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108th Session, 1989-1990 Journal of the House of Representatives
(Statewide Session)
The House assembled at 10:00 A.M. Deliberations were opened with prayer by the Chaplain of the House of Representatives, the Rev. Dr. Alton C. Clark as follows: On these sacred days of Holy Week and the Passover, our hearts, O Lord, beat high in gratitude for Your total love shown therein for Your children. May our appreciation of these days draw us closer to You. And in thanksgiving for Your concern and compassion, may we love You Who first loved us. Give us a 30-30 vision focused on God's great gifts to us as seen in Holy Week and in the Passover. Teach us to be more understanding, charitable and forgiving that we may add brightness to the day and light along the way. Enable us to say in complete confidence the words of the Psalmist: "The Lord is good to all; and His tender mercies are over all His works". Amen. Pursuant to Rule 6.3, the House of Representatives was led in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America by the SPEAKER. After corrections to the Journal of the proceedings of yesterday, the SPEAKER ordered it confirmed.
The question of a quorum was raised. A quorum was later present.
Committee to Screen Candidates For Boards Of Trustees Of State Colleges And Universities April 12, 1990 MEMORANDUM TO: Clerk of the Senate Clerk of the House RE: Transcripts of Hearings In compliance with the provisions of Act 119 of 1975, it is respectfully requested that the following information be printed in the Journals of the Senate and the House. Respectfully submitted, Eugene C. Stoddard Chairman Pursuant to Act 119 of 1975, the Committee to Screen Candidates for Boards of Trustees of State Colleges and Universities was convened to consider the qualifications of candidates seeking to fill certain positions on boards of trustees of the state's colleges and universities. The Committee conducts such investigation of each candidate as it deems appropriate and reports its findings to the General Assembly prior to the election. It is not the function of the Committee to recommend one candidate over another or to suggest to the individual legislator for whom to vote. Our role is instead that of determining whether a candidate is qualified and under the statute our determination in that regard is not binding upon the General Assembly. Ninety-three candidates who were under consideration at the time of the hearings are discussed in this report. Some candidates, including some who were present at the screenings and testified under oath, subsequently withdrew their candidacy. Their names will not appear except in the verbatim transcript and they are not included in the committee's findings of fact. The candidates are: THE CITADEL (Two seats, at-large,six year terms) Marie D. Frazer *Leonard C. Fulghum James M. Leland, Jr. David B. Summer, Jr. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY (Three seats, at-large, four year terms) Melvin E. Barnette Darra Williamson Cothran R. Thomas Crawford J.T. Day William A. Hudson Harold D. Kingsmore William J. Neely, Jr. John W. "Bill" Riser Joseph D. Swann
WINTHROP COLLEGE (Three seats, at-large, six year terms) Ernest B. Carnes *Andrew Crane
Charles B. Hill Jennings K. Owens, Jr. Jane C. Shuler Caldwell Edgar Spencer David A. White S.C. STATE COLLEGE (One seat, at-large, six year term) Samuel Alston Fred Broughton Joseph R. Douglas Samuel F. Lyons Roger D. Scott THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA (Three health professional seats--one each from 1st, 2nd and 3rd congressional districts, Three lay seats--one each from 4th, 5th, and 6th congressional districts, all four year terms; One lay seat--from 3rd congressional district to fill unexpired term ending in 1992) Regular Term *Harrison L. Peeples, MD (health prof., 1st) *Thomas C. Rowland, Jr., MD (health prof., 2nd) *Stanley C. Baker, Jr., MD (health prof., 3rd) *Herbert C. Granger (lay seat, 4th) *Robert C. Lake, Jr. (lay seat, 5th) H. Theron Few (lay seat, 6th) *Phillip D. Sasser (lay seat, 6th) Unexpired Term W. C. Lauderdale (lay seat, 3rd) Jack F. McIntosh (lay seat, 3rd) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA (Eight seats--one each from the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 12th and 13th judicial circuits, four year terms) *Othniel H. Wienges, Jr. (1st) A. S. Bahnmuller (3rd) *Samuel A. Benson (3rd) Elizabeth B. Scruggs (3rd) Francis T. Buraczynski (5th) Vincent J. Degenhart, MD (5th) *William C. Hubbard (5th) Miriam T. Mitchell (5th) Eric L. Robinson (5th) *Louis C. Sossamon (7th) Donald A. Bailey (9th) *R. Markley Dennis, Sr. (9th) *Michael J. Mungo (11th) *C. Edward Floyd, MD (12th) Eugene C. Covington, Jr. (13th) Mack Whittle, Jr. (13th) COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (Six seats-- one from each congressional district; Two seats--at large, all four year terms) *Dr. Gordan B. Stine (1st)
*Joe E. Berry, Jr. (2nd) *Thomas W. Weeks (3rd) *Robert S. Small (4th) *F. Creighton McMaster (5th) *James David Watson (6th) *Alton E. Jones (At Large Seat 13) Rose D. Stuart (At Large Seat 13) Chadbourne Bolles, Jr. (At Large Seat 15) John F. Clark, III (At Large Seat 15) A. R. Johnston, Jr. (At Large Seat 15) Robert F. Livingston (At Large Seat 15) Lawrence E. McNair, Sr. (At Large Seat 15)
FRANCIS MARION COLLEGE (Six seats--one from each congressional district; Two seats--at large, all four year terms) *Earl E. McLeod, Jr. (2nd)
*Gail Ness Richardson (3rd) *Edward S. Ervin III (5th) *Peter D. Hyman (6th) Rebecca A. Pittman (6th) Lu Ann Chandler Brannigan (At Large Seat 13)
Dianne H. Brown (At Large Seat 13) *Allard A. Allston (At Large Seat 15) M. Glenn Odom (At Large Seat 15) LANDER COLLEGE (Six seats--one from each congressional district; Two seats--at large, all four year terms; one seat from 4th congressional district to fill unexpired term ending in 1992) Regular Term *Thomas L. Hansen (1st) Bobby M. Bowers (2nd) James L. Telfer (2nd) Timothy R. Walker (2nd) *Martha W. Barnette (3rd) *Martha S. Whitener (4th) *Jack H. Boger (5th) *Dr. Glenn Lawhon (6th)
Estelle Murray Mauldin (At Large Seat 13) Elaine M. Smith (At Large Seat 13) George R. Starnes III (At Large Seat 13) B.A. Wentz (At Large Seat 13) *John E. Johnston (At Large Seat 15) Unexpired Term J. W. Gregory (4th)
* INCUMBENT
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. IN THE ESSENCE OF TIME WE WILL COMMENCE. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU ALL STAND AND OUR COURT REPORTER WILL SWEAR YOU IN IN BLANK. (ALL THOSE PRESENT AS CANDIDATES FOR BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WERE DULY SWORN). REPRESENTATIVE MARTIN: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, MR. MARTIN? REPRESENTATIVE MARTIN: IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE MEMBERS ARE UNOPPOSED, I WOULD MOVE THAT THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES THAT ARE HERE FOR SCREENING BE WAIVED. SENATOR GIESE: I SECOND. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED THAT THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES FOR SCREENING BE WAIVED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY "AYE". (ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS RESPOND AFFIRMATIVELY). REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: OPPOSED, "NO".
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THE "AYES" HAVE IT. LET'S SEE, OUR UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES, DR. PEEPLES, DR. ROWLAND AND DR. BAKER, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? (THE AFOREMENTIONED CANDIDATES RISE). REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: NICE TO HAVE HAD YOU BEFORE US AND YOU ARE COMMENDED FOR BEING SO LUCKY. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. (THE AFOREMENTIONED CANDIDATES EXIT HEARING ROOM). REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: FIRST WE WILL START WITH THE CITADEL CANDIDATES. MARIE D. FRAZER?
(MARIE D. FRAZER, CANDIDATE FOR THE CITADEL SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE). REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS? SENATOR WILSON: I HAVE ONE QUESTION. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SENATOR WILSON.
Q. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR STATEMENT YOU PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED US. IT'S VERY HELPFUL. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (T0 MS. FRAZER) THANK YOU, MA'AM. MR. LEONARD FULGHUM? (LEONARD C. FULGHUM, CANDIDATE FOR THE CITADEL SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. FULGHUM, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF THE GENTLEMAN?
Q. HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU SERVED ON THE CITADEL BOARD? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. FULGHUM) THANK YOU, SIR. MR. JAMES M. LELAND, JR.? (JAMES M. LELAND, JR., CANDIDATE FOR THE CITADEL SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. LELAND, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF THE GENTLEMAN?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. LELAND) THANK YOU, SIR. MR. DAVID B. SUMMER, JR.? (DAVID B. SUMMER, JR., CANDIDATE FOR THE CITADEL SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF THE GENTLEMAN?
