South Carolina House Bill 4448 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on July 8 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-07-08 - Act No. 258

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 58-5-380, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO RESTRICTIONS ON INTERRUPTION OF ELECTRIC AND GAS SERVICES TO RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER FOR NONPAYMENT OF BILL, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE GAS UTILITIES TO IMPLEMENT PREPAYMENT PROGRAMS FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS IN SUCH A MANNER THAT WILL PROMOTE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BY FACILITATING CONSUMER AWARENESS OF ENERGY USE AND THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES AND TO ALLOW THE GAS UTILITIES TO INTERRUPT SERVICE WHEN THE PREPAID ACCOUNT BALANCE IS ZERO IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET, AND ALLOW ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE; BY ADDING SECTION 58-27-250 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE ELECTRIC UTILITIES TO IMPLEMENT PREPAYMENT PROGRAMS FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS IN SUCH A MANNER THAT WILL PROMOTE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BY FACILITATING CONSUMER AWARENESS OF ENERGY USE AND THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES AND TO ALLOW THE UTILITIES TO INTERRUPT SERVICE WHEN THE PREPAID ACCOUNT BALANCE IS ZERO IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET, AND ALLOW ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE; BY ADDING SECTION 58-31-460 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SERVICE AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT PREPAYMENT PROGRAMS FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS IN SUCH A MANNER THAT WILL PROMOTE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BY FACILITATING CONSUMER AWARENESS OF ENERGY USE AND THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES AND TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC SERVICE AUTHORITY TO INTERRUPT SERVICE WHEN THE PREPAID ACCOUNT BALANCE IS ZERO; BY ADDING SECTION 33-49-255 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES TO IMPLEMENT PREPAYMENT PROGRAMS FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS IN SUCH A MANNER THAT WILL PROMOTE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BY FACILITATING CONSUMER AWARENESS OF ENERGY USE AND THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES AND TO ALLOW THE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES TO INTERRUPT SERVICE WHEN THE PREPAID ACCOUNT BALANCE IS ZERO; AND BY ADDING SECTION 5-31-690 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC AND GAS SYSTEMS TO IMPLEMENT PREPAYMENT PROGRAMS FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS IN SUCH A MANNER THAT WILL PROMOTE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BY FACILITATING CONSUMER AWARENESS OF ENERGY USE AND THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES AND TO ALLOW THE SYSTEMS TO INTERRUPT SERVICE WHEN THE PREPAID ACCOUNT BALANCE IS ZERO. - ratified title

Authorize Municipal Electric And Gas Systems To Implement Prepayment Programs For Residential Customers In Such A Manner That Will Promote Energy Efficiency And Conservation By Facilitating Consumer Awareness Of Energy Use And The Conservation Of Energy Resources And To Allow The Systems To Interrupt Service When The Prepaid Account Balance Is Zero. - Ratified Title

Rep. Paul Agnew [D]	Sen. Karl Allen [D]	Rep. Merita Allison [R]	Rep. Carl Anderson [D]
Rep. Jimmy Bales [D]	Rep. Nathan Ballentine [R]	Rep. Bruce Bannister [R]	Rep. William Bowers [D]
Rep. Joan Brady [R]	Rep. Curtis Brantley [D]	Rep. Boyd Brown [D]	Rep. Robert Brown [D]
Rep. Alan Clemmons [R]	Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter [D]	Rep. Chandra Dillard [D]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R]
Rep. Michael Forrester [R]	Rep. Laurie Funderburk [D]	Sen. Michael Gambrell [R]	Rep. Anton Gunn [D]
Rep. Nelson Hardwick [R]	Rep. Jackie Hayes [D]	Rep. George Hearn [R]	Rep. William Herbkersman [R]
Rep. Kenneth Hodges [D]	Rep. Chip Huggins [R]	Rep. Joseph Jefferson [D]	Rep. John King [D]
Rep. Herbert Kirsh [D]	Rep. Lanny Littlejohn [R]	Rep. Deborah Long [R]	Rep. Phillip Lowe [R]
Rep. Harold Mitchell [D]	Rep. Dennis Moss [R]	Rep. Steve Moss [R]	Rep. Wendy Nanney [R]
Rep. Denny Neilson [D]	Rep. Harry Ott [D]	Rep. Lewis Pinson [R]	Rep. Michael Pitts [R]
Sen. Rex Rice [R]	Rep. William Sandifer [R]	Rep. Gary Simrill [R]	Rep. Donald Smith [R]
Rep. Garry Smith [R]	Rep. James Roland Smith [R]	Rep. James Stewart [R]	Rep. McLain Toole [R]
Rep. Ted Vick [D]	Rep. Thad Viers [R]	Rep. David Weeks [D]	Rep. Jackson Whipper [D]
Rep. William Whitmire [R]	Rep. Mark Willis [R]	Rep. William Wylie [R]	Sen. Thomas Young [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-07-08		Act No. 258
2010-07-02		Effective date 06/11/10
2010-06-11		Signed By Governor
2010-06-07		Ratified R 327
2010-06-02		Roll call Yeas-100 Nays-1 HJ-59
2010-06-02		Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-59
2010-05-28		Scrivener's error corrected
2010-05-27		Read third time and returned to House with amendments SJ-24
2010-05-27		Scrivener's error corrected
2010-05-26		Read second time SJ-70
2010-05-26		Committee Amendment Amended and Adopted SJ-70
2010-05-19		Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary SJ-35
2010-03-05		Referred to Subcommittee: Rankin (ch), Hutto, Campbell
2010-03-02		Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-19
2010-03-02		Introduced and read first time SJ-19
2010-02-26		Scrivener's error corrected
2010-02-26		Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-2
2010-02-25		Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day HJ-23
2010-02-25		Roll call Yeas-104 Nays-1 HJ-22
2010-02-25		Read second time HJ-22
2010-02-25		Amended HJ-19
2010-02-25		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hodges
2010-02-24		Debate adjourned until Thursday, February 25, 2010 HJ-20
2010-02-24		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Allison, Wylie, R.L.Brown, Whipper, Weeks
2010-02-23		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Herbkersman
2010-02-18		Debate adjourned until Tuesday, February 23, 2010 HJ-33
2010-02-18		Amended HJ-28
2010-02-18		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Dillard, Ott, Jefferson
2010-02-17		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gambrell, King, Viers, Bannister
2010-02-16		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bowers, Allen, V.S.Moss, Whitmire, Littlejohn, G.R.Smith, Hayes, Cobb-Hunter, J.R.Smith, Brantley
2010-02-08		Scrivener's error corrected
2010-02-04		Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry HJ-10
2010-02-04		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: H.B.Brown, Kirsh, Forrester, Rice, Anderson, D.C.Smith, Nanney, Vick, Stewart, T.R.Young
2010-02-03		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hearn, Pinson, Bales, Clemmons, Toole, D.C.Moss, Ballentine, Willis, Huggins, Long, Simrill
2010-02-02		Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Agnew, Duncan, M.A.Pitts, Neilson, Brady, Gunn, Lowe, Funderburk, Hardwick, Mitchell
2010-01-28		Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry HJ-2
2010-01-28		Introduced and read first time HJ-2

S1096 (Similar To) 2010-04-13 - Act No. 141

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
33	49	255	(n/a)	See Bill Text
5	31	690	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	27	250	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	31	460	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	37	50	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	5	380	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	21	310	(n/a)	See Bill Text

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Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/cgi-bin/web_bh10.exe?bill1=4448&session=118