South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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A329, R412, H3309

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Owens, Ballentine, Duncan, Leach, Kirsh, Simrill, Gullick, Limehouse, McLeod, Witherspoon, Mahaffey, Alexander, Dantzler, Edge, Hamilton, Hayes, Jennings, Kelly, E.H. Pitts, Rice, R. Brown, Huggins, Anthony, Shoopman, Littlejohn, Harvin, Agnew, Whitmire, Moss, Pinson, Parks, Merrill, M.A. Pitts, Scarborough, Miller, Phillips, Bedingfield and Taylor
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3058dw07.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 312

Introduced in the House on January 17, 2007
Introduced in the Senate on April 25, 2007
Last Amended on June 5, 2008
Passed by the General Assembly on June 5, 2008
Governor's Action: June 16, 2008, Signed

Summary: Joint Municipal Electric Power and Energy Act

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/17/2007  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-36
   1/17/2007  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        HJ-37
   1/18/2007  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: R.Brown, 
                        Huggins, Anthony, Shoopman
   1/23/2007  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Littlejohn, 
                        Harvin
   1/24/2007  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Agnew, Whitmire
   1/25/2007  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Moss
   1/30/2007  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Pinson
   1/31/2007  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Parks
   2/13/2007  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Merrill
   2/14/2007  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.A.Pitts, 
                        Scarborough, Miller
   2/14/2007  House   Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Taylor
   2/22/2007  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Phillips
   3/28/2007  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Taylor
   4/18/2007  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, 
                        Commerce and Industry HJ-3
   4/19/2007  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bedingfield
   4/20/2007          Scrivener's error corrected
   4/24/2007  House   Amended HJ-24
   4/24/2007  House   Read second time HJ-29
   4/25/2007  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-11
   4/25/2007          Scrivener's error corrected
   4/25/2007  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-14
   4/25/2007  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-14
   4/26/2007  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Moore (ch), Ford, Rankin, Scott
   1/24/2008  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Rankin (ch), Ford, Scott, 
                        Campbell
    6/3/2008  Senate  Recalled from Committee on Judiciary SJ-8
    6/4/2008  Senate  Read second time SJ-165
    6/5/2008  Senate  Amended SJ-114
    6/5/2008  Senate  Read third time and returned to House with amendments 
                        SJ-114
    6/5/2008  House   Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-272
   6/10/2008          Ratified R 412
   6/16/2008          Signed By Governor
   6/24/2008          Copies available
   6/24/2008          Effective date See Act for Effective Date
   7/11/2008          Act No. 329

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/17/2007
4/18/2007
4/20/2007
4/24/2007
4/25/2007
6/3/2008
6/5/2008


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

(A329, R412, H3309)

AN ACT TO AMEND CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 58-27-415 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE PAYMENT, IMPOSITION, OR COLLECTION OF A FRANCHISE FEE WITH RESPECT TO ELECTRICAL POWER PROVIDED TO THE STATE BY A UTILITY UNDER THE "STATELINE ACCOUNTS" AND TO REQUIRE A UTILITY TO EXCLUDE SALES REVENUE ACCRUED FROM "STATELINE ACCOUNTS" WHEN CALCULATING A FRANCHISE FEE OWED TO A MUNICIPALITY.

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

Franchise fee not to be paid or collected under "Stateline Accounts", calculation of franchise fee

SECTION    1.    Article 3, Chapter 27, Title 58 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 58-27-415.    (A)    The State shall not pay, nor shall any person, including a municipality or utility, impose, pay, or collect a franchise fee with respect to electrical power provided to the State by a utility under the 'Stateline Accounts'. The 'Stateline Accounts' referenced in this section are those state electrical power accounts that arose from the 1925 agreement validated, ratified, and approved in Act 440 of 1925 (34 Stats. 852).

(B)    The utility shall exclude all gross sales revenue accrued from the Stateline Accounts when calculating any franchise fee owed to a municipality and shall therefore not include those Stateline Account gross sales revenues in the payment of the franchise fee to the municipality. The 'Stateline Accounts' referenced in this section are those state electrical power accounts that arose from the 1925 agreement validated, ratified, and approved in Act 440 of 1925 (34 Stats. 852)."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    Section 58-27-415(A) takes effect upon approval by the Governor. Section 58-27-415(B) takes effect January 1, 2009.

Ratified the 10th day of June, 2008.

Approved the 16th day of June, 2008.

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