South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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A370, R441, S680

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Sheheen and Ryberg
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11539ac05.doc

Introduced in the Senate on March 30, 2005
Introduced in the House on March 22, 2006
Last Amended on June 1, 2006
Passed by the General Assembly on June 1, 2006
Governor's Action: June 9, 2006, Signed

Summary: Gasoline and diesel fuel

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/30/2005  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-12
   3/30/2005  Senate  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        SJ-12
    3/2/2006  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, 
                        Commerce and Industry SJ-10
   3/15/2006  Senate  Amended SJ-33
   3/16/2006  Senate  Read second time SJ-10
   3/16/2006          Scrivener's error corrected
   3/21/2006  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-15
   3/22/2006  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-7
   3/22/2006  House   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources 
                        and Environmental Affairs HJ-7
   4/19/2006  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, 
                        Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-4
   4/25/2006  House   Debate adjourned HJ-49
   4/25/2006  House   Debate adjourned HJ-73
   4/25/2006  House   Debate adjourned until Tuesday, May 2, 2006 HJ-110
    5/2/2006  House   Requests for debate-Rep(s). Simrill, Altman, Kennedy, 
                        Kirsh, Anthony, J Brown, Chellis, Hinson, Duncan, 
                        Witherspoon, Mahaffey, R Brown, Ballentine, and 
                        Merrill HJ-26
    5/4/2006  House   Debate adjourned until Tuesday, May 9, 2006 HJ-120
   5/10/2006  House   Amended HJ-92
   5/10/2006  House   Read second time HJ-94
   5/10/2006  House   Roll call Yeas-100  Nays-0 HJ-94
   5/11/2006  House   Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments 
                        HJ-72
   5/17/2006  Senate  House amendment amended SJ-47
   5/17/2006  Senate  Returned to House with amendments SJ-47
   5/18/2006          Scrivener's error corrected
   5/24/2006  House   Non-concurrence in Senate amendment HJ-33
   5/25/2006  Senate  Senate insists upon amendment and conference committee 
                        appointed Ryberg, Grooms, and Sheheen SJ-178
   5/25/2006  House   Conference committee appointed Reps. Duncan, Umphlett, 
                        and Funderburk HJ-73
   5/30/2006  Senate  Conference report adopted SJ-64
    6/1/2006  House   Conference report received and adopted HJ-53
    6/1/2006  House   Ordered enrolled for ratification HJ-54
    6/7/2006          Ratified R 441
    6/9/2006          Signed By Governor
   6/16/2006          Copies available
   6/16/2006          Effective date 06/09/06
   6/23/2006          Act No. 370

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/30/2005
3/2/2006
3/15/2006
3/16/2006
4/19/2006
5/10/2006
5/17/2006
5/18/2006
6/1/2006

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

(A370, R441, S680)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 39-41-295 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT MOTOR FUEL MAY BE DISPENSED AT UNATTENDED SERVICE STATIONS IF THE DISPENSING DEVICE HAS AN AUTOMATIC SHUT-OFF VALVE THAT IS ACTIVATED WHEN THE SALE REACHES THIRTY GALLONS AND TO REQUIRE THE DISPENSING DEVICE TO BE EQUIPPED WITH EMERGENCY CONTROLS AND THE SERVICE STATION WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.

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

Motor fuel dispensing at unattended service stations

SECTION    1.    Chapter 41, Title 39 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 39-41-295.    Notwithstanding Section 39-41-260, or any other provision of law, motor fuel, as defined in Section 12-28-110(39), may be dispensed at an unattended service station if the dispensing device has an automatic shut-off valve that is activated when the sale of the motor fuel reaches thirty gallons. In addition, the dispensing device shall be equipped with emergency controls pursuant to Chapter 22, Section 2204.3.3 of the International Fire Code. The service station shall be equipped with a 2A-20B-C fire extinguisher within seventy-five feet of the pump as required in Chapter 22, Section 2205.5 of the International Fire Code."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 7th day of June, 2006.

Approved the 9th day of June, 2006.

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