St. John's Fire District

2025-2026 Bill 5060: St. John's Fire District

South Carolina General Assembly

126th Session, 2025-2026

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R207, H5060

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill

Sponsors: Rep. Stavrinakis

Document Path: LC-0400DG26.docx

Introduced in the House on January 29, 2026

Introduced in the Senate on March 5, 2026

Currently residing in the Senate

Governor's Action: May 19, 2026, Signed

Summary: St. John's Fire District

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

1/29/2026

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 13
)

1/29/2026

House

Referred to
Charleston Delegation
(
House Journal-page 13
)

1/29/2026

Scrivener's error corrected

3/3/2026

House

Delegation report: Favorable
Charleston Delegation
(
House Journal-page 37
)

3/4/2026

House

Read second time (
House Journal-page 14
)

3/4/2026

House

Roll call Yeas-110 Nays-0 (
House Journal-page 15
)

3/4/2026

Scrivener's error corrected

3/5/2026

House

Read third time and sent to Senate (
House Journal-page 6
)

3/5/2026

Senate

Introduced, read first time, placed on local &
uncontested calendar (
Senate Journal-page 8
)

5/5/2026

Senate

Read second time (
Senate Journal-page 17
)

5/6/2026

Senate

Read third time and enrolled (
Senate Journal-page 72
)

5/14/2026

Ratified R 207

5/19/2026

Signed By Governor

6/5/2026

Effective date 05/19/26

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

01/29/2026
01/29/2026-A
03/03/2026
03/04/2026
03/05/2026

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

NOTE: THIS IS A TEMPORARY VERSION. THIS DOCUMENT WILL REMAIN IN THIS VERSION UNTIL FINAL APPROVAL BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

(R207, H5060)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 369 OF 1959, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ST. JOHN'S FIRE DISTRICT, SO AS TO INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION AND TO REVISE THE PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE DISTRICT AND TO REPEAL SECTION 2 OF ACT 727 OF 1978 RELATING TO THE ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENT OF A MEMBER.

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

Qualified electors

SECTION 1. SECTION 4 of Act 369 of 1959, as last amended by Act 727 of 1978, is further amended to read:

SECTION 4. The district shall be governed by the St. John's Fire Commission which shall consist of nine qualified electors of the district, four of whom shall be residents of Johns Island, one of whom shall be a resident of Seabrook Island, one of whom shall be a resident of Wadmalaw Island, and three of whom shall be residents of Kiawah Island. The members shall be appointed by the Governor, upon the recommendation of the majority of the county legislative delegation, for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. All terms shall expire December thirty-first in the appropriate year. The members shall elect a chairman and a secretary from its membership. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term only.

Adoption of procurement code

SECTION 2. SECTION 8 of Act 369 of 1959, as last amended by Act 413 of 2002, is further amended to read:

SECTION 8. The commission shall adopt a procurement code in compliance with Section 11-35-5320 and all records must be available as a public record pursuant to Section 30-4-30.

Repeal

SECTION 3. SECTION 2 of Act 727 of 1978 is repealed.

Time effective

SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 14th day of May, 2026.

Approved the 19th day of May, 2026. -- L.

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