Bill Text: SC S1110 | 2017-2018 | 122nd General Assembly | Introduced

South Carolina Senate Bill 1110 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Daylight saving time

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-13 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary [S1110 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2017-S1110-Introduced.html

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 1-1-30 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTENDS FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME TO BE THE YEAR-ROUND STANDARD TIME OF THE ENTIRE STATE SHOULD THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AMEND CERTAIN RELATED FEDERAL LAW TO ALLOW STATES TO OBSERVE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME YEAR ROUND.

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

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

"Section 1-1-30. If the United States Congress amends 15 U.S.C. Section 260a to authorize states to observe daylight saving time year round, it is the intent of the South Carolina General Assembly that daylight saving time be the year-round standard of the entire state and all of its political subdivisions."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2018.