2017-2018 Bill 318: Tenant Ejection - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 122nd Session, 2017-2018 3 4 S. 318 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 General Bill 9 Sponsors: Senator Shealy 10 Document Path: l:\s-res\ks\016expe.dmr.ks.docx 11 12 Introduced in the Senate on January 26, 2017 13 Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary 14 15 Summary: Tenant ejection 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 1/26/2017 Senate Introduced and read first time ( Senate Journalpage 6) 22 1/26/2017 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary ( Senate Journalpage 6) 23 24 View the latest legislative information at the website 25 26 27 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 28 29 1/26/2017 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A BILL 10 11 TO AMEND SECTION 27-37-10 OF THE 1976 CODE, 12 RELATING TO GROUNDS FOR EJECTMENT OF A TENANT, 13 TO PROVIDE THAT AN EVICTION PROCEEDING MUST BE 14 EXPEDITED IF A TENANT OR ANOTHER PERSON WHO IS 15 ON THE PREMISES WITH THE TENANT’S PERMISSION OR 16 WHO IS ALLOWED ACCESS TO THE PREMISES BY THE 17 TENANT DELIBERATELY OR NEGLIGENTLY DESTROYS, 18 DEFACES, DAMAGES, IMPAIRS, OR REMOVES ANY PART 19 OF THE PREMISES OR ENGAGES IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY 20 ON THE PREMISES. 21 22 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 23 Carolina: 24 25 SECTION 1. Section 27-37-10 of the 1976 Code is amended by 26 adding an appropriately lettered subsection to read: 27 28 “( )(1) A magistrate must expedite an eviction by ordering a 29 tenant to vacate the premises occupied by him within twenty-four 30 hours if, after a landlord or his agent applies to have a tenant 31 evicted pursuant to Section 27-37-20, a tenant or another person 32 who is on the premises with the tenant’s permission or who is 33 allowed access to the premises by the tenant: 34 (i)deliberately or negligently destroys, defaces, damages, 35 impairs, or removes any part of the premises; or 36 (ii) engages in criminal activity on the premises. 37 (2) The order expediting eviction must be supported by a 38 finding supported by cause shown by the landlord or his agent that 39 the tenant is engaged in the activities described herein.” 40 41 SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the 42 Governor.

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