Q. MR. SUMMER, YOU HAVE A VERY IMPRESSIVE RESUME AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS NOT ONLY WHILE AT THE CITADEL, BUT AFTER. IF YOU COULD, JUST IN A FEW BRIEF WORDS, TELL ME OF YOUR INTEREST IN BEING ON THE BOARD.
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. SUMMER) THANK YOU, SIR. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THAT COMPLETES THE CITADEL CANDIDATES, THE FOUR CANDIDATES FOR THE TWO SEATS. MR. HURTEAU WITHDREW ON THE 5TH OF THE MONTH. IF YOU DESIRE, YOU MAY LEAVE AT THIS TIME, THOSE CITADEL CANDIDATES. (CITADEL CANDIDATES EXIT HEARING ROOM). REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THE ELECTION IS TENTATIVELY SET FOR THE 18TH, NOW, OF NEXT MONTH. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY IS NEXT. FIRST WE HAVE MR. MELVIN E. BARNETTE. (MELVIN E. BARNETTE, CANDIDATE FOR THE CLEMSON UNIVERSITY SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. BARNETTE, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF THE GENTLEMAN?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. BARNETTE) THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT WE HAVE MS. DARRA COTHRAN. (DARRA WILLIAMSON COTHRAN, CANDIDATE FOR THE CLEMSON UNIVERSITY SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MS. COTHRAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS?
Q. YOU'D PROBABLY BE HAPPY TO RESIGN. SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: SENATOR SMITH.
Q. JUST FOR INFORMATION AND CLARIFICATION, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN EXPRESSED AT SOME POINT ABOUT YOUR MEMBERSHIP ON THAT SPECIFIC PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE UNIVERSITY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY STATEMENT ABOUT THAT? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: SENATOR GIESE? SENATOR GIESE: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN. I ATTENDED THAT MEETING AND I WOULD CERTAINLY SAY THAT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THAT MS. COTHRAN DID THAT WASN'T TO HAVE BEEN EXPECTED, CERTAINLY, OF A MEMBER OF THAT PARTICULAR COMMITTEE, AND I WOULD WHOLEHEARTEDLY SAY THAT I THINK THAT SHE SHOULDN'T IN ANY WAY BE PENALIZED FOR EXERCISING THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT WAS ENTRUSTED TO HER. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COMPLAINT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BUT THAT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT IN WRITING AND IT'S ON ITS WAY. THANK YOU, MS. COTHRAN. REPRESENTATIVE MARTIN: LET ME ASK THIS ONE QUESTION. SHE SAID THAT IF ELECTED, SHE WOULD BE WILLING TO RESIGN. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
Q. BUT WILL YOU RESIGN? SENATOR GIESE: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SENATOR?
Q. ONE OTHER QUESTION. WOULD YOU TELL ME WHY YOU HAVE OFFERED FOR THE BOARD? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MA'AM. MR. THOMAS CRAWFORD? (R. THOMAS CRAWFORD, CANDIDATE FOR THE CLEMSON UNIVERSITY SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. CRAWFORD, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: GENTLEMEN AND LADY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: SENATOR SMITH?
Q. I'M TRYING TO GO THROUGH THIS INFORMATION. WE'VE ALL RECEIVED LETTERS FROM EACH OF YOU WHO ARE RUNNING, BUT IS THERE ANY COMMENT THAT YOU WOULD MAKE AS TO WHY -- WHY IS IT THAT YOU FEEL YOU WOULD LIKE TO OFFER FOR TRUSTEE FOR CLEMSON UNIVERSITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. CRAWFORD) THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT WE HAVE J. T. DAY. (J. T. DAY, CANDIDATE FOR THE CLEMSON UNIVERSITY SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. DAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN? SENATOR SMITH: I JUST FEEL LIKE THESE POSITIONS ARE SO IMPORTANT, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND I REALIZE WE HAVE A LOT TO GO THROUGH, BUT I FEEL LIKE THE WHOLE DIRECTION OF THE UNIVERSITY IS DETERMINED BY THE POLICIES SET BY THE TRUSTEES.
Q. AND I WOULD JUST ASK YOU, MR. DAY, JUST WITH YOUR EXPERTISE HERE - I SEE YOU'RE A GRADUATE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING - WHAT DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU COULD ADD AS A DIMENSION TO THAT BOARD AND WHAT DIRECTION WOULD YOU BE SORT OF CONCENTRATING YOUR EFFORTS IN?
Q. WOULD YOU TELL ME WHAT TYPE OF OUTSIDE RESPONSIBILITIES YOU WOULD HAVE? ARE YOU RETIRED? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. DAY) THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT WE HAVE MR. WILLIAM HUDSON. (WILLIAM A. HUDSON, CANDIDATE FOR THE CLEMSON UNIVERSITY SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. HUDSON, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: LADY AND GENTLEMEN, ANY QUESTIONS? SENATOR GIESE?
Q. WELL, I REMEMBER YOU VERY UNPLEASANTLY, MR. HUDSON. SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: SENATOR SMITH?
Q. MR. HUDSON, I NOTICE YOU HAVE A B.S. IN EDUCATION. DID YOU -- HAVE YOU BEEN IDENTIFIED -- THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, OF COURSE, IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF CLEMSON IN PROVIDING US WITH TEACHERS FOR OUR SCHOOLS. HAVE YOU HAD SOME ASSOCIATION IN PROMOTING OR WORKING WITH SCHOOLS?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. HUDSON) THANK YOU, SIR. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: HAROLD D. KINGSMORE? (HAROLD D. KINGSMORE, CANDIDATE FOR THE CLEMSON UNIVERSITY SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. KINGSMORE, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF THE GENTLEMAN? SENATOR SMITH: I'M ASKING THE SAME QUESTION.
Q. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU FEEL YOU WOULD CONTRIBUTE AND WHY IT IS THAT YOU THINK YOU WOULD LIKE TO OFFER FOR THIS BOARD.
Q. I'D LIKE TO ASK WHY DO YOU THINK WE HAVE THIS CONCENTRATION OF TEXTILE INDUSTRIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. KINGSMORE) THANK YOU, SIR. THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS MR. THOMAS LAVENDER, JR. (MR. LAVENDER FAILS TO APPEAR). REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: MR. BARRETT S. LAWRIMORE? (BARRETT S. LAWRIMORE, CANDIDATE FOR THE CLEMSON UNIVERSITY SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS? SENATOR GIESE: YES. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: SENATOR GIESE?
Q. SOUTH CAROLINA WAS AN AGRICULTURAL, AGRARIAN STATE. I GUESS THAT'S DIMINISHED QUITE MARKEDLY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. WOULD YOU TELL US WHY YOU THINK THAT'S HAPPENED? SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, MA'AM.
Q. TELL ME HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE P.S.A. PROGRAMS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Q. IS THE EXTENSION PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE DESIGNED TO DEAL WITH THAT 2% OF THE PEOPLE OR WITH MORE THAN THAT? SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION OF MR. LAWRIMORE.
Q. THE REASON I'M ASKING YOU THAT IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THE P.S.A. WORK ACROSS THE COUNTY IS THE WORK THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT AND THE PEOPLE YOU HEAR FROM AS REPRESENTATIVES AND LEGISLATORS, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE STANDS OF FOREST TO BE LOOKED AT, TIMBER.
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. LAWRIMORE) THANK YOU, SIR. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: NEXT WE HAVE MR. WILLIAM J. NEELEY, JR. (WILLIAM J. NEELEY, JR., CANDIDATE FOR THE CLEMSON UNIVERSITY SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. GOOD MORNING, MR. NEELEY. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: QUESTIONS? SENATOR SMITH: WELL, MR. CHAIRMAN, ONCE AGAIN I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MR. NEELEY WHY IT IS THAT HE IS OFFERING AND WHAT HE FEELS HE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THIS BOARD.
Q. MR. NEELEY?
Q. MR. NEELEY, YOU WERE ALSO AN OPPONENT FROM 1956 TO 1958.
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. NEELEY) THANK YOU, SIR. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: MR. BILL RISER? (JOHN W. RISER, CANDIDATE FOR THE CLEMSON UNIVERSITY SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. GOOD MORNING, BILL. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS?
Q. MR. RISER, YOU'VE ACTUALLY SERVED ON THE FIRING LINE AS A COUNTY AGENT. IS THAT CORRECT? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: MR. CLYBORNE?
Q. MR. RISER, WHAT TYPE -- UNDER "PRESENT OCCUPATION", YOU HAVE "CONSULTANT". WHAT TYPE CONSULTANT? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: NOW, SENATOR SMITH?
