S.C. Code § 15-41-30
2006 Act No. 300, Section 1, provides as follows:
"This act may be cited as the "Home Security Act". It is the intent of the General Assembly, because of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, to offer to the citizens of South Carolina protection for their homes in the event that financial difficulties, such as military deployment or extreme medical emergencies, occur for which bankruptcy filing may be the only available remedy."
2008 Act No. 225, Section 2, provides as follows:
"This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and is immediately applicable to all attachments, levies, and sales under any mesne or final process issued by a court or bankruptcy proceeding."
Code Commissioner's Note
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1).
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the amendments made by 2017 Act No. 63 and 2017 Act No. 69 were read together.
Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2018 Act No. 246, Section 10, "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" was substituted for all references to "Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office".