South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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H. 3602

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General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. D.C. Moss, Knight, Anthony, Forrester, Gambrell, Hayes, Jennings, Limehouse, Littlejohn, Merrill, J.M. Neal, Ott and Simrill
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Introduced in the House on February 25, 2009
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: Procurement Code

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/25/2009  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-3
   2/25/2009  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-3

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2/25/2009

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 59-19-93, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ADOPTION OF A PROCUREMENT CODE BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A DISTRICT REQUIRED TO ADOPT A PROCUREMENT CODE SHALL GIVE PREFERENCE TO RESIDENT VENDORS OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 59-19-93 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 59-19-93.        (A)    Distributions Distribution of funds to a school district pursuant to the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 must be suspended after June 30, 1985, unless the school district has adopted and filed with the Division of General Services of the State Budget and Control Board a procurement code modeled on the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code or the model set forth in the Report of the Local Government Task Force on Procurement. All Suspended funds must be released to the district at the time the district files an adopted procurement code and all subsequent distributions must be made as provided by law.

(B)    A school district required to adopt a procurement code pursuant to the provisions of this section shall give preference to vendors who are residents of South Carolina as defined in Section 11-35-1524."

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

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