Amend the committee amendment, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 4 and inserting:
/ SECTION 4. As of the effective date of this act, no state or local funds may be expended to directly or indirectly benefit a refugee placed in South Carolina under the Refugee Resettlement Program, except that the State Law Enforcement Division and local law enforcement agencies may expend those funds necessary to fulfill the obligations required of them by the provisions contained in this act. Except as it relates to SLED and local law enforcement agencies, funds may not be expended pursuant to this provision until separate legislation authorizing the expenditures is enacted. The prohibition on the expenditure of state or local funds contained in this act shall not apply to expenditures related to educating children in the Refugee Resettlement Program. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.