South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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A221, R242, S1227

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Land
Document Path: l:\s-res\jcl\003cler.dag.doc

Introduced in the Senate on March 25, 2008
Introduced in the House on April 15, 2008
Passed by the General Assembly on April 17, 2008
Became law without Governor's signature, May 15, 2008

Summary: Clarendon County

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/25/2008  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-4
   3/25/2008  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-4
    4/9/2008  Senate  Recalled from Committee on Judiciary SJ-4
    4/9/2008  Senate  Read second time SJ-4
    4/9/2008  Senate  Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day SJ-4
   4/10/2008  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-33
   4/10/2008          Scrivener's error corrected
   4/15/2008  House   Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference HJ-23
   4/16/2008  House   Read second time HJ-20
   4/17/2008  House   Read third time and enrolled HJ-33
    5/8/2008          Ratified R 242
   5/15/2008          Became law without Governor's signature
   5/27/2008          Copies available
   5/27/2008          Effective date 05/15/08
    6/4/2008          Act No. 221

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/25/2008
4/9/2008
4/10/2008
4/15/2008


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

(A221, R242, S1227)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 30-5-10 AND 30-5-12, BOTH AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REGISTER OF DEEDS, SO AS TO ADD CLARENDON COUNTY TO THE LIST OF COUNTIES WHICH HAVE BOTH A REGISTER OF DEEDS AND A CLERK OF COURT AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE GOVERNING BODY OF CLARENDON COUNTY SHALL APPOINT THE REGISTER OF DEEDS.

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

Clarendon County added to counties having both register of deeds and clerk of court

SECTION    1.    Sections 30-5-10 and 30-5-12 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 299 of 2006, are further amended to read:

"Section 30-5-10.    In every county in the State other than Aiken, Anderson, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Greenville, Horry, Jasper, Kershaw, Lexington, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Richland, Spartanburg, and Sumter the duties prescribed by law for the register of deeds must be performed by the clerk of court who has all the powers and emoluments given the register of deeds in Aiken, Anderson, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Greenville, Horry, Jasper, Kershaw, Lexington, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Richland, Spartanburg, and Sumter counties. The registers of deeds in Berkeley and Dorchester counties are elected for terms of four years and until a successor is elected in the general election and qualifies.

Section 30-5-12.    The governing bodies of Anderson, Beaufort, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Georgetown, Horry, Jasper, Kershaw, Oconee, Orangeburg, and Pickens counties shall appoint the register of deeds for its county under terms and conditions as it may agree upon. The governing body of Georgetown County may appoint a register of deeds only after advertising the information concerning the appointment for two weeks before action is taken in a newspaper of general circulation in the county."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 8th day of May, 2008.

Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 5/15/08.

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