South Carolina Senate Bill 539 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 20 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-20 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, By Adding Section 33-49-150 So As To Provide That The Office Of Regulatory Staff Is Vested With The Authority And Jurisdiction To Conduct Audits Of Electric Cooperatives In The Same Manner, Terms, And Conditions It Is Authorized To Conduct Audits Of Regulated Public Utilities As Provided By Law; To Amend Section 33-49-420, Relating To Annual Meetings Of Members Of An Electric Cooperative, So As To Revise The Notice Requirements For Certain Meetings; To Amend Section 33-49-430, Relating To A Quorum At Meetings Of Electric Cooperatives, So As To Allow Persons Casting Early Voting Ballots For The Election Of Trustees To Be Counted For Purposes Of Determining A Quorum At The Meeting For The Election, And To Prohibit Voting By Proxy; To Amend Section 33-49-440, Relating To Voting By Members And Section 33-49-620, Relating To Voting Districts From Which Some Members Of The Board Of Trustees May Be Elected, Both So As To Permit Early Voting For Meetings At Which Trustees Are To Be Elected And The Procedures For Early Voting; To Amend Section 33-49-610, Relating To The Board Of Trustees Of A Cooperative, So As To Revise The Manner In Which Vacancies Occurring For Any Reason Other Than Expiration Of A Term Are Filled Which Must Be For The Remainder Of The Unexpired Term Only; By Adding Section 33-49-615 So As To Require Annual Public Disclosure Of Compensation And Benefits Paid To Or Provided For Members Of The Board Of Trustees; By Adding Section 33-49-625 So As To Require Specified Notice Of Meetings To The Cooperative Membership, To Require Votes Of Trustees To Be Taken In Open Session With Certain Exceptions, To Require Votes Taken In Executive Session To Be Ratified In Open Session, And To Require Minutes Of All Meetings To Be Provided To Cooperative Members; And By Adding Section 33-49-645 So As To Provide That In The Conduct Of Elections By A Cooperative, It Must Prohibit Advocacy Or Campaigning Within A Certain Distance Of The Polling Place.

Electric coops

Sen. Darrell Jackson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-20	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2019-02-20	Senate	Introduced and read first time

H3145 (Similar To) 2019-06-05 - Act No. 56
S0760 (Similar To) 2019-04-10 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
33	49	150	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	49	420	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	49	430	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	49	440	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	49	610	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	49	615	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	49	620	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	49	625	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	49	645	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0539&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/539_20190220.htm