South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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S. 84

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Ford
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3044dw09.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2009
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Public records

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/10/2008  Senate  Prefiled
  12/10/2008  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/13/2009  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-109
   1/13/2009  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-109
   1/23/2009  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Cleary (ch), Ford, S.Martin

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/10/2008

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 30-4-30, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE RIGHT TO INSPECT OR COPY PUBLIC RECORDS, SO AS TO ADD ARREST WARRANTS ISSUED FOR THE PRECEDING THREE MONTHS AS DOCUMENTS WHICH MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AND COPYING WHEN THE REQUESTOR APPEARS IN PERSON.

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

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

"(d)    The following records of a public body must be made available for public inspection and copying during the hours of operations of the public body without the requestor being required to make a written request to inspect or copy the records when the requestor appears in person:

(1)    minutes of the meetings of the public body for the preceding six months;

(2)    all reports identified in Section 30-4-50(A)(8) for at least the fourteen-day period before the current day; and

(3)    documents identifying persons confined in any jail, detention center, or prison for the preceding three months; and

(4)    arrest warrants issued for the preceding three months."

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

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