South Carolina Senate Bill 156 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-11 - Referred to Committee on Finance
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Enact The "south Carolina Fiscal Accountability Act" By Adding Section 2-15-140 To Create A Division Within The Legislative Audit Council To Conduct Evaluations Of Programs Of Certain State Agencies And Departments To Determine If These Programs Have Outlived Their Usefulness Or Must Be Changed To Address The Priorities And Needs Of The Citizens They Affect, Provide For A Procedure For The Initiation Of A Review And For Disposition Of Its Findings After A Review Has Been Completed, Require The Governor In The Preparation Of The Annual Recommended State Budget To Apply "zero-base" Budgeting Principles, And Require The House Ways And Means Committee And The Senate Finance Committee In The Consideration Of The Annual General Appropriations Bill And Bills Or Joint Resolutions Making Supplemental Appropriations To Apply "zero-base" Budgeting Principles.

S.C. Fiscal Accountability Act

Sen. Michael Rose [R]

Sen. Phillip Shoopman [R]

Sen. Danny Verdin [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-11		Referred to Committee on Finance
2011-01-11		Introduced and read first time
2010-12-01		Referred to Committee on Finance
2010-12-01		Prefiled

H3222 (Similar To) 2011-01-19 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Patrick

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	15	140	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0156&session=119&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/prever/156_20101201.htm