Bill Text: SC H4056 | 2015-2016 | 121st General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: DOT contractors

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-7)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-06-04 - Amended [H4056 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2015-H4056-Amended.html

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RECALLED

April 29, 2015

H. 4056

Introduced by Reps. Funderburk, Norrell, King, Knight, Brannon, Cobb-Hunter, Daning, Henderson, Herbkersman, Hicks, Kennedy, Newton, Simrill, Thayer and Weeks

S. Printed 4/29/15--H.

Read the first time April 23, 2015.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 57-5-1655 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTOR OR CONTRACTING FIRM SHALL NOT BE QUALIFIED TO PARTICIPATE IN DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS AS A PRIME CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Article 11, Chapter 5, Title 57 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 57-5-1655.    A contractor or contracting firm shall not be qualified to participate in Department of Transportation contracts as a prime contractor or subcontractor, if:

(1)    the contractor or contracting firm is owned, in whole or in part, by a trust that benefits a person or firm who has been disqualified for bidding on department contracts, or a disqualified person's family; or

(2)    the disqualified person or firm provides financial support or loans to the contractor or contracting firm."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.