South Carolina Senate Joint Resolution 691 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-2)
Status: Introduced on April 14 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-04-14 - Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-7
Pending: Senate Finance Committee

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO REQUIRE THE GOVERNOR TO APPLY FOR STATE FISCAL STABILIZATION FUNDS AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009, TO MAKE FINDINGS THAT IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STATE FOR THE GOVERNOR TO APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS AND THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE THE GOVERNOR TO MAKE THE APPLICATION, TO PROVIDE THAT THE GOVERNOR MUST APPLY FOR THE FUNDS WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE JOINT RESOLUTION, TO PROVIDE THAT THE ASSURANCES THAT MUST BE MADE TO OBTAIN THE FUNDS ARE THE POLICY OF THIS STATE, TO PROVIDE FOR BASELINE DATA ON THESE ASSURANCES, AND TO DESCRIBE HOW THE STATE WILL UTILIZE THE FUNDS.

Require The Governor To Apply For State Fiscal Stabilization Funds Available Pursuant To The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Of 2009, To Make Findings That It Is In The Best Interest Of The State For The Governor To Apply For These Funds And That The General Assembly Has The Authority To Require The Governor To Make The Application, To Provide That The Governor Must Apply For The Funds Within Thirty Days Of The Effective Date Of The Joint Resolution, To Provide That The Assurances That Must Be Made To Obtain The Funds Are The Policy Of This State, To Provide For Baseline Data On These Assurances, And To Describe How The State Will Utilize The Funds.

Sen. Ralph Anderson [D]	Sen. Creighton Coleman [D]	Sen. Bradley Hutto [D]	Sen. John Knotts [R]
Sen. Phil Leventis [D]	Sen. Joel Lourie [D]	Sen. Gerald Malloy [D]	Sen. John Matthews [D]
Sen. Luke Rankin [R]	Sen. Glenn Reese [D]	Sen. John Scott [D]	Sen. Vincent Sheheen [D]
Sen. Kent Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-14		Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-7
2009-04-14		Introduced and read first time SJ-7

H3923 (Similar To) 2009-04-22 - Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-15
H3962 (Similar To) 2009-04-23 - Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-273

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/cgi-bin/web_bh10.exe?bill1=0691&session=118