South Carolina Senate Bill 630 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on June 12 2009 - 100% progression
Action: 2009-06-12 - Act No. 52

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-15-65 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURER, DISTRIBUTOR, FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE, OR DISTRIBUTOR REPRESENTATIVE TO REQUIRE OR COERCE A MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER TO CHANGE THE LOCATION OF HIS DEALERSHIP OR MAKE SUBSTANTIAL ALTERATIONS TO THE DEALER'S PREMISES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; BY ADDING SECTION 56-15-75 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURER, FACTORY BRANCH, DISTRIBUTOR BRANCH, FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE OR DISTRIBUTOR REPRESENTATIVE TO REQUIRE OR COERCE A MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER TO REFRAIN FROM PARTICIPATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF, INVESTMENT IN, OR ACQUISITION OF ANOTHER MAKE OR LINE OF NEW MOTOR VEHICLES OR RELATED PRODUCTS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-15-90, RELATING TO A MANUFACTURER'S, WHOLESALER'S, DISTRIBUTOR'S OR FRANCHISOR'S UNLAWFUL FAILURE TO RENEW, TERMINATE, OR RESTRICT THE TRANSFER OF A FRANCHISE, SO AS TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES, AND TO PROVIDE THE FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED IN CALCULATING THE FAIR AND REASONABLE COMPENSATION FOR THE VALUE OF A DEALERSHIP FRANCHISE. - ratified title

Make Technical Changes, And To Provide The Factors To Be Considered In Calculating The Fair And Reasonable Compensation For The Value Of A Dealership Franchise. - Ratified Title

Sen. Thomas Alexander [R]	Sen. Ralph Anderson [D]	Sen. Lee Bright [R]	Sen. Paul Campbell [R]
Sen. Creighton Coleman [D]	Sen. Thomas Davis [R]	Sen. Dick Elliott [D]	Sen. Michael Fair [R]
Sen. Robert Ford [D]	Sen. Lawrence Grooms [R]	Sen. Robert Hayes [R]	Sen. Bradley Hutto [D]
Sen. Darrell Jackson [D]	Sen. John Knotts [R]	Sen. John Land [D]	Sen. Hugh Leatherman [R]
Sen. Phil Leventis [D]	Sen. Joel Lourie [D]	Sen. Gerald Malloy [D]	Sen. Larry Martin [R]
Sen. Shane Martin [R]	Sen. Shane Massey [R]	Sen. John Matthews [D]	Sen. John McGill [D]
Sen. Floyd Nicholson [D]	Sen. William O'Dell [R]	Sen. Harvey Peeler [R]	Sen. Luke Rankin [R]
Sen. Glenn Reese [D]	Sen. Michael Rose [R]	Sen. John Scott [D]	Sen. Nikki Setzler [D]
Sen. Vincent Sheheen [D]	Sen. Phillip Shoopman [R]	Sen. David Thomas [R]	Sen. Danny Verdin [R]
Sen. Kent Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-06-12		Act No. 52
2009-06-11		Effective date 06/03/09
2009-06-03		Became law without Governor's signature
2009-05-27		Ratified R 75
2009-05-13		Concurred in House amendment and enrolled SJ-73
2009-05-13		Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments HJ-6
2009-05-12		Read second time HJ-38
2009-05-12		Amended HJ-33
2009-05-05		Scrivener's error corrected
2009-04-30		Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry HJ-5
2009-04-23		Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry HJ-229
2009-04-23		Introduced and read first time HJ-229
2009-04-22		Read third time and sent to House SJ-18
2009-04-22		Amended SJ-18
2009-04-22		Scrivener's error corrected
2009-04-21		Read second time SJ-29
2009-04-21		Committee Amendment Adopted SJ-29
2009-04-16		Scrivener's error corrected
2009-04-15		Committee report: Favorable with amendment Transportation
2009-03-26		Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-4
2009-03-26		Introduced and read first time SJ-4

H3888 (Similar To) 2009-05-14 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Whipper, R.L.Brown

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
56	15	65	(n/a)	See Bill Text
56	15	75	(n/a)	See Bill Text
56	15	90	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/cgi-bin/web_bh10.exe?bill1=630&session=118