2015-2016 Bill 1246: Fire Prevention and Life Safety (D. No. 4619) - South Carolina Legislature

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 121st Session, 2015-2016 3 4 S. 1246 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Joint Resolution 9 Sponsors: Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\dbs\31323cz16.docx 11 12 Introduced in the Senate on April 19, 2016 13 Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 14 15 Summary: Fire prevention and life safety (D. No. 4619) 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 4/19/2016 Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference (Senate 22 Journalpage 4) 23 5/11/2016 Senate Recommitted to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry (Senate 24 Journalpage 10) 25 26 View the latest legislative information at the website 27 28 29 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 30 31 4/19/2016 32 4/19/2016-A 33 1 INTRODUCED 2 April 19, 2016 3 4 S. 1246 5 6 Introduced by Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee 7 8 S. Printed 4/19/16--S. 9 Read the first time April 19, 2016. 10 11

[1246-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A JOINT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 12 LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION - OFFICE OF 13 STATE FIRE MARSHAL, RELATING TO FIRE PREVENTION 14 AND LIFE SAFETY FOR SPECIAL OCCUPANCIES, 15 DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 16 4619, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, 17 CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE. 18 19 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 20 Carolina: 21 22 SECTION 1. The regulations of the Department of Labor, 23 Licensing and Regulation - Office of State Fire Marshal, relating 24 to Fire Prevention and Life Safety for Special Occupancies, 25 designated as Regulation Document Number 4619, and submitted 26 to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, 27 Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are approved. 28 29 SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by 30 the Governor. 31 XXX 32 33 SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED 34 BY PROMULGATING AGENCY. 35 The Office of State Fire Marshal proposes to eliminate redundant 36 and unnecessary provisions of the regulations; update, correct, 37 and/or otherwise improve by amending the remaining existing 38 regulations; use a standardized format for all regulations; and to 39 make the current regulations compatible with current federal and 40 state statutes. 41

[1246] 3 1 A Notice of Drafting was published in the State Register on 2 September 25, 2015. 3 XX 4

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