Bill Text: SC S0968 | 2013-2014 | 120th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Fire Marshal

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-31 - Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Scott, Young [S0968 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2013-S0968-Introduced.html

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 8-1-130, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DUAL OFFICE HOLDING, TO CLARIFY THAT THE POSITION OF FIRE MARSHAL IN A FIRE DEPARTMENT IS NOT A POSITION OF HONOR OR PROFIT FOR PURPOSES OF DUAL OFFICE HOLDING CONSIDERATION UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 8-1-130 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 8-1-130.    Any member, including fire marshal, of a lawfully and regularly organized fire department, county veterans affairs officer, constable, or municipal judge serving as attorney for another city is not considered to be a dual officeholder, by virtue of serving in that capacity, for the purposes of the Constitution of this State."

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