South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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A16, R34, S523

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Leatherman and McGill
Document Path: l:\s-res\jym\001sout.kmm.jym.docx

Introduced in the Senate on February 9, 2011
Introduced in the House on March 29, 2011
Last Amended on March 23, 2011
Passed by the General Assembly on April 29, 2011
Governor's Action: May 9, 2011, Signed

Summary: Fire and public safety districts

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    2/9/2011  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 5)
    2/9/2011  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance (Senate Journal-page 5)
    3/9/2011  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance 
                        (Senate Journal-page 12)
   3/23/2011  Senate  Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 20)
   3/23/2011  Senate  Amended (Senate Journal-page 20)
   3/23/2011  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 20)
   3/23/2011  Senate  Roll call Ayes-34  Nays-4 (Senate Journal-page 20)
   3/24/2011  Senate  Read third time and sent to House
   3/29/2011  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 20)
   3/29/2011  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means 
                        (House Journal-page 20)
   4/27/2011  House   Recalled from Committee on Ways and Means 
                        (House Journal-page 21)
   4/28/2011  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 26)
   4/28/2011  House   Roll call Yeas-90  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 26)
   4/28/2011  House   Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day (House Journal-page 27)
   4/29/2011  House   Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 6)
    5/5/2011          Ratified R 34
    5/9/2011          Signed By Governor
   5/13/2011          Effective date 05/09/11
   5/17/2011          Act No. 16

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/9/2011
3/9/2011
3/23/2011
4/27/2011

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

(A16, R34, S523)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 11 TO CHAPTER 23, TITLE 4 SO AS TO ALLOW JOINT COUNTY FIRE DISTRICTS TO UTILIZE THE PROCEDURES CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 5, CHAPTER 11, TITLE 6 TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

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

Issuance of bonds

SECTION 1.    Chapter 23, Title 4 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Article 11

Joint County Fire District - Issuance of Bonds

Section 4-23-1100.    For purposes of this article, 'joint county fire district' means a special purpose district created for the provision of fire protection consisting of areas in more than one county and created by act of the General Assembly before the effective date of this article.

Section 4-23-1105.    A joint county fire district may issue general obligation bonds for any corporate purpose by utilizing the procedures set forth in Sections 6-11-820 through 6-11-1030, the provisions of Section 6-11-810(d) and (e) notwithstanding."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 5th day of May, 2011.

Approved the 9th day of May, 2011.

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