Stevenson Seeks Audit Of Utilities By Legislature
Rep Nancy Stevenson introduces a bill for the Legislative Audit Council to perform a comprehensive audit of utility companies seeking rate hikes. The measure would grant the council powers to subpoena and gather records to help the Public Service Commission make informed rulings at minimal tax cost. Stevenson runs for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
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State Public Service Commission
Nancy Stevenson
Legislative Audit Council
Charleston
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Stevenson
PSC
Audit Council
Commission
Bill Would Change Rights of Legislators
In Columbia AP reports a House bill seeks to amend the 1975 ethics law to allow General Assembly members to appear for consumers before the Public Service Commission the Dairy Commission and the Insurance Commission. The attorney general's opinion said the prohibition may abridge legislators duties and rights. Rep Jean Toal initially opposed but later backed the measure after the legal view.
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General Asemblar
House
Senate
General Assembly
Public Service Commission
Dairy Commission
Insurance Commission
Jean Toal
Drichland
Toal
Rep
Teal
Legislative action summary on state bills in Columbia
Tuesday action includes the House passing a holiday option for state employees to take MLK Day or Robert E Lee birthday as a state holiday. A homestead exemption expansion for surviving spouses of eligible claimants advances. A permanent aging services committee is proposed, and regulators would file annual financial statements to avoid conflicts. Farmers and minimum wage measures move in House and Senate with voice votes.
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House
Martin Luther King
Robert F Lees
Senate
Congress
State school finance act may lift property taxes in some districts
A South Carolina panel told the House Ways and Means Committee that the new school finance act could require higher property taxes in some districts to fund the program. It would average a $42 million yearly increase for five years, with districts contributing 30 percent so every student gets at least $665 in the first year beginning July 1. The act aims to guarantee a minimum education funding level, possibly needing revenue growth in later years.
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Associated Press
Columbia (Ap
House
Ways and Means
South Carolina
James Morris
Public School Bus Drivers May Get Hourly Wage Hike
In Columbia SC the Senate approved a Finance Committee proposal to raise public school bus drivers pay to 2.65 per hour retroactive to January 1 and growers hope the House will pass the measure. Sen Frank L Roddey objected that many state workers earning below the federal minimum should be included in a broader package with part time drivers.
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South Carolina
House
Senate
Frank L. Roddey
Lancaster
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