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House Amendment 68
S 897 - Session 121 (2015-2016)
SC Infantry Battle Flag of the Confederate States of America
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting SECTION 1 in its entirety and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Section 1-10-10(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 1-10-10.
(A) As of 12:00 noon on the effective
date of this act, and permanently thereafter, the only flags
authorized to be flown atop the dome of the State House, in the
chambers of the Senate and House of Representatives, and on the
grounds of the Capitol Complex shall be as authorized in this
section.
The flags authorized to be flown atop the
dome of the State House and in the chambers of the Senate and
House of Representatives are the United States Flag and the
South Carolina State Flag. As of 12:00 noon on the effective
date of this act, the flag authorized to be flown at a
designated location on the grounds of the Capitol Complex is the
South Carolina Infantry Battle Flag of the Confederate
States of America [the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern
Virginia (General Robert E. Lee's Army) the South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida Department version] South Carolina
State Flag. This flag The South Carolina
State Flag must be flown on a flagpole located at a point on
the south side of the Confederate Soldier Monument, centered on
the monument, ten feet from the base of the monument at a height
of thirty feet. The flagpole on which the flag is flown and the
area adjacent to the monument and flagpole must be illuminated
at night and an appropriate decorative iron fence must be
erected around the flagpole.
The South Carolina Infantry Battle
Flag of the Confederate States of America is square measuring
fifty-two inches on each side, inclusive of the white border,
with a St. Andrews Cross of blue, edged with white, with
thirteen equal five-pointed stars, upon a red field, with the
whole banner bordered in white. The blue arms of the cross are
7.5 inches wide and the white border around the flag proper is
1.5 inches wide. The stars are five-pointed, inscribed within a
circle six inches in diameter, and are uniform in size. From any funds appropriated to the
Budget and Control Board Department of
Administration, the Division of General Services of
the Budget and Control Board, or its successor in
interest, shall ensure that the flags authorized above shall be
placed at all times as directed in this section and shall
replace the flags at appropriate intervals as may be necessary
due to wear." COUNCIL\MS\897C031.MS.AHB15/
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.