South Carolina General Assembly
123rd Session, 2019-2020

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H. 3115

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Cobb-Hunter
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11045dg19.docx

Introduced in the House on January 8, 2019
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: Reimbursement of Atty Gen for representing the state in certain matters

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/18/2018  House   Prefiled
  12/18/2018  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
    1/8/2019  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 93)
    1/8/2019  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means 
                        (House Journal-page 93)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/18/2018

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

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 1-7-85, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO REIMBURSING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR REPRESENTING THE STATE IN CERTAIN MATTERS, SO AS TO LIMIT THE REIMBURSEMENT TO CERTAIN SPECIFIED COSTS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 1-7-85 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 1-7-85.    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Office of the Attorney General may obtain reimbursement for its costs in representing the State in criminal proceedings and in representing the State and its officers and agencies in civil and administrative proceedings. These costs may only include, but are not limited to, attorney fees or investigative costs or costs of litigation awarded by court order or settlement, travel expenditures, depositions, printing, transcripts, and personnel costs. Reimbursement of these costs may be obtained by the Office of the Attorney General from the budget of an agency or officer that it is representing or from funds generally appropriated for legal expenses, with the approval of the State Budget and Control Board Department of Administration."

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

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