Q. I WANTED TO ASK YOU, SINCE I'VE HAD A CALL ASKING ABOUT THIS, THE TESTING CENTER, THE LAB AT PONTIAC -- WOULD YOU TELL ME, IS THAT IN USE NOW?
SENATOR SMITH: AND, MR. CHAIRMAN, SOMEWHERE I WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY IT WAS THAT FOR 11 YEARS IT HASN'T HAD ANY UPDATING OF EQUIPMENT.
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, SIR. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: MR. JOSEPH SWANN? (JOSEPH D. SWANN, CANDIDATE FOR THE CLEMSON UNIVERSITY SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
A. GOOD MORNING. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. SWANN? SENATOR GIESE?
Q. MR. SWANN, I'VE SAVED THIS QUESTION UNTIL THE LAST. IT'S BEEN VERY CONTROVERSIAL, THE IMPLANTING OF HORMONES IN MILK COWS TO INCREASE THEIR PRODUCTION BY 20%. THEY WON'T ACCEPT OUR MEAT OR MILK, I GUESS, OVER IN EUROPE. THE COMMON MARKET OVER THERE MOVED AGAINST IT. THAT CAN BE A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE -- SUPPOSE THAT CAME TO THE BOARD, THAT THIS WAS CAUSING A PROBLEM IN AGRICULTURE. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION LIKE THAT? SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SENATOR.
Q. JUST ONE QUESTION, MR. SWANN. I KNOW OVER THE YEARS YOU'VE SEEN US ALL SORT OF STRUGGLE WITH THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE UNIVERSITY WITH UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS AS WELL AS POSTGRADUATE. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY'S ROLE WITH REGARD TO THE STUDENTS' ACCESS TO THE UNIVERSITY, UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL, AND THE RESEARCH ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY?
Q. MR. SWANN, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU ONE QUESTION. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED SOME OTHER CLEMSON TRUSTEE CANDIDATES, I GUESS, BUT SINCE YOU'RE LAST WE'RE GOING TO ALL JUMP ON YOU. WHEN DID IPTAY START? DO YOU KNOW? SENATOR GIESE: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SENATOR. SENATOR SMITH: WATCH THIS U.S.C. FELLOW. SENATOR GIESE: THAT IS NOT WHAT THAT STANDS FOR. IT STANDS FOR, "I PLOW TEN ACRES YEARLY". REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MR. SWANN. THAT COMPLETES OUR TEN CLEMSON TRUSTEE CANDIDATES. WE HAVE ONE CANDIDATE WHO DID NOT APPEAR, AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HIM WITH ANY OF HIS MATERIAL OR ANYTHING AND I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A STRONG POSSIBILITY THAT HE IS NOT RUNNING, SO WE WILL TRY TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM AND VERIFY THAT. YES, MA'AM, SENATOR SMITH? SENATOR SMITH: I HATE TO DO THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IN LOOKING AT THE POSITIONS OF ALL THE CANDIDATES THAT WERE HERE. (TO MS. TURNIPSEED) CAN YOU JUST VERY QUICKLY GO THROUGH AND TELL US WHAT AREAS -- I KNOW WE HAVE AN ENGINEER AND WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH AGRICULTURAL BACKGROUNDS. WE HAD BUSINESS. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE --- REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: WE HAD AN ATTORNEY ALSO. NEXT WE GO TO WINTHROP COLLEGE. OUR FIRST CANDIDATE IS MR. ROBERT BULLARD. (ROBERT S. BULLARD, CANDIDATE FOR THE WINTHROP COLLEGE SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. BULLARD? SENATOR SMITH: LET ME CATCH UP WITH YOU. (REVIEWING DOCUMENTS).
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: BEAR WITH US A MOMENT, MR. BULLARD. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: I SAID BEAR WITH US A MOMENT. SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD JUST ASK ONE QUESTION IF I MAY.
Q. MR. BULLARD, I NOTICE THAT YOU HAVE A MASTER'S OF EDUCATION DEGREE AND TEN YEARS AS A BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER. IS EDUCATION YOUR EMPHASIS AND YOUR REASON FOR RUNNING SINCE WINTHROP HAS A REPUTATION FOR AN EDUCATIONAL EMPHASIS FOR TEACHERS? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MR. BULLARD. NEXT WE HAVE ERNEST B. CARNES. (ERNEST B. CARNES, CANDIDATE FOR THE WINTHROP COLLEGE SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. CARNES, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY?
SENATOR SMITH: (TO REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD) YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME. SENATOR SMITH: I KNOW ABOUT HIS EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND. I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE. SENATOR GIESE: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: GO AHEAD, SENATOR.
Q. DR. CARNES, YOU'VE HAD A VERY DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN EDUCATION AND YOU'VE GONE ALL THE WAY FROM THE AA TO A PH.D., WHICH IS CERTAINLY COMMENDABLE. HOW DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WINTHROP BOARD? SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, MA'AM. SENATOR SMITH: I COULDN'T PASS UP AN OPPORTUNITY ON THIS EDUCATION ISSUE.
Q. DR. CARNES, I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A STATEMENT AND THEN I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, DOCTOR. NEXT WE HAVE MR. ANDREW CRANE. (ANDREW CRANE, CANDIDATE FOR THE WINTHROP COLLEGE SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. GOOD MORNING, MR. CRANE. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS? SENATOR GIESE: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: SENATOR GIESE?
Q. MR. CRANE, YOU HAVE AN UNUSUAL BACKGROUND IN COMPARISON TO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THUS FAR, AND I NOTICE THAT YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN EDUCATING THE MULTI-HANDICAPPED, THE BLIND AND DEAF. WOULD YOU JUST TALK TO US A BIT ABOUT HOW YOU THINK EDUCATING THE HANDICAPPED FITS IN WITH THE CURRENT EDUCATIONAL PROCESS? RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT DOING MUCH OF A JOB, IN MY OPINION. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MR. CRANE. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: NEXT, MR. JASON L. ELLISON.
SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN, MAY I JUST ASK -- MR. CRANE DOESN'T NEED TO COME BACK WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING THERE A MINUTE.
Q. BUT I WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND, AND THAT WAS YOUR INTEREST IN THE ARTS. AND I JUST ATTENDED A MEETING LAST WEEK WHERE YOU HAD THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS.
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, SIR. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: MR. ELLISON IS NOT PRESENT. MR. JOHN A. GILL? (JOHN A. GILL, CANDIDATE FOR THE WINTHROP COLLEGE SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. GILL, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF THE GENTLEMAN? SENATOR SMITH: I OUGHT NOT TO LET YOU DOWN.
Q. I SEE THAT YOU HAVE DEALT A GREAT DEAL WITH INSURANCE. HOW DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT BACKGROUND IS GOING TO BE OF ASSISTANCE ON THE BOARD?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. GILL) (CHARLES B. HILL, CANDIDATE FOR THE WINTHROP COLLEGE SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. HILL, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: QUESTIONS? SENATOR SMITH: I FEEL LIKE, MR. CHAIRMAN, I KEEP TAKING UP YOUR TIME, BUT I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
Q. I SEE HERE YOUR BACKGROUND IS PRINCIPAL OF BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL, AND AT WITHROP, THEN, CERTAINLY EDUCATION WOULD BE ONE OF YOUR POINTS OF GREAT INTEREST, I'M SURE, AND TEACHERS. SENATOR GIESE: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SENATOR GIESE?
Q. MY IMPRESSION OF ONE OF THE BASIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EDUCATION THIRTY YEARS AGO AND TODAY IS DISCIPLINE IN THE SCHOOLS. WE CERTAINLY HAVE A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO DISCIPLINE. IT WAS MUCH TOUGHER THIRTY YEARS AGO, AND APPARENTLY NOW IT'S MORE PERMISSIVE. WHAT'S YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS DISCIPLINE? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: REPRESENTATIVE CLYBORNE HAS A QUESTION.
Q. YES, SIR, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. I SEE THAT NORTH GREENVILLE JUNIOR COLLEGE AND FURMAN UNIVERSITY -- OF COURSE, I'M FROM GREENVILLE. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU UP THERE, WANT YOU TO STAY UP THERE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU -- THERE SEEMS TO BE SOMEWHAT OF A LOT OF CONTROVERSY TODAY IN EDUCATION IN TERMS OF WHETHER TEACHERS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO CONTINUE TO MAJOR IN EDUCATION OR TO MAJOR IN THE AREAS OF STUDY AND HAVE MORE EMPHASIS IN, LIKE, IF THEY WERE GOING TO TEACH GOVERNMENT OR THEY WERE GOING TO TEACH ENGLISH, THAT SORT OF THING. WHAT'S YOUR FEELINGS ON THAT? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. HILL) THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MR. MICHAEL HUGGINS.
