee on Judiciary SJ-4
   1/15/2004  Senate  Committed to Committee on Education SJ-4

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/16/2003

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

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 59-150-360, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EDUCATION LOTTERY ACT TUITION ASSISTANCE, SO AS TO PROHIBIT A STUDENT WHO HAS BEEN ADJUDICATED DELINQUENT OR CONVICTED OR PLED GUILTY OR NOLO CONTENDERE TO A FELONY OR AN ALCOHOL OR DRUG RELATED OFFENSE FROM BEING ELIGIBLE FOR LOTTERY TUITION ASSISTANCE, AND TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 59-150-360(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 356 of 2002, is further amended by adding item (6) at the end to read:

"(6)    not have been adjudicated delinquent or been convicted or pled guilty or nolo contendere to a felony or an alcohol or drug related offense under the laws of this or another state or under the laws of the United States, except that a high school or college student otherwise qualified who has been adjudicated delinquent or has been convicted or pled guilty or nolo contendere to an alcohol or drug related misdemeanor offense is eligible or continues to be eligible for a grant after the expiration of one academic year from the date of the adjudication, conviction, or plea."

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

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