Double Dip Retirement Bill Passed by Senate
The Senate approved legislation allowing solicitors and judges to collect retirement pay while serving in the General Assembly. Sen. Ryan Shealy opposed, calling it double dipping as it would mean two state paychecks. He and others argued it grants special privileges over other state employees.
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Columbia
Senate
General Assembly
Ryan Shealy
Lexington County
Republican
Shealy
Lexington
S.C. Senate
Parole Hearing Frequency Debate Reaches South Carolina House
The South Carolina House passed a bill to reduce parole hearings for certain violent crimes and require some hearings to occur in the victim's county. Supporters say it keeps the burden on the state while opponents warn of logistical costs and local security burdens for sheriffs.
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Columbia
South Carolina
House
Eugene Foxworth
Charleston
Parole Board
Parker Evatt
D-Richland
Ramon Schwartz
Dsumter
Evatt
Builders Push For Limit On Construction Liability
In Columbia six architects and contractors pressed a Senate committee for a 10 year statute of limitations on construction liability. They argued claims after a decade create costly lawsuits and high insurance. The measure would exempt builders from negligence claims after 10 years.
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Columbia
Senate
Senate Judicary Committee
South Carolina blue laws seek House passage this week
Legislative leaders push a revised blue laws bill through the House ahead of debates on the state budget. The Judiciary Committee amended a Senate bill to relax Sunday closings, exempting county fairs and Carowinds, while sparing manufacturing plants and newspapers from a universal conscience clause.
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Columbia
House
Ways and
Tom G. Mangum
Mangum
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
South Carolina
Judiciary Panel
Toal
Judiciary Committee
Lawmakers push term limit on governor to one four-year term
Two Piedmont lawmakers Rep Herbert D Kirsh and Sen Harvey Peeler plan to introduce a constitutional amendment to limit the governor to one four-year term after 1994. Kirsh said the measure is serious while Sheheen teased and declined to sign as co sponsors.
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Columbia
Piedmont
Herbert D. Kirsh
York
Sen
Harvey
Peeler
Kirsh
Judiciary Committee
Robert J. Sheheen
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