Bill Text: SC H4889 | 2021-2022 | 124th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Alarm System

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2022-05-31 - Act No. 196 [H4889 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2021-H4889-Amended.html

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AMENDED

May 10, 2022

H. 4889

Introduced by Rep. Bannister

S. Printed 5/10/22--S.

Read the first time March 30, 2022.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 40-79-215 SO AS TO PROHIBIT AN ALARM BUSINESS OR CONTRACTOR FROM BEING FINED FOR A FALSE ALARM NOT ATTRIBUTED TO IMPROPER INSTALLATION, DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT, OR OPERATIONAL ERROR BY THE ALARM BUSINESS OR CONTRACTOR.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 79, Title 40 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 40-79-215.    An alarm business or contractor as defined in this chapter, or an alarm business call center, must not be fined or assessed a penalty by a local government for false alarms which are not attributed to improper installation, defective equipment, or operational error by the alarm business contractor."

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