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H3236 - Local Government - Annexations
Joseph M. Bustos, David L. O'Neal
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 5-3-105 So As To Authorize The Governing Body Of A Municipality To Annex An Area By Ordinance If The Area Is Completely Surrounded By The Municipality, And To Provide Exceptions And Procedures.
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Introduced
H3697 - Thomasena Stokes-Marshall, sympathy
JA Moore, Joseph M. Bustos, Terry Alexander
Last updated over 1 year ago
124 Co-Sponsors
Express The Profound Sorrow Of The Members Of The South Carolina House Of Representatives Upon The Passing Of Thomasena Stokes-marshall Of Mount Pleasant, To Celebrate Her Life, And To Extend The Deepest Sympathy To Her Family And Many Friends.
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Passed
H3532 - Bond Reform
Murrell Smith, Thomas E. Pope, John R. Mccravy
Last updated about 1 year ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 17-15-270 So As To Create An Additional Offense Punishable By Up To Five Years If A Person Commits A Subsequent Violent Crime While Subject To A Bond Order Or Pretrial Release Order For A Previous Violent Crime; By Amending Section 17-15-15, Relating To Cash Deposits In Lieu Of Bond, So As To Provide That If The Court Finds That A Defendant May Be Released On Bond Who Has Been Charged With A Violent Offense Or Any Felony Offense Involving A Firearm While Out On Bond Or Other Pretrial Release, The Bond Must Be Set At The Full United States Cash Currency Bond Rather Than Ten Percent; By Amending Section 17-15-30, Relating To Matters To Be Considered In Determining Conditions Of Release, So As To Include Whether A Person Is Currently Out On Bond For Another Offense; By Adding Section 17-15-35 So As To Define Necessary Terms, And To Provide Procedures For Court-ordered Electronic Monitoring In Lieu Of Setting Bond Or As An Additional Condition Of Bond; By Adding Section 17-15-37 So As To Authorize The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division To Promulgate Regulations Regarding Electronic Monitoring And To Provide Parameters For Which An Electronic Monitoring Agency Must Operate Within; By Amending Section 17-15-55, Relating To Reconsideration Of Bond By The Circuit Court Set By A Summary Court, So As To Provide A Defendant Must Be Advised Of His Right To A Speedy Trial And To Provide Procedures Related To Speedy Trials, To Provide For The Revocation Of Previous Bond If A Person Commits A Violent Offense Or A Felony Offense Involving A Firearm Which Was Committed While The Person Was Already Out On Bond For A Previous Violent Offense Or Felony Offense Involving A Firearm, To Require A Full Bond Under Certain Repeat Offender Circumstances, And To Provide Conforming Procedures; By Amending Section 22-5-510, Relating To Bail And Bond Hearings And Conditions Of Release, So As To Include Whether A Person Is Currently Out On Bond For Another Offense; By Amending Section 24-13-40, Relating To The Computation Of Time Served By Prisoners, So As To Prohibit Credit For Time Served Prior To Trial And Sentencing When The Prisoner Committed A Subsequent Crime While Out On Bond Or Had Bond Revoked On Any Charge Prior To Trial Or Plea; By Amending Section 24-13-425, Relating To The Offense Of Tampering With An Electronic Monitoring Device, So As To Delete An Unnecessary Definition And Exempt Certain Authorized Employees Or Agents From The Purview Of The Statute; By Adding Section 17-15-500 So As To Establish The South Carolina Pretrial Reform Commission, Provide For Its Membership And Duties, And Terminate The Commission On A Date Certain; By Amending Section 38-53-10, Relating To Defintions For Purposes Of The Chapter On Bail Bondsmen And Runners, So As To Revise The Definition Of "surety Bondsman" And Define The Term "electronic Monitoring"; By Amending Section 38-53-50, Relating To Surety Relieved On Bond, So As To Make A Technical Change Regarding Nonpayment Of Premium Fees Alone Not Being Sufficient To Warrant Immediate Incarceration Of The Defendant; By Amending Section 38-53-70, Relating To The Issuance Of Bench Warrants For Failure To Appear, So As To Revise The Statute To Apply More Broadly When A Defendant Violates The Conditions Of Bond And Revise Time Frames Provided For The Notice Of The Bench Warrant; By Adding Section 38-53-84 So As To Require Notification To The Appropriate Solicitor If A Defendant Violates An Order For Electronic Monitoring, To Provide For Relief From The Bond If The Defendant Fails To Pay For The Monitoring, And To Provide For Possible Revocation Of A Bondsman's License For Failure To Comply With Reporting Requirements; By Amending Section 38-53-170, Relating To Unlawful Acts By Bondsmen And Runners, So As To Provide Additional Payment Procedures And Expense Reimbursement Procedures; By Amending Section 38-53-310, Relating To Written Bail Bond Reports That Must Be Filed Each Month With The Clerk Of Court, So As To Include Current Data Retained As An Express Condition Of Bond, And To Allow For The Use Of A Data Management Software System In Lieu Of The Written Report; And By Adding Section 38-53-55 So As To Require A Person Engaged In Electronic Monitoring Of A Defendant Charged With A Violent Offense To Report To The Court And Law Enforcement Officials If The Defendant Has Contact With The Alleged Victim. - Ratified Title
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Passed
H3447 - Judicial Merit Selection Commission
Steven Wayne Long, John R. Mccravy, James Mikell Burns
Last updated over 1 year ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Sections 2-19-10, 2-19-20, 2-19-35, 2-19-70, 2-19-80, And 2-19-90, All Relating To The Judicial Merit Selection Commission, So As To Change The Commission's Process For Nominating Judicial Candidates From The Nomination Of Three Qualified Candidates To The Release Of A List Of All Qualified Candidates To The General Assembly.
