Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Section 1-10-10(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 1-10-10.
(A) As of 12:00 noon on the
effective date of this act, and permanently thereafter,
the The only flags authorized to be flown atop
the dome of the State House, in the chambers of the Senate and
House of Representatives, and on the grounds of the Capitol
Complex shall be as authorized in this section.
The flags authorized to be flown atop the
dome of the State House and in the chambers of the Senate and
House of Representatives are the United States Flag and the
South Carolina State Flag. As of 12:00 noon on the
effective date of this act, the flag authorized to be flown at a
designated location on the grounds of the Capitol Complex
is The South Carolina State Flag must be flown on
the grounds of the Capitol Complex at the previously designated
location where the South Carolina Infantry Battle Flag of the
Confederate States of America was previously flown except that
annually on Confederate Memorial Day, the South Carolina
Infantry Battle Flag of the Confederate States of America [the
Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia (General Robert E.
Lee's Army) the South Carolina, Georgia, Florida Department
version] must be flown from sunrise until sundown.
This flag The South Carolina State Flag, and
the South Carolina Infantry Battle Flag of the Confederate
States of America, as provided herein, must be flown on a
flagpole located at a point on the south side of the Confederate
Soldier Monument, centered on the monument, ten feet from the
base of the monument at a height of thirty feet. The flagpole on
which the flag is flown and the area adjacent to the monument
and flagpole must be illuminated at night and an appropriate
decorative iron fence must be erected around the flagpole.
The South Carolina Infantry Battle Flag of
the Confederate States of America is square measuring fifty-two
inches on each side, inclusive of the white border, with a St.
Andrews Cross of blue, edged with white, with thirteen equal
five-pointed stars, upon a red field, with the whole banner
bordered in white. The blue arms of the cross are 7.5 inches
wide and the white border around the flag proper is 1.5 inches
wide. The stars are five-pointed, inscribed within a circle six
inches in diameter, and are uniform in size.
From any funds appropriated to the
Budget and Control Board Department of
Administration, the Division of General Services of
the Budget and Control Board, or its successor in
interest, shall ensure that the flags authorized above shall be
placed at all times as directed in this section and shall
replace the flags at appropriate intervals as may be necessary
due to wear."
SECTION 2. Except as provided in Section 1-10-10(A), the South Carolina Infantry Battle Flag of the Confederate States of America [the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia (General Robert E. Lee's Army) the South Carolina, Georgia, Florida Department version] shall be removed from its location on the south side of the Confederate Soldier Monument. The South Carolina Infantry Battle Flag of the Confederate States of America shall be removed from its location on the Capitol Complex Grounds within twenty-four hours of the effective date of this act. Upon its removal, the flag shall be transported to the Confederate Relic Room for appropriate display.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.