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: MR. HUGGINS? MS. TURNIPSEED: OH, HE'S THE ONE WHO GOT BACK FROM THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY AND SAID HE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: WELL, I IMAGINE IF HE WAS DISMISSED FROM THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT. NEXT WE GO, THEN, TO JOEL MCMANUS.
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: JENNINGS K. OWENS, JR.? (JENNINGS K. OWENS, JR., CANDIDATE FOR THE WINTHROP COLLEGE SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
EXAMINATION BY REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD:
SENATOR SMITH: (TO MR. OWENS) I WAS TRYING TO FIND IT. SENATOR SMITH: OKAY. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS? SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, MA'AM? SENATOR SMITH: I WAS TRYING TO CATCH UP, HERE. (SENATOR REVIEWING NOTES). REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: GO RIGHT AHEAD, SENATOR.
Q. I NOTICE WITH YOUR BACKGROUND IN MEDICINE -- WHAT IS YOUR PARTICULAR EMPHASIS AND WHAT WOULD BE YOUR DIRECTION? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, DOCTOR. REPRESENTATIVE MARTIN: COULD I ASK YOU ONE QUESTION, DOCTOR?
A. YES, SIR. SENATOR SMITH: I THINK WE HAVE A REVOLUTIONARY HERE.
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO DR. OWENS) DID THEY CALL YOU THE INSTIGATOR? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, DOCTOR. NEXT WE HAVE JANE C. SHULER. (JANE C. SHULER, CANDIDATE FOR THE WINTHROP COLLEGE SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
A. GOOD MORNING. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF THE LADY? SENATOR GIESE: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SENATOR.
Q. IT'S THE USUAL QUESTION, BUT WHY, MS. SHULER, DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN THIS PARTICULAR POSITION OF HONOR AND HOW DO YOU FEEL YOU COULD CONTRIBUTE? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MS. SHULER) THANK YOU, MA'AM. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: CALDWELL EDGAR SPENCER? (CALDWELL EDGAR SPENCER, CANDIDATE FOR THE WINTHROP COLLEGE SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. SPENCER, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF THE GENTLEMAN? SENATOR SMITH: LET ME CHECK MY NOTES.
Q. I NOTE WHERE YOU ARE A TOWN COUNCILMAN AT PRESENT.
SENATOR WILSON: (TO MR. SPENCER) IT MAY BE SMALL, BUT IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
Q. I SEE YOU'RE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH. SENATOR GIESE: THAT'S NOT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, IS IT, MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: NO, THE TOWN COUNCIL IS WHAT BOTHERED ME. SENATOR MACAULAY: MR. CHAIRMAN, I THINK IT WOULD BE DUAL OFFICE HOLDING. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: HE'S AGREEABLE TO RELINQUISHING HIS ---
Q. WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS DUAL OFFICE HOLDING?
Q. MR. SPENCER, IS THAT A PAID POSITION YOU NOW HAVE?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THAT'S ABOUT THE SAME AS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. SPENCER) THANK YOU SO MUCH. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: OUR NEXT CANDIDATE IS MR. DAVID WHITE. (DAVID A. WHITE, CANDIDATE FOR THE WINTHROP COLLEGE SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. WHITE, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: QUESTIONS OF THE GENTLEMAN? SENATOR GIESE: YES.
Q. MR. WHITE, COULD YOU TELL ME WHY YOU'RE INTERESTED IN CONTRIBUTING AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: NO FURTHER QUESTIONS?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MR. WHITE. WE HAVE TWO CANDIDATES IN THE WINTHROP RACE WHO HAVE WITHDRAWN, MR. ALAN G. RASH AND MR. MERRITT WILSON. NEXT WE GO TO --- SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, MA'AM. SENATOR SMITH: ONE THING, IF MS. TURNIPSEED WILL, AND I THINK IT WOULD HELP -- OF THE CANDIDATES THAT WE HAVE, WHEN THIS IS OVER WITH, LET'S JUST PREPARE ONE SHEET WITH JUST THEIR BACKGROUNDS IN ENGINEERING OR AN ATTORNEY OR WHAT THEIR -- WHERE THEY ARE, SO THAT WILL HELP SOMEWHAT IN LOOKING AT OVERALL, THE WHOLE PERSPECTIVE OF THE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE APPEARING HERE TODAY. I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE APPEARING AND WANT TO SERVE. AND I'M JUST MOST GRATEFUL TO EACH ONE OF YOU AND WOULD LIKE TO LOOK BACK AT THAT. REPRESENATIVE STODDARD: YES, MA'AM. MS. TURNIPSEED, WILL YOU DO THAT FOR US? MS. TURNIPSEED: I SURE WILL. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: S.C. STATE COLLEGE, MR. SAM ALSTON? (SAMUEL ALSTON, CANDIDATE FOR THE S.C. STATE COLLEGE SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. ALSTON, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF THE GENTLEMAN? SENATOR GIESE: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SENATOR?
Q. YOUR CURRENT POSITION, MR. ALSTON, IS PRINCIPAL OF THE LATTA HIGH SCHOOL? SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, MA'AM?
Q. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, MR. ALSTON, WHAT IS YOUR INTEREST IN SERVING AT STATE AS ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS? WHAT WOULD BE YOUR EMPHASIS? SENATOR GIESE: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES? SENATOR GIESE: I'D LIKE TO ASK ANOTHER QUESTION.
Q. I NOTICE YOUR HOME ADDRESS IS ORANGEBURG AND YOU WORK IN LATTA. THAT'S QUITE A DISTANCE APART.
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. ALSTON) THANK YOU, SIR. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: MR. FRED BROUGHTON? (FRED BROUGHTON, CANDIDATE FOR THE S. C. STATE COLLEGE SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. GOOD MORNING, SIR. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS?
Q. I'D LIKE TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION, MR. BROUGHTON. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE ROLE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS IN THE GOVERNANCE OF A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANYTHING FURTHER? REPRESENTATIVE MARTIN: YES, I HAVE ONE QUESTION. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: REPRESENTATIVE MARTIN?
Q. I NOTICE THAT YOU ARE THE OWNER OF EDISTO UNIFORM CENTER AND YOU SERVICE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE. WOULD YOU CONSIDER THAT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WERE YOU TO GET IT?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. BROUGHTON) WOULD YOU STILL SEEK THE CONTRACT? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, SIR. SENATOR MACAULAY: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SIR.
Q. I'M JUST CURIOUS. HOW MANY UNIFORM SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE ORANGEBURG AREA TO SERVICE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE IF YOU DID NOT?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. BROUGHTON) THANK YOU, SIR. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: JOSEPH R. DOUGLAS? (JOSEPH R. DOUGLAS, CANDIDATE FOR THE S.C. STATE COLLEGE SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: QUESTIONS? SENATOR SMITH: YES, SIR. I WAS JUST WAITING TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE DID.
Q. BUT I'M JUST LOOKING AT YOUR OCCUPATION AND BACKGROUND, AND YOU'RE A GRADUATE OF STATE ALSO? SENATOR GIESE: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES?
Q. ONE QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR BACKGROUND THAT YOU HAVE A DIVERSE BACKGROUND. ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF A STRONG BOARD THAT WOULD, I'LL USE THE WORDS, TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS AND ARGUE IN FAVOR OF A BOARD THAT WILL LOOK AT A SITUATION AND BE AGGRESSIVE IN SOLVING IT? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. DOUGLAS) THANK YOU, SIR. THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS MR. SAMUEL F. LYONS. (SAMUEL F. LYONS, CANDIDATE FOR THE S. C. STATE COLLEGE SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. LYONS, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. LYONS? SENATOR SMITH: WE'RE JUST DETERMINED THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WHY THEY'RE HERE. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: SENATOR, I THINK WE OUGHT TO CROSS-EXAMINE THEM THOROUGHLY.
Q. I JUST THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT, AS WE ALL DO, AND WE JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS WHY YOU OFFERED. AND WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE AS A TRUSTEE AT STATE? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MR. LYONS. THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS ROGER D. SCOTT. (ROGER D. SCOTT, CANDIDATE FOR THE S. C. STATE COLLEGE SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. SCOTT, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? SENATOR GIESE: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: SENATOR?
