South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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S. 554

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Martin, Hutto, Vaughn and Alexander
Document Path: l:\s-res\lam\019tend.dag.doc

Introduced in the Senate on March 8, 2007
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Freedom of Information Act

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    3/8/2007  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-3
    3/8/2007  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-3

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/8/2007

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 30-4-30(C) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE RIGHT TO INSPECT A PUBLIC RECORD, TO PROVIDE THAT A PUBLIC BODY MUST ANSWER A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST WITHIN TEN DAYS OF RECEIPT INSTEAD OF FIFTEEN.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 30-4-30(c) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(c)    Each public body, upon written request for records made under pursuant to this chapter, shall within fifteen ten days (excepting Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays) of the receipt of any such a request notify the person making such the request of its determination and the specific reasons therefore for the determination if the request is denied. Such a This determination shall constitute constitutes the final opinion of the public body as to the public availability of the requested public record and, if the request is granted, the record must be furnished or made available immediately for inspection or copying. If written notification of the determination of the public body as to the availability of the requested public record is neither mailed nor personally delivered to the person requesting the document public record within the fifteen ten days allowed herein by this subsection, the request must be considered approved granted. If the public body is unable to search for and make the requested public record available within the ten days provided by this subsection, the public body shall state the reason for the delay in writing which must be mailed or personally delivered to the person requesting the public record. Unless the person requesting the public record consents to extend the time for making the public record available, the public body shall make the public record available within thirty days (including Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays) of the original request."

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

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