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in committee · South Carolina · House Mar 7, 2017

H 3928: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 1-11-437 SO AS TO REQUIRE ALL STATE AGENCIES TO USE A SINGLE THIRD PARTY ORIGINAL SOURCE COMPILER AND PUBLISHER OF UNENCUMBERED ADDRESS DATA FOR PURPOSES OF VALIDATING AND VERIFYING STATE RESIDENTS, HOUSEHOLDS, AND BUSINESSES, AND TO DIRECT THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER OF THE STATE FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY AUTHORITY, WITH THE INPUT OF AFFECTED AGENCIES, TO PROCURE SUCH A COMPILER AND PUBLISHER IN THE MANNER REQUIRED BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONSOLIDATED PROCUREMENT CODE.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
Garry R. Smith (R) Phyllis J. Henderson (R) Leon Stavrinakis (D) Mike Burns (R) Tommy Pope (R)
in committee · South Carolina · House Mar 7, 2017

H 3924: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 16-11-700, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO UNLAWFUL LITTERING AND PENALTIES AND OTHER PROVISIONS REGARDING LITTERING, SO AS TO REVISE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION WHERE THE LITTER INVOLVED IS A CIGARETTE OR CIGARETTE COMPONENT; AND BY ADDING SECTION 16-11-705 SO AS TO MAKE UNLAWFUL DUMPING OF EGREGIOUS LITTER BY MEANS OF A TRUCK OR OTHER MOTORIZED VEHICLE OR CONVEYANCE A SEPARATE OFFENSE, AND PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION TO INCLUDE MAKING THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT VIOLATIONS A FELONY.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Kevin Hardee (R)
in committee · South Carolina · Senate Mar 7, 2017

S 507: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 39-20-45 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO SELF-SERVICE STORAGE FACILITIES, TO PROVIDE THAT, AFTER A FIFTY DAY DEFAULT PERIOD, THE OWNER OF A STORAGE FACILITY MAY ENFORCE ITS LIEN BY ARRANGING FOR A COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE PUBLIC SALE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER SO LONG AS, AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS BEFORE THE SALE, THE OWNER ADVERTISES THE PUBLIC SALE IN A COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE MANNER AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS IN ITEM (F) OF THIS SECTION; TO PROVIDE THAT, FOR PURPOSES OF THIS CHAPTER, "COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE SALE" INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, THE OFFERING OF PROPERTY TO AN AUDIENCE OF BIDDERS THROUGH AN ONLINE, PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AUCTION WEBSITE AND THAT THE ADVERTISEMENT WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE IN A "COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE MANNER" IF AT LEAST THREE INDEPENDENT BIDDERS ATTEND THE SALE AT THE TIME AND PLACE AS ADVERTISED; TO PROVIDE THAT, IN THE EVENT THAT THE PUBLIC SALE IS PLANNED TO BE HELD THROUGH A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INTERNET WEBSITE, THE ADVERTISEMENT SHALL INCLUDE THE WEBSITE ADDRESS, WHICH SHALL CONSTITUTE THE "PLACE" FOR PURPOSES OF FULFILLING THIS REQUIREMENT; AND TO PROVIDE THAT ANY SALE OR DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY FROM A COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE SALE MUST BE HELD IN A COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE MANNER EITHER THROUGH A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE INTERNET WEBSITE, AT THE SELF SERVICE STORAGE FACILITY, OR AT THE NEAREST SUITABLE PLACE TO WHERE THE PERSONAL PROPERTY IS HELD OR STORED.

Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
Thomas Alexander (R)
in committee · South Carolina · House Mar 7, 2017

H 3918: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING CHAPTER 32 TO TITLE 17 SO AS TO ENACT THE "ASSET FORFEITURE AND PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTION ACT", TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS, TO ESTABLISH THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE AFTER CRIMINAL CONVICTION, TO ALLOW THE STATE TO PETITION FOR SUBSTITUTE PROPERTY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO ESTABLISH WHEN A STATE ENTITY MAY TRANSFER A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, TO REQUIRE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE TO BE IDENTIFIED IN AN INDICTMENT OR BY INFORMATION IN THE COURT AMONG OTHER THINGS, TO ESTABLISH WHEN PROPERTY MAY BE SEIZED OTHER THAN THROUGH A FORFEITURE ORDER, TO REQUIRE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO SEIZES PROPERTY TO GIVE AN ITEMIZED RECEIPT OF THE PROPERTY SEIZED, TO GRANT PROVISIONAL TITLE TO THE STATE AT THE TIME OF SEIZURE AND TO DEFINE WHAT RECORDS MUST BE KEPT, TO ALLOW FOR THE OWNER OF SEIZED PROPERTY TO POST BOND OR GIVE SUBSTITUTE PROPERTY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WITH AN INTEREST IN SEIZED PROPERTY MAY PETITION THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO REMIT OR MITIGATE PROPERTY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO PROVIDE THAT A DEFENDANT MAY MOVE TO SEPARATE THE TRIAL OF THE ALLEGED CRIME AND FORFEITURE AND DESIGNATE CERTAIN PROCEDURES AND RULES FOR THE TRIALS, TO ALLOW A PROPERTY OWNER TO APPEAL A FORFEITURE ON THE GROUNDS THAT IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONALLY EXCESSIVE, TO ESTABLISH THAT A BONA FIDE SECURITY INTEREST IS NOT SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE EXCEPT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO REQUIRE THE STATE TO MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO NOTIFY INNOCENT THIRD PARTIES WHO MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN FORFEITED PROPERTY AMONG OTHER THINGS, TO PROHIBIT THE FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY OF AN INNOCENT PARTIAL OR JOINT OWNER AND TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS THAT THE STATE MUST OVERCOME TO ALLOW THE PROPERTY TO BE FORFEITED, TO REQUIRE THE STATE TO RETURN SEIZED PROPERTY TO THE OWNER WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO ESTABLISH HOW FORFEITED PROPERTY IS TO BE DISBURSED, AND TO REQUIRE ALL STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO SUBMIT ANNUAL SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE REPORTS TO THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND TO INSTRUCT THE DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP FORMS AND PROCESSES FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Todd Rutherford (D) Alan D. Clemmons (R)
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