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Introduced
H3086 - Property Tax Exemption
John R. King, Patricia Moore Henegan, David L. O'Neal
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 12-37-220, Relating To Property Tax Exemptions, So As To Allow An Exemption From All Property Tax Equal To One Hundred Percent Of The Value Subject To Tax Of An Owner-occupied Residence If The Owner Has Attained The Age Of Eighty Years.
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Introduced
H3895 - Convention of the States
Jason T. Elliott, Bill Taylor, Jerry T. Carter
Last updated over 1 year ago
48 Co-Sponsors
Make Application By The State Of South Carolina Under Article V Of The United States Constitution For A Convention Of The States To Be Called, Restricted To Proposing An Amendment To The United States Constitution To Set A Limit On The Number Of Terms That A Person May Be Elected As A Member Of The United States House Of Representatives, And To Set A Limit On The Number Of Terms That A Person May Be Elected As A Member Of The United States Senate.
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Introduced
H3825 - Electronic records
Christopher Sloan Wooten, Leon D. Gilliam, William Lee Hewitt
Last updated over 1 year ago
29 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 17-13-142 So As To Authorize A Law Enforcement Officer, A Prosecutor, Or The Attorney General To Require The Disclosure Of Electronic Communications And Other Related Records By A Provider Of An Electronic Communication Service Or Remote Computing Service Under Certain Circumstances.
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Introduced
H3358 - Golf carts
David L. O'Neal, Jordan S. Pace, Frank Lucas Atkinson
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 56-2-105, Relating To Golf Cart Permits And The Operation Of Golf Carts, So As To Provide Golf Carts Additionally May Be Operated Within Four Miles Of Permit Holders' Temporary Addresses, And Provide Municipalities May Adopt Ordinances That Allow For The Operation Of Golf Carts Equipped With Working Headlights And Rear Lights During Non-daylight Hours.
STATUS
Introduced
H3529 - Constitutional amendment, Judicial Department
Roy Josiah Magnuson, Thomas Beach, James Mikell Burns
Last updated over 1 year ago
23 Co-Sponsors
An Amendment To Sections 3, 8, 13, 18, And 27, Article V Of The Constitution Of South Carolina, Relating To The Judicial Department, So As To Provide That Supreme Court Justices, Judges On The Court Of Appeals, And Circuit Court Judges Shall Be Appointed By The Governor With The Advice And Consent Of The Senate Rather Than Being Elected By The General Assembly, And To Repeal Provisions Requiring The General Assembly To Establish A Judicial Merit Screening Commission.
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Introduced
H3566 - Foreign ownership of real estate
Patrick B. Haddon, Thomas Beach, James Mikell Burns
Last updated over 1 year ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 27-1-80 So As To Provide That Certain Companies Owned, In Whole Or In Part, By The People's Republic Of China Or The Chinese Communist Party May Not Own, Lease, Possess, Or Exercise Any Control Over More Than One Hundred Acres Of Real Estate In This State.
STATUS
Introduced
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Representative from South Carolina district HD-066
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David L. O'Neal is a Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives, representing District 146. He was first elected to the chamber in 2014. O'Neal is Owner/Managing Partner of IH Services, Inc. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from Middle Tennessee State University in 1982. His professional experience includes working as a business owner.read less
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