Liability limits set in state government liability bill
State lawmakers reached a compromise on a bill setting liability limits for state and local governments including counties municipalities school districts and special districts. The conference committee backed a 250 000 per person and 500 000 per accident framework with four insurance options and broader coverage than the House version. Applegate supported lower limits but welcomed multiple exceptions and a move away from sovereign immunity.
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Columbia
Sam Applegate
Charleston
House-Senate
Conference Committee
House
Senate
State Supreme Court
General Assembly
Budget and Control Board
Applegate
Senate Tightens Air Travel Rules In Budget Clash
South Carolina Senate moves to finish a $3 billion appropriations bill before adjournment as debate over adoption agency mergers retirement age, insurance taxes, and travel rules intensifies. Amendments force cheapest fares, require disclosure of free tickets, and curb state plane use.
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Columbia
General Assembly
South Carolina Senate
Senate
House
Commission
Chamber
Warren Giese
R-Richland
Budget and Control Board
Elizabeth Patterson
Spartanburg
S.C. Senate
Omnibus Crime Bill Nears House Approval in South Carolina
The crime bill proposed by Gov. Dick Riley, heavily amended, passed the Senate and moves to the House for Tuesday action. The measure tightens penalties for violent crimes, eases prison crowding with sentencing options, and ends with life with parole eligibility after 20 years for certain murders unless death penalty is pursued. Citizens Against Violent Crime shifted to support a 30-year minimum term for aggravated murders where death penalty is not sought.
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Columbia
Dick Riley
Senate
House
Chamber
Citizens Against
Cave
Crime Bill Features Include Boot Camp and Restitution
The bill outlines seven community penalties for first time non-violent offenders and a 90 day military style shock probation boot camp with fifty beds. It creates restitution centers with work release, directs five percent of inmate wages to a victim fund, and mandates five year sentences for weapons offenses. It defines violent crimes to include murder robbery and sexual assaults among others.
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Department of Health and Environmental Control
Phil Leventis
D-Sumter
P.O. Box
Aiken, S.C
Jeff Wallace
Gulpers
Aiken Depot
Porky Bradberry
Whiskey Road
Mitchell Shopping Center
Aiken SC
Pine Butler
Fie
Esk
Whiskey Rd
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Bleyle
AIKEN
Edgefield
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