as required to pursue the claim. The court may impose sanctions for a violation of this / subsection.” Amend the bill further, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read: / SECTION __. Chapter 78, Title 15 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding: 15-78-125. The provisions of Article 5, Chapter 32, “Section Title 15 do not affect any right, privilege, or provision of the South Carolina Tort Claims Act pursuant to this chapter or the South Carolina Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act as contained in Chapter 56, Title / 33.” Amend the bill further, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read: / SECTION __. Section 15-78-120 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding a subitem to read: At the end of each calendar year, the State Budget and “(d) Control Board, Board of Economic Advisors must determine the increase or decrease in the ratio of the Consumer Price Index to the index as of December 31 of the previous year, and the maximum amount recoverable under the State Tort Claims Act pursuant to subsection (a) must be increased or decreased accordingly. As soon as practicable after this adjustment is calculated, the Director of the State Budget and Control Board shall submit the revised maximum amount recoverable for damages under the State Tort Claims Act for publication, to the State Register pursuant to Section 1-23-40(2), and the revised maximum amount recoverable for damages under the State Tort Claims Act becomes effective upon publication in the State Register. For purposes of this subsection, Price the Consumer Price ‘Consumer Index’ means Index for All Urban Consumers as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor / Statistics.” Amend the bill further, as and if amended, by adding appropriately numbered SECTIONS to read: / SECTION __. Chapter 73, Title 15 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding: 15-73-11. (1) One who sells any product in a “Section defective condition unreasonably dangerous to the user or consumer or to his property is subject to liability for physical harm caused to the ultimate user or consumer, or to his property, if: (a) the seller is engaged in the business of selling such a product; and
as required to pursue the claim. The court may impose sanctions for a violation of this subsection.” / Amend the bill further, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read: / SECTION __. Chapter 78, Title 15 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding: “Section 15-78-125. The provisions of Article 5, Chapter 32, Title 15 do not affect any right, privilege, or provision of the South Carolina Tort Claims Act pursuant to this chapter or the South Carolina Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act as contained in Chapter 56, Title 33.” / Amend the bill further, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read: / SECTION __. Section 15-78-120 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding a subitem to read: “(d) At the end of each calendar year, the State Budget and Control Board, Board of Economic Advisors must determine the increase or decrease in the ratio of the Consumer Price Index to the index as of December 31 of the previous year, and the maximum amount recoverable under the State Tort Claims Act pursuant to subsection (a) must be increased or decreased accordingly. As soon as practicable after this adjustment is calculated, the Director of the State Budget and Control Board shall submit the revised maximum amount recoverable for damages under the State Tort Claims Act for publication, to the State Register pursuant to Section 1-23-40(2), and the revised maximum amount recoverable for damages under the State Tort Claims Act becomes effective upon publication in the State Register. For purposes of this subsection, ‘Consumer Price Index’ means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.” / Amend the bill further, as and if amended, by adding appropriately numbered SECTIONS to read: / SECTION __. Chapter 73, Title 15 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding: “Section 15-73-11. (1) One who sells any product in a defective condition unreasonably dangerous to the user or consumer or to his property is subject to liability for physical harm caused to the ultimate user or consumer, or to his property, if: (a) the seller is engaged in the business of selling such a product; and
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