Bill Text: SC S0649 | 2019-2020 | 123rd General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Criminal Background checks for real estate professionals
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-10 - Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry [S0649 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2019-S0649-Amended.html
AS PASSED BY THE SENATE
April 9, 2019
S. 649
S. Printed 4/9/19--S.
Read the first time March 13, 2019.
A BILL
TO CHANGE THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR AMENDMENTS TO SECTIONS 40-57-115, 40-57-340, AND 40-57-510(F) AND (G) OF THE 1976 CODE CONTAINED WITHIN ACT 60 OF 2017, ALL RELATING TO THE ADDITION OF CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS TO LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS, FROM MAY 19, 2020, TO JULY 1, 2020.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Act 60 of 2017 amended Chapter 40, Title 57 of the 1976 Code by adding Section 40-57-115 to provide that certain real estate professionals must undergo criminal background checks for initial applications for licensure and for licensure renewals; amended Section 40-47-340 of the 1976 Code to include a requirement that certain real estate professionals must undergo a criminal background check as a condition of licensure renewal; and amended Section 40-57-510 of the 1976 Code by adding subsections (F) and (G) to include a requirement that property managers and property managers-in-charge must undergo a criminal background check as a condition of licensure renewal. Each of the provisions contained in Act 60 of 2017 identified herein is effective for initial license applications or renewals due on or after July 1, 2020.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.