Q. PERHAPS THIS IS JUST A DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING THINGS IN DIFFERENT COUNTIES, BUT YOU HAVE HERE LISTED TWO AFFIDAVITS FROM A JOHN A. BEARDEN, CLERK OF COURT, AND IT SAYS THAT YOU HAVE NOT HAD ANY GENERAL SESSIONS JUDGMENTS FILED AGAINST YOU. DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THINGS THAT DIDN'T REACH THE GENERAL SESSIONS COURTS? I DON'T MEAN TO EMBARRASS YOU, BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SENATOR WILSON: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SENATOR. SENATOR WILSON: BEING FROM LEXINGTON COUNTY AND BEING ABLE TO INTERPRET WHAT OUR CLERK OF COURT MEANT, WHAT IT MEANT WAS THAT THESE ARE ONES FILED WITH THE CLERK OF COURT AT THE COURTHOUSE AS OPPOSED TO ANY JUDGMENT FILED IN THE MAGISTRATE'S COURT. BUT THIS CERTAINLY IS SUFFICIENT FOR THE HEARING TODAY AND CLEARLY INDICATES HE HAS A CLEAR RECORD. SENATOR GIESE: THANK YOU. SENATOR WILSON: WE ARE SO PRECISE IN LEXINGTON COUNTY. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: WE NEVER SEEK ANY JUDGMENTS FROM THE MAGISTRATE'S COURT BECAUSE, LORD, THERE ARE SO MANY MAGISTRATES IN THE STATE THAT WE'D HAVE TO COMMUNICATE WITH. SENATOR WILSON: WE HAVE A VERY PRECISE AND ARTICULATE CLERK OF COURT.
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: AND ANY JUDGMENT FROM A MAGISTRATE'S COURT WOULD BE ALMOST MINUTE IN TODAY'S CONSIDERATION OF MONETARY VALUES. SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, MA'AM.
Q. I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION. I'M VERY INTERESTED IN YOUR COMMENT THAT YOUR PARENTS MORE OR LESS INSISTED THAT YOU TRY SCHOOL FOR A YEAR, AND YOU WERE SUCCESSFUL AND COMPLETED YOUR FOUR YEARS, WHICH I COMMEND YOU FOR DOING. HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE, DO YOU WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IN CHURCH OR IN YOUR COMMUNITY TO ENCOURAGE THEM ALSO NOT TO GIVE UP SOMETIMES OR AS TO THE VALUE OF AN EDUCATION, WHAT IT HAS MEANT TO YOU, EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS? SENATOR WILSON: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SENATOR? SENATOR WILSON: I'D LIKE TO ALSO COMMEND MR. SCOTT ON HIS VERY CANDID TESTIMONY BEFORE US TODAY, AND ALSO I CAN TELL HIS VERY SINCERE DESIRE TO SERVE AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR PROVIDING THAT. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. SCOTT) THANK YOU, SIR. THAT COMPLETES THE CANDIDATES FOR S. C. STATE. ALBERT L. JONES HAS WITHDRAWN. NEXT WE GO TO THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY LAY SEATS. MR. THERON FEW? (H. THERON FEW, CANDIDATE FOR THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA LAY SEAT, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. FEW, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: QUESTIONS OF THE GENTLEMAN? SENATOR GIESE?
Q. IT'S AN INTERESTING SITUATION TO BE A LAY PERSON ON A BOARD OF MEDICAL PEOPLE. WHAT PROMPTED YOU? SENATOR SMITH: WHILE WE'RE LOOKING, MR. CHAIRMAN, TRYING TO FIND WHERE HE IS ---
Q. WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE -- WITH YOUR BACKGROUND, WHAT WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY BOARD AND WHAT'S YOUR MAIN EMPHASIS OR REASON FOR OFFERING YOUR SERVICES?
Q. MR. FEW, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MOST REFRESHING WORDS I'VE HEARD IN YEARS IN THAT STATEMENT YOU JUST MADE. I SERVE ON THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE. I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYONE PROPOSE A REDUCTION IN F.T.E.'S, FULL TIME EQUIVALENCIES. IT'S ALWAYS, "WE NEED 2,000 OR 2500 MORE EMPLOYEES FOR THE STATE", BUT NEVER ONCE HAS SOMEONE PROPOSED A REDUCTION IN F.T.E. AND THE POINT YOU'VE JUST MADE ABOUT SOMEONE PLAYING THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE -- I THINK SO OFTEN PEOPLE DON'T CHOOSE TO PLAY THAT POSITION BECAUSE IT'S NOT POLITICALLY POPULAR AND YOU DON'T GET REELECTED -- SENATOR SMITH: ONE MORE QUESTION. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SENATOR?
Q. SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IS THAT ALL OF US ARE GRAPPLING CONSTANTLY WITH HEALTH CARE COSTS, THE HIGH COST OF INSURANCE. THAT IS, I THINK, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT DAILY. BUT AS AN ACCOUNTANT, AS SOMEONE WITH THE TYPE OF BACKGROUND THAT YOU HAVE, IS THAT THE TYPE OF THING THAT YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO PINPOINT AND INFLUENCE MAYBE SOME CHANGES IN POLICY OR THE WAY WE HANDLE SOME OF THE COST SHIFTING AND THIS TYPE OF THING WHICH ALSO ESCALATES HEALTH CARE COSTS?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. FEW) THANK YOU, SIR. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: PHILLIP D. SASSER? (PHILLIP D. SASSER, CANDIDATE FOR THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA LAY SEAT, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. SASSER, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. SASSER? SENATOR SMITH: I HAVEN'T FOUND HIM YET. SENATOR GIESE: HE'S RIGHT AT THE BACK, HERE (INDICATING DOCUMENTS). MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: SENATOR?
Q. SEVERAL YEARS AGO -- QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, A SECOND MEDICAL SCHOOL WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE STATE AND WE NOW HAVE TWO MEDICAL SCHOOLS. THE OUTCOME, WE THOUGHT, WAS GOING TO BE A PRODUCTION OF MORE PHYSICIANS, MORE DOCTORS, HOPEFULLY WITH MANY OF THEM STAYING IN THE STATE. AS I'VE LOOKED AT THE LAST COUPLE OF BUDGETS, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WHAT'S HAPPENED IS THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY IN CHARLESTON HAS REDUCED ITS INTAKE AND OUTPUT WHEN IT COMES TO PHYSICIANS, THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA HAS GRADUALLY INCREASED IT, BUT THE END RESULT HAS BEEN THAT WE ONLY HAVE TEN OR TWENTY MORE MEDICAL STUDENTS IN THIS STATE TODAY THAN WE HAD BACK WHEN THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY DOWN IN CHARLESTON WAS PRODUCING ALL THE PEOPLE, BUT THE COST HAS GONE UP ABOUT 50 MILLION DOLLARS. NOW, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THE PREVIOUS CANDIDATE'S STATEMENT ABOUT PRODUCING MORE WITH LESS AND INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY TO ATTACK THIS PROBLEM OF INCREASING COSTS? Q. THANK YOU. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? SENATOR SMITH: JUST ONE, IF I MAY. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SENATOR SMITH.
Q. MR. SASSER, I NOTED THAT YOU ARE AN ATTORNEY AND HAVE, I'M SURE, CONTRIBUTED A GREAT DEAL, BUT ARE YOU THE ONLY ATTORNEY ON THAT BOARD SERVING PRESENTLY?
SENATOR WILSON: BOB LAKE IS ON THAT BOARD, TOO. SENATOR WILSON: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SENATOR WILSON?
Q. KNOWING THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY ATTORNEY, JOE GOOD, I'M SURE HE APPRECIATES YOUR INPUT ANYTIME.
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MR. SASSER. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: NEXT WE HAVE MR. W. C. LAUDERDALE. (W. C. LAUDERDALE, CANDIDATE FOR THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA LAY SEAT, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF THE GENTLEMAN? SENATOR WILSON: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SENATOR? SENATOR WILSON: (TO MR. LAUDERDALE) I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, AS A GRADUATE OF WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY, IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE SOMEONE WHO WAS BORN IN VIRGINIA DOING SO WELL. AND ALSO, AS A PRODUCT OF YOUR CHURCH EXTENSION, I AM NOW A MEMBER OF THE A.R.P. SENATOR GIESE: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: SENATOR GIESE?
Q. MR. LAUDERDALE, HOW DO YOU THINK YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE M.U.S.C. BOARD? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS, THEN, IS THE SEAT THAT DR. EZELL HAD. IS THAT THE ONE? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THAT'S CORRECT. THIS IS FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM, TWO YEARS. SENATOR SMITH: I'VE GOT YOU.
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. LAUDERDALE) THANK YOU, SIR. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: NEXT WE HEAR FROM MR. JACK MCINTOSH. (JACK F. MCINTOSH, CANDIDATE FOR THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA LAY SEAT, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. MCINTOSH, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF THE GENTLEMAN? SENATOR SMITH: JUST A MINUTE.
