Journal of the House of Representatives
of the First Session of the 111th General Assembly
of the State of South Carolina
being the Regular Session Beginning Tuesday, January 10, 1995

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So, the House refused to refused to table the amendment.

Rep. H. BROWN spoke against the amendment.

Rep. KIRSH spoke in favor of the amendment.

Rep. MARCHBANKS spoke against the amendment.

Rep. QUINN moved that the House recede until 2:15 P.M., which was adopted.

Further proceedings were interrupted by the House receding, the pending question being consideration of Amendment No. 16.

THE HOUSE RESUMES

At 2:15 P.M. the House resumed, the SPEAKER in the Chair.

POINT OF QUORUM

The question of a quorum was raised. A quorum was later present.

H. 3362--AMENDED AND INTERRUPTED DEBATE

Debate was resumed on the following Bill, the pending question being the consideration of Section 17F, Amendment No. 16.

H. 3362

GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL

SECTION 17F--DEBATE ADJOURNED

Debate was resumed on Section 17F.

AMENDMENT NO. 16

Debate was resumed on Amendment No. 16, by Rep. KIRSH.

Rep. MARCHBANKS moved to table the amendment.

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Rep. KIRSH demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Yeas 49; Nays 53

Those who voted in the affirmative are:

Allison          Brown, H.        Cato
Chamblee         Cooper           Dantzler
Easterday        Fair             Fleming
Fulmer           Hallman          Harrell
Harrison         Haskins          Herdklotz
Hutson           Keegan           Kelley
Klauber          Knotts           Lanford
Limbaugh         Limehouse        Littlejohn
Marchbanks       Mason            McKay
Meacham          Quinn            Rice
Robinson         Sandifer         Sharpe
Simrill          Smith, D.        Smith, R.
Stuart           Thomas           Trotter
Walker           Wells            Whatley
Wilkins          Witherspoon      Wofford
Worley           Wright           Young, A.
Young, J.

Total--49

Those who voted in the negative are:

Anderson         Askins           Baxley
Beatty           Boan             Breeland
Brown, G.        Brown, J.        Brown, T.
Carnell          Cave             Clyburn
Cobb-Hunter      Cromer           Davenport
Delleney         Elliott          Felder
Harris, J.       Harris, P.       Harvin
Harwell          Hines            Hodges
Howard           Inabinett        Kennedy
Keyserling       Kinon            Kirsh
Lloyd            Martin           McAbee
McCraw           McElveen         McMahand
McTeer           Moody-Lawrence   Neal
Neilson          Phillips         Rhoad
Rogers           Scott            Sheheen

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Shissias         Spearman         Stille
Tucker           Whipper, S.      Wilder
Wilkes           Williams

Total--53

So, the House refused to table the amendment.

STATEMENT FOR JOURNAL

I voted against raiding the capital gains fund to increase state employees base pay by $10,800,000.00 due to the fact that I have a forthcoming amendment to remove $11,400,000 in Highway fund interest funds and apply that revenue to base pay for state employees.

Rep. J. GARY SIMRILL

Rep. H. BROWN moved to adjourn debate upon the section.

Rep. KIRSH moved to table the motion.

Rep. TUCKER demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:

Yeas 50; Nays 59

Those who voted in the affirmative are:

Anderson         Askins           Baxley
Beatty           Boan             Breeland
Brown, G.        Brown, J.        Brown, T.
Carnell          Cave             Clyburn
Cobb-Hunter      Cromer           Delleney
Elliott          Harris, J.       Harris, P.
Harvin           Harwell          Hines
Hodges           Howard           Inabinett
Kennedy          Keyserling       Kinon
Kirsh            Lloyd            Martin
McAbee           McCraw           McElveen
McMahand         McTeer           Moody-Lawrence
Neal             Neilson          Phillips
Rhoad            Rogers           Scott
Sheheen          Spearman         Stille

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Tucker           Whipper, S.      Wilder
Wilkes           Williams

Total--50

Those who voted in the negative are:

Allison          Brown, H.        Cain
Cato             Chamblee         Cooper
Cotty            Dantzler         Davenport
Easterday        Fair             Felder
Fleming          Fulmer           Hallman
Harrell          Harrison         Haskins
Herdklotz        Hutson           Jaskwhich
Keegan           Kelley           Klauber
Knotts           Koon             Lanford
Limbaugh         Limehouse        Littlejohn
Marchbanks       Mason            McKay
Meacham          Quinn            Rice
Richardson       Riser            Robinson
Sandifer         Sharpe           Simrill
Smith, D.        Smith, R.        Stuart
Thomas           Tripp            Trotter
Vaughn           Walker           Wells
Whatley          Wilkins          Witherspoon
Wofford          Worley           Wright
Young, A.        Young, J.

Total--59

So, the House refused to table the motion.

The question then recurred to the motion to adjourn debate, which was agreed to by a division vote of 59 to 48.

SECTION 17G

Section 17G was adopted.

SECTION 18A - 18N--DEBATE ADJOURNED

Rep. McTEER moved to adjourn debate upon the section, which was adopted.

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SECTION 19--DEBATE ADJOURNED

Rep. WELLS moved to adjourn debate upon the section, which was adopted.

SECTION 20

Section 20 was adopted.

SECTION 21

Section 21 was adopted.

SECTION 22

Section 22 was adopted.

SECTION 23

Section 23 was adopted.

SECTION 24

Rep. KOON explained the section.

Section 24 was adopted.

SECTION 25

Section 25 was adopted.

SECTION 26

Section 26 was adopted.

SECTION 27

Section 27 was adopted.

SECTION 28

Section 28 was adopted.

SECTION 29

Section 29 was adopted.

SECTION 30

Section 30 was adopted.

SECTION 31--DEBATE ADJOURNED

Rep. NEAL moved to adjourn debate upon the section, which was adopted.

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SECTION 32

Section 32 was adopted.

SECTION 33

Section 33 was adopted.

SECTION 34--DEBATE ADJOURNED

Rep. TUCKER moved to adjourn debate upon the section, which was adopted.

SECTION 35--DEBATE ADJOURNED

Rep. HODGES moved to adjourn debate upon the section, which was adopted.

SECTION 36--ADOPTED

Rep. KIRSH proposed the following Amendment No. 52 (Doc Name L:\h- wm\legis\amend\CJ.023), which was tabled.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IA, Section 36, John De La Howe, Page 0273, Line 19, by inserting a new item to read: /Status Offender (5) $650,000 (6) $650,000/

Renumber sections & amend totals/title to conform.

Rep. KIRSH explained the amendment.

Rep. R. SMITH moved to table the amendment.

Rep. KIRSH demanded the yeas and nays, which were not ordered.

The amendment was then tabled by a division vote of 67 to 25.

Section 36 was adopted.

SECTION 37

Section 37 was adopted.

SECTION 38

Section 38 was adopted.

SECTION 39

Section 39 was adopted.

SECTION 40

Section 40 was adopted.

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SECTION 41--ADOPTED

Rep. NEAL proposed the following Amendment No. 60 (Doc Name L:\h- wm\legis\amend\DC.40), which was tabled.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IA, Section 41, Department of Corrections, page 284, line 22, opposite /classified positions/ by increasing the amounts in columns (5) and (6) by /$3,937,500/.

Renumber sections & amend totals/title to conform.

Rep. NEAL explained the amendment.

Rep. H. BROWN moved to table the amendment.

Rep. NEAL demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:

Yeas 68; Nays 39

Those who voted in the affirmative are:

Allison          Askins           Brown, H.
Cain             Cato             Chamblee
Cooper           Cromer           Dantzler
Easterday        Elliott          Fair
Fulmer           Gamble           Hallman
Harrell          Harrison         Harwell
Haskins          Herdklotz        Hutson
Jaskwhich        Keegan           Kelley
Keyserling       Kinon            Klauber
Knotts           Koon             Lanford
Law              Limbaugh         Limehouse
Littlejohn       Marchbanks       Martin
Mason            McCraw           McKay
Meacham          Neilson          Rice
Richardson       Riser            Robinson
Sandifer         Sharpe           Simrill
Smith, D.        Smith, R.        Spearman
Stuart           Thomas           Townsend
Tripp            Trotter          Vaughn
Waldrop          Walker           Wells
Whatley          Wilkins          Witherspoon
Wofford          Worley           Wright
Young, A.        Young, J.

