South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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A139, R151, S1010

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Gambrell, Alexander and Garrett
Document Path: l:\council\bills\rt\17070ph22.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 4778

Introduced in the Senate on January 25, 2022
Introduced in the House on February 22, 2022
Passed by the General Assembly on April 7, 2022
Governor's Action: April 25, 2022, Signed

Summary: Water Supply

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/25/2022  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 5)
   1/25/2022  Senate  Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural 
                        Resources (Senate Journal-page 5)
   2/10/2022  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Agriculture and Natural 
                        Resources (Senate Journal-page 5)
   2/14/2022          Scrivener's error corrected
   2/16/2022  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 13)
   2/16/2022  Senate  Roll call Ayes-41  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 13)
   2/17/2022  Senate  Read third time and sent to House 
                        (Senate Journal-page 12)
   2/22/2022  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 7)
   2/22/2022  House   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources 
                        and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 7)
   3/31/2022  House   Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural 
                        Resources and Environmental Affairs 
                        (House Journal-page 25)
    4/5/2022  House   Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 19)
    4/6/2022  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 23)
    4/6/2022  House   Roll call Yeas-109  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 24)
    4/7/2022  House   Read third time and enrolled
   4/21/2022          Ratified R  151
   4/25/2022          Signed By Governor
   4/29/2022          Effective date  04/25/22
   4/29/2022          Act No.  139

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/25/2022
2/10/2022
2/14/2022
3/31/2022


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(A139, R151, S1010)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 49-3-60 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN ENTITY THAT HAS CONTRACTED FOR THE RIGHT TO STORE WATER IN A RESERVOIR OWNED BY THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAS EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO ANY RETURN FLOWS GENERATED TO THAT RESERVOIR.

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

Right to return flows

SECTION    1.    Chapter 3, Title 49 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 49-3-60. (A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, an entity that has contracted for the right to store water in a reservoir owned by the United State Army Corps of Engineers has exclusive rights to any return flows generated directly or indirectly to that reservoir by the entity. The rights conferred by this subsection must be subject to any regulatory requirements imposed by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and to the availability to the entity of unused storage capacity within the reservoir to store such return flows.

(B) For purposes of this section, 'return flow' means water that is discharged directly or indirectly to a reservoir from a water reclamation facility."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 21st day of April, 2022.

Approved the 25th day of April, 2022.

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