Bill 1065

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    1065
Type of Legislation:            Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:               Senate
Introduced Date:                19980226
Primary Sponsor:                McConnell
All Sponsors:                   McConnell, Branton, Ravenel,
                                Mescher, Ford, Grooms and Passailaigue
                                
Drafted Document Number:        jud9055.gfm
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19980514
Subject:                        Hunley Commission, to approve
                                Charleston Museum as site for display
                                of H.L. Hunley; Natural Resources

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

Senate  19980514  Received from House
House   19980513  Adopted, returned to Senate
                  with concurrence
House   19980512  Debate adjourned until
                  Wednesday, 19980513
House   19980507  Debate adjourned until
                  Tuesday, 19980512
House   19980506  Debate adjourned until
                  Thursday, 19980507
House   19980430  Debate adjourned until
                  Tuesday, 19980505
House   19980429  Committee report: Favorable              24 HIMR
House   19980304  Introduced, referred to Committee        24 HIMR
Senate  19980303  Adopted, sent to House
Senate  19980226  Introduced, placed on Calendar
                  without reference

COMMITTEE REPORT

April 29, 1998

S. 1065

Introduced by Senators McConnell, Branton, Ravenel, Mescher, Ford, Grooms and Passailaigue

S. Printed 4/29/98--H.

Read the first time March 4, 1998.

To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (S. 1065), to approve the Charleston Museum as the site for permanent display and exhibition, etc., respectfully

That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass:

RICHARD M. QUINN, JR., for Committee.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO APPROVE THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM AS THE SITE FOR PERMANENT DISPLAY AND EXHIBITION OF THE H.L. HUNLEY.

Whereas, Section 54-7-100 of the South Carolina Code of Laws, 1976, requires the Hunley Commission to submit to the General Assembly for its review and approval a recommendation for an appropriate site in South Carolina for the permanent display and exhibition of the H.L. Hunley; and

Whereas, the preliminary report on the condition of the Hunley by the National Park Service has indicated that soil reoxygenation due to exposure during the assessment expedition will rapidly accelerate deterioration of the Hunley; and

Whereas, the National Park Service report has determined it is necessary to raise the Hunley as expeditiously as possible; and

Whereas, the Hunley Commission has voted to raise the Hunley based on current scientific reports; and

Whereas, the siting for permanent display of the Hunley is an important prerequisite for collecting donations for the raising, restoring, and curating of the H.L. Hunley; and

Whereas, the Hunley Commission has submitted a request for proposals for siting of the H.L. Hunley; and

Whereas, the Charleston Museum was the only entity that submitted a proposal for siting of the Hunley; and

Whereas, the members of the commission felt that the Charleston Museum's long association with the Hunley, the museum's location, and its desire to house the Hunley has made the museum a logical site; and

Whereas, the commission voted unanimously to recommend the Charleston Museum as the site for permanent display of the Hunley. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That conditioned upon satisfactory negotiations between appropriate parties and the required approval of the General Assembly, the Charleston Museum shall be the site for permanent display of the H.L. Hunley.