Reference is to Printer's Date 3/14/13-S.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting SECTION 1 in its entirety and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Section 10-1-161 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 10-1-161.
(A) On Memorial Day the flags, which
are flown atop the State Capitol Building, must be displayed at
half-staff until noon, then raised to the top of the staff.
(B) To honor and pay
tribute to the following public officials and
individuals, the flags which are flown atop the State
Capitol Building must be lowered to half-staff on the day on
which funeral services are conducted for these public officials
and individuals:
(1)
current and past members of the United States Congress
from the State of South Carolina;
(2)
current constitutional officers of the State of South
Carolina;
(3)
former Governors and Lieutenant Governors of the State of
South Carolina;
(4)
current members of the South Carolina General Assembly;
(5)
current members of the South Carolina Supreme Court;
and
(6)
current and former Presidents of the United States;
and
(7)
members of the United States military services
who were residents of South Carolina and who lost their lives in
the line of duty while in combat.
(C) As contained in
this section, 'half-staff' means the position of the flag when
it is one-half the distance between the top and bottom of the
staff.
(D) In addition
to the public officials enumerated in subsection (B), flags atop
the State Capitol Building must be lowered to half-staff on the
day when funeral services are conducted for members of the
United States military services who were residents of South
Carolina and who lost their lives in the line of duty while in
combat.
(E)
The flags atop the State Capitol Building must be flown at
half-staff for a period of thirty days from the date of death of
the President or a former President; for a period of ten days
from the date of death of the Vice President, the Chief Justice,
or a retired Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court,
or the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives;
for a period of five days before the day of the South
Carolina funeral through the date of interment for members of
the United States military services who were residents of South
Carolina and who lost their lives in the line of duty while in
combat, beginning with the day the Division of Veterans' Affairs
notifies the Office of the Governor of the funeral and from
the date of death through the date of interment of an associate
justice of the United States Supreme Court, or a secretary of a
federal executive or military department, or a former Vice
President.
(F)(E)
Upon the occurrence of an extraordinary event
resulting in death or upon the death of a person of
extraordinary stature, the Governor may order that the flags
atop the State Capitol Building be lowered to half-staff at a
designated time or for a designated period of time.
(G)(F)
The Governor may order the flags atop the State
Capitol Building to be lowered to half-staff for the same
designated time when an act of the United States Congress or a
presidential order is issued to lower flags to half-staff over
federal buildings.
(H)(G)
The flags atop the State Capitol Building, when
flown at half-staff must first be hoisted to the peak for an
instant and then lowered to the half-staff position. The flags
must be again raised to the peak before they are lowered for the
day.
(H)(1) On any
day where flags atop the State Capitol Building are flown at
half-staff to honor and pay tribute to more than one individual
listed in subsections (B) or (D), the flags must be hoisted and
lowered pursuant to subsection (G) as many times as there are
individuals to honor and pay tribute to that day.
(2)
On any day where flags atop the State Capitol
Building are flown at half-staff, the Governor shall, on a
conspicuous place on the website maintained by the Governor,
identify the person or persons to which such honor and tribute
is being paid until the day of the funeral." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.