South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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H. 4797

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Scarborough
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3825dw08.doc

Introduced in the House on March 4, 2008
Introduced in the Senate on April 24, 2008
Last Amended on April 23, 2008
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Motor vehicle accidents

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    3/4/2008  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-62
    3/4/2008  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-62
   4/17/2008  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Ways and 
                        Means HJ-19
   4/23/2008  House   Amended HJ-85
   4/23/2008  House   Read second time HJ-86
   4/24/2008  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-32
   4/24/2008  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-7
   4/24/2008  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-7
   4/28/2008  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Martin (ch), Malloy, Campsen, 
                        Williams, Massey

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/4/2008
4/17/2008
4/23/2008

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

AMENDED

April 23, 2008

H. 4797

Introduced by Rep. Scarborough

S. Printed 4/23/08--H.

Read the first time March 4, 2008.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 6-1-180 SO AS TO PROHIBIT A MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY FROM IMPOSING A FEE OR SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS OR EXPENSES INCURRED AS A RESULT OF RESPONDING TO A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 1, Title 6 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 6-1-180.    (A)    A municipality or county, or unit or agency of it, may not impose a fee or seek reimbursement of costs or expenses incurred as a result of responding to a motor vehicle accident, except:

(1)    where the coverage for these services is provided by an insurance company to the insured and the services are billed lawfully to the insured;

(2)    for emergency medical services; or

(3)    for hazardous material clean up.

(B)    Nothing contained in this section prohibits a unit of government from seeking to collect from another unit of government the reasonable costs incurred for responding to a motor vehicle accident outside its jurisdiction of authority. Those costs may not be charged directly or indirectly to an insurance company unless otherwise covered under the terms of the insurance policy."

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

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