Bill Text: SC H4086 | 2019-2020 | 123rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Public Safety Department
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-02 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: R.Williams [H4086 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2019-H4086-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 23-6-35 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS THAT ADDRESS THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH GENERATING MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION TEAM REPORTS AND REPORTS GENERATED BY OTHER TEAMS THAT PERFORM SIMILAR FUNCTIONS AND ESTABLISH FEES TO COVER THESE COSTS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 6, Title 23 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 23-6-35. The department shall promulgate regulations that address the costs associated with generating multidisciplinary accident investigation team reports and reports generated by other teams that perform similar functions and establish fees to cover these costs. The department shall strive to establish report fees that are comparable to fees charged to obtain similar reports in the private sector. The purpose of the fee is to cover the department's costs associated with producing the reports."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
