2005-2006 Bill 1074: Tri-County Technical and Community College District and Commission

South Carolina General Assembly

116th Session, 2005-2006

R229, S1074

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill

Sponsors: Senator O'Dell

Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\9147htc06.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 24, 2006

Introduced in the House on January 31, 2006

Passed by the General Assembly on February 2, 2006

Governor's Action: February 21, 2006, Vetoed

Legislative veto action(s): Veto sustained

Summary: Tri-County Technical and Community College District and Commission

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

DateBodyAction Description with journal page number

1/24/2006SenateIntroduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference SJ7

1/25/2006SenateRead second time SJ14

1/26/2006SenateRead third time and sent to House SJ15

1/31/2006HouseIntroduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference HJ7

2/1/2006HouseRead second time HJ66

2/2/2006HouseRead third time and enrolled HJ16

2/15/2006Ratified R 229

2/21/2006Vetoed by Governor

2/22/2006SenateVeto sustained Yeas0 Nays44 SJ13

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/24/2006

1/24/2006-A

1/31/2006

NOTE: THIS COPY IS A TEMPORARY VERSION. THIS DOCUMENT WILL REMAIN IN THIS VERSION UNTIL PUBLISHED IN THE ADVANCE SHEETS TO THE ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS. WHEN THIS DOCUMENT IS PUBLISHED IN THE ADVANCE SHEET, THIS NOTE WILL BE REMOVED.

(R229, S1074)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 5953210 AND 5953240, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE CREATION OF THE TRICOUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE DISTRICT AND THE TRICOUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE COMMISSION AND THE EDUCATION INSTITUTION CREATED AND OPERATED BY THE COMMISSION, SO AS TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE DISTRICT TO THE TRICOUNTY TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE COMMISSION TO THE TRICOUNTY TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE COMMISSION, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSION TO NAME THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION CREATED AND OPERATED BY IT AS THE TRICOUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

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

District named

SECTION1.Section 5953210 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

“Section 5953210.There is created the TriCounty Technical and Community College District, consisting of the counties of Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens, controlled and managed by a commission known as the TriCounty Technical and Community College Commission.”

Naming institution

SECTION2.Section 5953240 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

“Section 5953240.(A)The commission shall provide for the creation, maintenance, and operation of a technical and community college to be located in one of the three counties as the commission designates, and there must be developed and carried out at the college a program of adult preemployment, adult extension, and high school preemployment training for residents of the district and other persons the commission designates upon the terms the commission requires.

(B)The educational institution created by the commission, in its discretion, may be named TriCounty Technical College, TriCounty Community College, or any variation the commission considers appropriate. However, for purposes of all provisions of law governing the operation of the institution, it is considered a technical college.”

Time effective

SECTION3.This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 15th day of February, 2006.

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President of the Senate

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Speaker of the House of Representatives

Approved the ______day of ______2006.

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Governor