Q. BRIEFLY, COULD YOU TELL US WHY YOU SEEK THIS POSITION, MR. MCINTOSH? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
Q. I NOTICE THAT YOU ARE FROM ANDERSON.
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MR. MCINTOSH. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THAT COMPLETES OUR CANDIDATES FOR THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY. WE HAVE A CANDIDATE THAT WE NORMALLY WOULD HEAR TOMORROW FOR THE U.S.C. BOARD WHO HAS QUITE A CONFLICT. HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN COURT TOMORROW, AND HE HAS REQUESTED THAT WE HEAR HIM TODAY AND HE IS HERE. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, WE WILL HERE FROM MR. --- SENATOR SMITH: WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP ANYBODY FROM APPEARING IN COURT. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: I HAVE ASSUMED THAT. MR. WILLIAM HUBBARD, U.S.C. CANDIDATE? (WILLIAM HUBBARD, CANDIDATE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SEAT, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: WHAT CIRCUIT IS THAT, MR. HUBBARD? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: FIRST LET ME SWEAR YOU IN. I DON'T THINK YOU WERE HERE EARLIER. (MR. HUBBARD IS DULY SWORN BY REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD).
Q. DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS? SENATOR SMITH: GO AHEAD. I'M TRYING TO READ THIS (INDICATING DOCUMENTS).
Q. WHILE SHE'S TRYING TO GET HER QUESTIONS IN ORDER, COULD YOU TELL US BRIEFLY WHY YOU SEEK THIS POSITION ON THE BOARD? SENATOR WILSON: MR CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SENATOR?
SENATOR WILSON: WHILE THE QUESTIONS ARE BEING PREPARED, I WANTED TO COMMEND MR. HUBBARD. I WANTED TO COMMEND MR. HUBBARD IN THAT I HAD A CONSTITUENT WHO HAD A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM WHERE THEY WERE ENROLLED IN A LANGUAGE COURSE THAT WAS CANCELED AS THEY WALKED INTO CLASS. AND I BROUGHT THIS TO HIS ATTENTION AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, AND I KNOW MY CONSTITUENT APPRECIATES, THAT HE LOOKED INTO THE MATTER AND DETERMINED AND DISCOVERED THAT THIS WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. AND IT PREVENTED A CRISIS IN THE LIVES OF THIS STUDENT AND THIS FAMILY. AND MR. HUBBARD IMMEDIATELY LOOKED INTO IT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT HE TOOK TO DETERMINE WHAT COULD BE DONE.
SENATOR WILSON: (TO MR. HUBBARD) WELL, I APPRECIATE THE RESPONSIVENESS AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY YOU'VE SHOWN.
Q. MR. HUBBARD, I REMEMBER HOW INTENSELY YOU RAN FOR THE SEAT THE FIRST TIME AND, OF COURSE, I SUPPORTED YOU. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE GENTLEMAN? SENATOR SMITH: YES, SIR, I HAVE ONE. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: WHILE WE'VE GOT HIM, WE'D BETTER CROSS-EXAMINE HIM.
Q. MR. HUBBARD, I CERTAINLY COMMEND YOU, IN THE TIMES THAT I HAVE TALKED WITH YOU, IN YOUR INTEREST AND IT SEEMS TO BE VERY GENUINE WITH REGARD TO THE UNIVERSITY -- AND YOUR FAMILY AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING ACROSS THIS STATE TO HELP, IN VOLUNTEERING TO HELP OTHERS. BUT WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU ABOUT RIGHT HERE IS ONE THING THAT HAS CAUGHT MY INTEREST, PROMOTING HIGHER ACADEMIC STANDARDS IN YOUR UNIVERSITY. AND THAT IS SO IMPORTANT, SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS THERE ON HOW YOU MIGHT ACCOMPLISH THAT? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: SENATOR GIESE? SENATOR GIESE: MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. HUBBARD IS ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS, SO I'VE FOLLOWED HIM VERY, VERY CAREFULLY DURING HIS FIRST FOUR YEARS ON THE BOARD.
Q. I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU, MR. HUBBARD, WHAT ROLE YOU THINK THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PLAYS IN THE BUDGET CRUNCH SITUATION THAT APPARENTLY YOU'RE FACING EVERY YEAR? AND THIS YEAR MAY BE ONE OF THE WORST YEARS. WHAT PLANS DOES THE BOARD FORMULATE OR DOES IT LOOK TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR, LET'S SAY, REDUCING SOMETHING -- AS I TOLD SOMEONE EARLIER, WE'VE NEVER HEARD, ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, ANYONE SAY, "WE'D LIKE TO REDUCE M.F.E.'S". IT'S ALWAYS GROW, GROW, GROW. AND WHAT POSITION DOES THE BOARD TAKE ON CONTINGENCY PLANS OR WHEN THE REAL FINANCIAL PROBLEMS HIT THE UNIVERSITY? SENATOR MACAULAY: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SIR, SENATOR MACAULAY?
Q. MR. HUBBARD, YOU'RE THE SECOND -- NOT THE SECOND, BUT I REMEMBER WE HAD THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE WHO WAS AN INCUMBENT. MY DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUE FROM RICHLAND, AND, I THINK, YOUR SENATOR, ASKED HIM ABOUT THE COST OF EDUCATING MEDICAL STUDENTS BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT ONE IS EDUCATED CHEAPER AT THE UNIVERSITY HERE, AT SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, AS COMPARED TO THE ONE IN CHARLESTON. I THOUGHT MAYBE MY COLLEAGUE WOULD HAVE FOLLOWED UP WITH YOU ON WHY THAT MIGHT BE, BUT SINCE HE DIDN'T, I MIGHT ASK YOU -- YOU SAY THAT WE NEED TO GET A BETTER BANG FOR OUR BUCK. AS FAR AS EDUCATING OUR MEDICAL STUDENTS, WOULDN'T WE GET A BETTER BANG FOR OUR BUCK IF WE CONCENTRATED ON ONE PLACE RATHER THAN SPREADING OUT ACROSS THE STATE? SENATOR WILSON: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: SENATOR WILSON?
Q. IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CONCERNS EXPRESSED ABOUT DIFFERENT FOUNDATIONS AND THE INTERMIXING OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDS. WHAT'S YOUR POSITION ON THE DISCLOSURE OF THE FUNDS AND IN THE FUTURE HOW THEY WOULD BE ADMINISTERED? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: WE WISH YOU LUCK IN COURT TOMORROW, MR. HUBBARD. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THAT COMPLETES ALL THAT APPEARED. WHAT DOES THE COMMITTEE -- WE MEET AGAIN AT 9:00 TOMORROW. WHAT TIME DOES THE SENATE GO IN TOMORROW? SENATOR GIESE: USUALLY 11:00. TODAY WE'RE STARTING AT 12:00. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: WHAT? SENATOR GIESE: WE'RE STARTING AT 12:00 TODAY IN DEFERENCE TO THIS MEETING. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: IT'S NICE TO HAVE ALL OF YOU PRESENT THIS MORNING. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WHO ARE PRESENT. THE OTHERS WILL BE COMING IN LATER. REPRESENTATIVE CLYBORNE, REPRESENTATIVE MARTIN, SENATOR SMITH, NELL SMITH, AND, OF COURSE, I'M GENE STODDARD. WE HAVE QUITE AN AGENDA TODAY AND OUR TIME IS SOMEWHAT RESTRICTED, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BE AS THOROUGH AS WE CAN WITH EACH CANDIDATE AND GET RID OF YOU IN A HURRY. FIRST WE HAVE THE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES. I'M GOING TO ASK MS. TURNIPSEED TO READ THE LIST. WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND AS YOUR NAME IS READ? MS. TURNIPSEED: MR. HERBERT GRANGER, MR. OTHNIEL WIENGES, MR. LOUIS SOSSAMON. SOME OF THESE PEOPLE COULDN'T COME. SENATOR SMITH: ARE THESE THE UNOPPOSED? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, MA'AM. MS. TURNIPSEED: UNOPPOSED INCUMBENTS. MR. MICHAEL J. MUNGO, C. EDWARD FLOYD, DR. GORDON STINE, THOMAS WEEKS, ROBERT SMALL, CREIGHTON MCMASTER, JAMES DAVID WATSON, HOWARD LUNDY, EARL MCLEOD, GAIL RICHARDSON, EDWARD ERVIN, THOMAS HANSEN, MARTHA BARNETTE, MARTHA WHITENER, JACK BOGER, DR. GLENN LAWHON, JOHN JOHNSTON. I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THE UNOPPOSED INCUMBENTS. HAVE I MISSED ANYBODY? (NO RESPONSE). SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, MA'AM, SENATOR SMITH? SENATOR SMITH: ONE OF THE THINGS -- (TO CANDIDATES) I WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT ASKED THAT YOU COME, AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR EACH OF YOU -- FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SEE YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE SUCH A RESPONSIBLE POSITION IN THE LEADERSHIP ROLES THAT YOU PLAY ACROSS THIS STATE. AND I THINK FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND ALSO TO TELL YOU THAT WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING, AND THE FACT THAT YOU ARE UNOPPOSED IS CERTAINLY A COMPLIMENT TO EACH ONE OF YOU. AND I FELT LIKE THAT IF YOU FELT STRONGLY ENOUGH THAT YOU WOULD OFFER TO SERVE, THAT WE CERTAINLY SHOULD GIVE YOU THE COURTESY OF BEING ABLE TO THANK YOU, AND TO LOOK AT YOU AND TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE. SO WE THANK YOU FOR COMING UNOPPOSED -- I DO. (SENATOR WILSON ENTERS HEARING ROOM). REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, SENATOR SMITH. SENATOR WILSON HAS JUST JOINED US. REPRESENTATIVE MARTIN: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: REPRESENTATIVE MARTIN? REPRESENTATIVE MARTIN: IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THESE CANDIDATES ARE UNOPPOSED AND IN THE ESSENCE OF TIME, I WOULD MOVE THAT FORMAL SCREENING BE WAIVED. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: REPRESENTATIVE MARTIN MOVES, SINCE THE CANDIDATES ARE UNOPPOSED, IN THE ESSENCE OF TIME THAT WE WAIVE THE SCREENING OF THESE UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES. IS THERE A SECOND? SENATOR WILSON: SECOND. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: SENATOR WILSON SECONDS. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY "AYE". (COMMITTEE MEMBERS RESPOND AFFIRMATIVELY). REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: OPPOSED, "NO".
