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Bill 476

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      476
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  19990209
Primary Sponsor:                  Ford
All Sponsors:                     Ford
Drafted Document Number:          l:\s-res\rf\002dest.kad.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Subject:                          Property, public state-owned; not removed 
                                  or renamed without General Assembly approval; 
                                  Buildings, State House


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990303  Introduced, read first time,           25 HJ
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19990302  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  19990218  Read second time
Senate  19990217  Committee report: Favorable            11 SJ
Senate  19990209  Introduced, read first time,           11 SJ
                  referred to Committee


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Revised on February 17, 1999 - Word format

COMMITTEE REPORT

February 17, 1999

S. 476

S. Printed 2/17/99--S.

Read the first time February 9, 1999.

To whom was referred a Bill (S. 476), to amend Chapter 1, Title 10, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to public buildings and property, etc., respectfully

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

GLENN F. McCONNELL, for Committee.

TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY, BY ADDING SECTION 10-1-210, SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE REMOVAL OR RENAMING OF CERTAIN MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS LOCATED ON PUBLIC PROPERTY WITHOUT A TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF EACH BRANCH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 10 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 10-1-210. No monument, marker, painting, sculpture, memorial, street, highway, bridge, or park located on public property of the State or its political subdivisions which honors the memory of the Confederacy or individuals who served in the Confederate Army, Navy, or Marine Corps or the Women of the Confederacy or the memory of the civil rights struggle or individuals who participated in the civil rights struggle may be removed or renamed without two-thirds vote of each branch of the General Assembly, or the political subdivision, as appropriate."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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