Total--68

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Those who voted in the negative are:
Anderson         Baxley           Beatty
Breeland         Brown, G.        Brown, T.
Byrd             Carnell          Cave
Clyburn          Cobb-Hunter      Davenport
Govan            Harris, J.       Harris, P.
Harvin           Hines            Inabinett
Jennings         Kennedy          Kirsh
Lloyd            McAbee           McElveen
McMahand         McTeer           Moody-Lawrence
Neal             Phillips         Rhoad
Scott            Sheheen          Stille
Tucker           Whipper, L.      Whipper, S.
Wilder           Wilkes           Williams

Total--39

So, the amendment was tabled.

Section 41 was adopted.

SECTION 42

Section 42 was adopted.

SECTION 43

Section 43 was adopted.

SECTION 44

Rep. KOON explained the section.

Section 44 was adopted.

SECTION 45

Section 45 was adopted.

SECTION 46--ADOPTED

Rep. McABEE proposed the following Amendment No. 30 (Doc Name L:\h- wm\legis\amend\CJ.026), which was tabled.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IA, Section 46, Clemson University (Public Service Activities), Page 0303, Line 3, opposite /Classified Positions/ by increasing the amounts in columns (5) and (6) by /$224,646/

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Amend further, page 0303, Line 4, by increasing the amounts in columns (5) and (6) by /6.4/ FTEs.

Amend further, Page 0303, Line 5, opposite /Unclassified Position/ by increasing the amounts in columns (5) and (6) by /$248,382/.

Amend further, Page 0303, Line 6, by increasing the amounts in columns (5) and (6) by /6.82/ FTEs.

Amend further, Page 0303, Line 10, opposite /Other Operating Exp/ by increasing the amounts in columns (5) and (6) by /$122,771/.

Amend further, Page 0303, Line 17, opposite /Classified positions/ by increasing the amounts in columns (5) and (6) by /$163,554/.

Amend further, Page 0303, Line 18, by increasing the amounts in columns (5) and (6) by /6.0/ FTEs.

Amend further, Page 0303, Line 19, opposite /Unclassified Positions/ by increasing the amounts in columns (5) and (6) by /$376,923/.

Amend further, Page 0303, Line 20, by increasing the amounts in columns (5) and (6) by /9.75/ FTEs.

Renumber sections & amend totals/title to conform.

Rep. McABEE explained the amendment.

Rep. HALLMAN spoke against the amendment and moved to table the amendment.

Rep. McABEE demanded the yeas and nays, which were not ordered.

The amendment was then tabled by a division vote of 63 to 33.

Section 46 was adopted.

SECTION 47--DEBATE ADJOURNED

Rep. D. SMITH moved to adjourn debate upon the section, which was adopted.

SECTION 48

Section 48 was adopted.

SECTION 49--ADOPTED

Rep. McABEE proposed the following Amendment No. 12 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\PFM\7235BDW.95), which was tabled.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IA, SECTION 49, page 317, after line 21, by inserting:
. . . . .(5) (6)
/HERITAGE CORRIDOR. . . . .50,000 50,000/

Renumber sections & amend totals/title to conform.

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Rep. McABEE explained the amendment.

Rep. HALLMAN spoke against the amendment.

Rep. McABEE spoke in favor of the amendment.

Rep. HALLMAN spoke against the amendment and moved to table the amendment.

Rep. McABEE demanded the yeas and nays, which were not ordered.

The amendment was then tabled by a division vote of 57 to 31.

Section 49 was adopted.

SECTION 50

Section 50 was adopted.

SECTION 51

Section 51 was adopted.

SECTION 52

Section 52 was adopted.

SECTION 52A

Section 52A was adopted.

SECTION 53

Section 53 was adopted.

SECTION 54

Section 54 was adopted.

SECTION 55

Section 55 was adopted.

SECTION 56

Section 56 was adopted.

SECTION 57

Section 57 was adopted.

SECTION 58

Section 58 was adopted.

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