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THE "AYES" HAVE IT. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING. (UNOPPOSED INCUMBENT CANDIDATES EXIT HEARING ROOM). (SENATOR MACAULAY ENTERS HEARING ROOM). REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: I WOULD ASK ALL CANDIDATES TO PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, AND WE'RE GOING TO SWEAR YOU IN IN BLANK IF THE RECORDING CLERK WILL PLEASE DO THAT. (ALL CANDIDATES ARE DULY SWORN). REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: FIRST WE HAVE THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CANDIDATES, BUT WE HAVE ONE GENTLEMAN, A CANDIDATE FOR THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON AT-LARGE SEAT, WHO SAYS HE HAS A PLANE TO CATCH AND ASKS THAT WE BEAR WITH HIM AND HEAR HIM FIRST, SO THE COMMITTEE WILL GO AHEAD -- WILL MR. LAWRENCE MCNAIR PLEASE COME FORWARD? (LAWRENCE E. MCNAIR, CANDIDATE FOR THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON SEAT, AT-LARGE, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. MCNAIR, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS?
Q. WHAT'S YOUR OCCUPATION, MR. MCNAIR? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MR. MCNAIR. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THE CANDIDATES MAY BE FREE TO GO AFTER THEY'RE QUESTIONED. WE WILL NOW TAKE UP THE AGENDA IN ITS ORDER. OUR FIRST CANDIDATE IS A. S. BAHNMULLER. I SUPPOSE MY PRONUNCIATION IS CORRECT. MS. TURNIPSEED: HE'S THE ONE, IF YOU'LL NOTICE, WHO'S -- THERE'S A LETTER FROM HIS DOCTOR THAT HE'S BEEN OUT WITH BACK SURGERY. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, HE'S JUST HAD SURGERY, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE THE GENTLEMAN LATER. NEXT, THEN, IS SAM BENSON. (SAMUEL A. BENSON, CANDIDATE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SEAT, THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. BENSON, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE OTHER MEMBERS? SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SENATOR SMITH. SENATOR SMITH: ARE YOU JUST LOOKING AT ME BECAUSE I KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS? BECAUSE I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THE UNIVERSITY, AND CERTAINLY WE ALL ARE.
Q. WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU IS WHAT IS YOUR PARTICULAR AREA OF EMPHASIS AS YOU SERVE ON THIS BOARD AND WHAT THINGS, VERY BRIEFLY, DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU CONTRIBUTE IN LEADING THE DIRECTION OF THE UNIVERSITY? (SENATOR GIESE ENTERS HEARING ROOM). REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: SENATOR MACAULAY?
Q. MR. BENSON, I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS, AND ITEM 12, WHERE IT SAYS "RECEIVED INCOME FROM PUBLIC AGENCIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA", YOU SAY WAS NOT APPLICABLE. YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY SORT OF PER DIEM OR ANYTHING FROM THE UNIVERSITY? MS. TURNIPSEED: SENATOR MACAULAY, THE ECONOMIC STATEMENT, IF YOU READ THE LITTLE, FINE PRINT ON THE BACK --- SENATOR MACAULAY: I NEVER DO. MS. TURNIPSEED: MOST PEOPLE DON'T. IT SAYS THAT THE LISTING OF PER DIEM AND RETURN OF PAYMENT FOR MILEAGE AND THAT KIND OF THING IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE LISTED, SO SOME PEOPLE DID LIST IT AND SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T. SENATOR MACAULAY: WELL, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING BECAUSE I HAD NOTICED THAT ON SOME OF THE RETURNS, THEY HAD IT. I DIDN'T KNOW. THANK YOU. SENATOR WILSON: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: SENATOR WILSON?
Q. A CONCERN THAT I'VE HAD OVER A PERIOD OF TIME HAS BEEN A FAILURE BY VARIOUS FOUNDATIONS RELATED TO THE UNIVERSITY TO DISCLOSE INFORMATION. WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ON THAT AS AN INCUMBENT? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SIR, SENATOR GIESE?
Q. MR. BENSON, WE'VE HAD A TOUGH TIME THIS PARTICULAR YEAR AND SOME OTHER YEARS WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCING THE UNIVERSITY -- WELL, ALL OF OUR HIGHER EDUCATION. I WONDER WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE CONCERNING THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES GETTING INTO SOME KIND OF ADVANCED PLANNING SO THAT IN CASE THE FUNDING DOESN'T COME UP TO EXPECTATIONS, YOU'RE IN A POSITION TO SET POLICY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE SOME ALTERNATIVE PLANS OR CONTINGENCY PLANS IF THE FUNDING DOESN'T MEET THE ORIGINAL REQUEST. REPRESENTATIVE MARTIN: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, REPRESENTATIVE MARTIN?
Q. MR. BENSON, YOU'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR EIGHT YEARS? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MR. BENSON. OUR NEXT CANDIDATE IS ELIZABETH SCRUGGS. (ELIZABETH B. SCRUGGS, CANDIDATE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SEAT, THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MS. SCRUGGS, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME -- SENATOR MACAULAY, I ASK YOUR LEGAL ADVICE. WOULD THAT BE A CONFLICT OR NOT? SENATOR MACAULAY: THE ZONING BOARD? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES.
SENATOR MACAULAY: I WOULD THINK SO. THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE IT IS AN OFFICE CREATED BY STATUTE, AND --- REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF MS. SCRUGGS?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MS. SCRUGGS) THANK YOU, MA'AM. SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN, I WAITED SO I WOULDN'T BE THE ONLY ONE UP HERE ASKING QUESTIONS. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ALL RIGHT, SENATOR.
Q. MS. SCRUGGS, LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING. I NOTICE YOU SAY "ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATION" AND THAT CERTAINLY IS -- TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND TO ALL EDUCATION, BUT AS A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD, WHAT WOULD YOU DO AND HOW -- WHAT THINGS DIFFERENTLY WOULD YOU DO OR WHAT NEW FOCUS WOULD YOU TAKE IN GETTING BETTER ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: SENATOR GIESE?
Q. I NOTICE THAT YOU'RE A GAMECOCK CLUB DIRECTOR. DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE A COUNTY CHAIRMAN?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MS. SCRUGGS. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: OUR NEXT CANDIDATE FOR THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IS FRANCIS BURACZYNSKI. (FRANCIS T. BURACZYNSKI, CANDIDATE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SEAT, FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE GENTLEMAN?
Q. MR. BURACZYNSKI, I KNOW THEY'RE USING SOME OF THE FILM BECAUSE I READ IN THE NEWSPAPER THE OTHER DAY WHERE 4,000 FEET HAD DROPPED OUT OF THE BACK END OF A TRUCK, SOME RATHER PRICELESS STUFF.
