South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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S. 83

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Knotts
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3052sl03.doc

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

Summary: LIFE Scholarships, student convicted of alcohol-related offense eligible for scholarship after one year of adjudication

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/11/2002  Senate  Prefiled
  12/11/2002  Senate  Referred to Committee on Education
   1/14/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-52
   1/14/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Education SJ-52

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/11/2002

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 59-149-90, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO STUDENT CRITERIA FOR THE LIFE SCHOLARSHIP, SO AS TO DELETE A PROVISION WHICH MAKES A STUDENT INELIGIBLE FOR A LIFE SCHOLARSHIP IF THE STUDENT HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF AN ALCOHOL-RELATED OFFENSE.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 59-149-90 of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 289 of 2000, is amended to read:

"Section 59-149-90.    (A)    Students must not have A student who has been adjudicated delinquent or been convicted or pled guilty or nolo contendere to any felonies a felony or any alcohol or drug-related offenses offense under the laws of this or any other another state or under the laws of the United States in order to be is not eligible for a LIFE Scholarship, 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 a drug-related misdemeanor offense nevertheless shall be eligible or continue to be is eligible for such scholarships the scholarship after the expiration of one academic year from the date of the adjudication, conviction, or plea.

(B)    Regardless of the number of hours attempted, once the student has earned a bachelor's degree, he is ineligible for a LIFE Scholarship to seek another degree."

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

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