Liaison Group Sets Five Month Agenda For 1980 Session
Columbia AP leaders map priorities for the 1980 legislative session, citing Governor Riley proposals on the rainy day fund and gubernatorial succession as early items. They plan car insurance reform after a joint study, plus Supreme Court rulings on the new criminal appeals court and PSC hearings.
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Columbia
Dick Riley
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
Rembert C. Dennis
Senate Finance Committee
Riley
Dennis D-Berkeley
Bills Fix Inequity in South Carolina Homestead Exemption
In Columbia AP A trio of bills championed by Sen Hyman Rubin to correct inequities in the 1976 Homestead Exemption Act win Senate approval. One measure shields seniors the blind and disabled from penalties for missing the 4 percent exemption filing. Another allows pro rata tax relief for eligible co owners even if others are ineligible. The bills move to the House after Senate action Tuesday.
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Columbia
Hyman Rubin
South Carolina
Senate
Rubin
D Richland
House of Representatives
Amendment Sets Fees For Medicaid Services
The House Ways and Means Committee approved an amendment to standardize Medicaid service fees for doctors across state agencies. The plan mirrors California style fee schedules and could cut charges for major services by 20 to 30 percent while saving the Department of Social Services about 2 million dollars annually.
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Columbia
House
Ways and Means Committee
Budget and Control Board
California
Charles E. Hodges
D-Harry
Hodges
Department of Social Services
Republicans Oppose Raise in South Carolina Legislature
The 13 member Republican Caucus in the South Carolina House of Representatives will oppose a proposed $2,000 annual pay increase for state legislators. Rep. Moffatt Burris notes a $3,000 raise two years ago and cites a 250 percent salary rise since 1971 versus 87 percent for median family income.
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Raise
Columbia
South Carolina
House of Representatives
Moffatt Burris
R-Richland
House
Burris
General Assembly
South Carolina Senate action on zoning and homestead bills
The Senate passed zoning authority expansion for appeals boards and sent the measure to the House. It also advanced several homestead exemption proposals for seniors and disabled residents to the House, including 4 percent ratio status, life estate exemptions, and pro rata sharing for co owners. A separate protest hearing time change for primary elections moved to the Senate.
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Columbia
South Carolina General Assembly
Senate
House
Sakharov Stripped of State Awards by Soviet Government
The Soviet government yesterday stripped dissident leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Andrei Sakharov of several state awards for alleged subversive work. Dissidents said Sakharov had been arrested and exiled within the Soviet Union.
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Andrei Sakharov
Sakharov
Soviet Union
SCEA Charge Of Misrepresentation Stands On Rights
The South Carolina Education Association accuses opponents of strategic misrepresentation after a bill to deduct SCEA dues from teachers’ pay failed 9-5 in the House Education and Public Works Committee. Five supporters led by Rep Kay Patterson face potential defections as SCEA campaigns for bargaining rights and union status.
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SCEA
South Carolina Education Association
House Education and Public Works Committee
S.C. School Boards Association
Education and Public Works Committee
Kay Patterson
D-Richland
David Beasley
Darlington
Hudson Barksdale
Spartanburg
McKinley Washington
D-Charleston
Jean Harris
Chesterfield
Patterson
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