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, SIR. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: OUR NEXT CANDIDATE IS VINCENT DEGENHART. (DR. DEGENHART FAILS TO APPEAR). REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: MR. DEGENHART? SENATOR WILSON: THAT'S DR. DEGENHART. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: WELL, DOCTOR. HE DOESN'T ANSWER TO EITHER ONE. SENATOR WILSON: HE'S A VERY PROMINENT PHYSICIAN HERE IN COLUMBIA. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: WE HEARD MR. HUBBARD YESTERDAY. OUR NEXT CANDIDATE WILL BE MIRIAM T. MITCHELL. (MIRIAM T. MITCHELL, CANDIDATE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SEAT, FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MS. MITCHELL, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE CLYBORNE: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: MR. CLYBORNE?
Q. MS. MITCHELL, YOU SAY HERE, "I AM CONCERNED WITH SEEING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AT U.S.C. MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY FROM A PRACTICAL VIEWPOINT". WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT EXACTLY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SENATOR GIESE?
Q. MS. MITCHELL, I WONDER IF YOU WOULD EXPOUND JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THE ROLE YOU THINK YOU'D PLAY AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MA'AM. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ERIC L. ROBINSON? (ERIC L. ROBINSON, CANDIDATE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SEAT, FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. ROBINSON, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SENATOR GIESE?
Q. MR. ROBINSON, I WONDER IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU MAY HAVE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BECAUSE OF YOUR RECENT EXPOSURE TO THE FIRING LINE OF EDUCATION? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: SENATOR SMITH?
Q. MR. ROBINSON, PURSUING ONE OTHER THOUGHT THAT YOU HAD, YOU MENTIONED CONVEYING THE THOUGHTS OF PARENTS WITH REGARD TO THEIR CHILDREN'S ACADEMIC TEACHING. IF YOU HAD TO LIST SEVERAL THINGS THAT YOU THINK YOU HEAR PARENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WITH REGARD -- OR YOUNG PEOPLE YOUR AGE AS TO -- IF YOU WERE ON THE BOARD AND YOU WERE CONVEYING A THOUGHT TO THAT BOARD AS TO THE SENTIMENT OUT THERE THAT PARENTS HAVE, PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? SENATOR GIESE: MR. CHAIRMAN, MIGHT I CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT ALL FIVE OF THE CANDIDATES THAT HAVE JUST APPEARED ARE FROM SENATE DISTRICT 22, GIVING YOU AN IDEA OF THE QUALITY WE HAVE? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THAT PUTS YOU ON THE SPOT IN TWO YEARS, DOESN'T IT, SENATOR? (TO MR. ROBINSON) THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT WE HAVE THE NINTH CIRCUIT, MR. DONALD BAILEY. (DONALD A. BAILEY, CANDIDATE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SEAT, NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. BAILEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SENATOR GIESE?
Q. WOULD YOU, MR. BAILEY, PLEASE TELL US OF YOUR OTHER INVOLVEMENT AND HOW YOU FEEL YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH OTHER BOARDS OF THE UNIVERSITY HAS HELPED YOU PREPARE FOR, LET'S SAY, THE JOB YOU'RE SEEKING? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: SENATOR SMITH?
Q. SINCE YOU SAY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN OUT, AND YOU HAVE TRAVELED ACROSS THE STATE, AND YOU HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY AND CERTAINLY HAVE WORKED ACTIVELY IN THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, IF YOU HAD TO LIST SEVERAL CONCERNS THAT YOU THINK THE PEOPLE, THE ALUMNI, THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE FEEL VERY POSITIVELY ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY AND WANTED TO CONVEY SOME THOUGHTS, WHAT SEVERAL THOUGHTS WOULD YOU CONVEY OR WOULD YOU TAKE BACK TO THE BOARD AS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, "THIS IS HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THIS UNIVERSITY", OR MAYBE CHANGES THAT THEY MIGHT WISH TO SEE? (REPRESENTATIVE MCABEE ENTERS THE HEARING ROOM). SENATOR GIESE: ONE OTHER QUESTION, MR. CHAIRMAN. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SIR.
Q. YOU WERE A PARTICIPANT ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM, AS I RECALL. IS THAT CORRECT?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, SIR. SENATOR WILSON: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES? SENATOR WILSON: I'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE THAT I LEFT JUST AS MR. BAILEY BEGAN, AND HE'S A FORMER NEIGHBOR OF MINE, SO I PARTICULARLY WANTED TO HEAR HIS APPEARANCE. BUT I WENT TO CONTACT DR. DEGENHART WHO HAS NOT APPEARED, AND I LEARNED FROM HIS OFFICE THAT HE'S ON VACATION AND OUT OF TOWN. AND HE MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN THE NOTICE, SO I'VE LEFT A MESSAGE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH MS. TURNIPSEED. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: WE'LL ACCOMMODATE THE GENTLEMAN LATER. SENATOR WILSON: FINE, THANK YOU. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, SENATOR. MARKLEY DENNIS, SR.? (R. MARKLEY DENNIS, SR., CANDIDATE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SEAT, NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. DENNIS, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: SENATOR GIESE?
Q. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION, MR. DENNIS, ABOUT THE TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTION YOU'VE MADE TO THE BOARD, AND YOUR LONGEVITY THERE INDICATES THAT THE GROWTH OF THE INSTITUTION, I'M SURE, HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE CONDUCT OF THE BOARD AND THE POLICIES THAT THEY'VE SET. WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL US WHAT YOU THINK THE CHANGES -- JUST TWO OR THREE OF THE LARGER CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE ACTIVITY OF THE BOARD IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE ADMINISTRATION. SENATOR, AS I JUST INDICATED TO YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION PROBLEM - HIGH SCHOOL, ANY LEVEL, AS YOU SAY - IS. IT'S JUST A CRUNCH. AT EVERY LEVEL IT'S A CRUNCH. ONE THING I THINK THAT THE UNIVERSITY CAN BE AWARE OF, AND I THINK IT'S ATTESTED TO BY THE FACT, AT LEAST IN CERTAIN YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN THERE, I THINK -- THE STATE APPROPRIATIONS HAVE COME TO CONSTITUTE MORE THAN 45% OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET OF THE UNIVERSITY. I THINK INDIVIDUAL GIVING HAS MOVED INTO THE RANGE OF $20 MILLION A YEAR. THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION HAS MOVED FROM SOMETHING IN THE RANGE OF A MILLION DOLLARS TO OVER 40 MILLION DOLLARS. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A BUDGET, WHICH OUR BUDGET IS AROUND 371 MILLION, 45% OF THAT IS STATE APPROPRIATIONS. TO ME, SENATOR, THAT INDICATES THAT THERE IS ACTIVITY REALIZING, RECOGNIZING AND DEALING WITH THE FACT THAT THERE JUST AREN'T ENOUGH PUBLIC DOLLARS, NOT ENOUGH TAX DOLLARS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. THAT SORT OF ORGANIZATION, IT'S JUST NOT THERE. I THINK THE ANSWER IS ALTERNATIVE FUNDING, AND THIS I AM GREATLY IN FAVOR OF AND I'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT POLICIES THAT ADDRESS THAT.
Q. MR. DENNIS, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION IF I MIGHT. WHEN YOU FIRST CAME ON THE BOARD, WHO WAS PRESIDENT THEN? REPRESENTATIVE MARTIN: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: MR. MARTIN?
Q. MR. DENNIS, HAVING BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR 32 YEARS, IS THERE A PARTICULAR CHARACTERIZATION THAT COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO YOU AS OPPOSED TO OTHER REGULAR MEMBERS WHO HAVE NOT SERVED THAT LONG, SUCH AS BEING AN ACTIVIST OR PACIFIST OR AGITATOR OR GOOD OLE' BOY OR ANY PARTICULAR THING THAT WOULD BE DISTINGUISHABLE TO YOU AS OPPOSED TO THE AVERAGE BOARD MEMBER? I ASSUME YOU ARE SOMEWHAT IN THE MINORITY WHEN IT COMES TO THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE BOARD. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: SENATOR WILSON? SENATOR WILSON: MR. CHAIRMAN, A QUESTION I'VE HAD OF CONCERN IN THE PAST HAS BEEN REGARDING THE VARIOUS FOUNDATIONS RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY.
Q. WHAT WOULD BE YOUR POSITION ON RELEASING, NOT NECESSARILY CONTRIBUTORS' NAMES, BUT THE RECORDS OF THOSE FOUNDATIONS NOW?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MR. DENNIS. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: NEXT WE GO TO THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, MR. EUGENE COVINGTON, JR. (EUGENE C. COVINGTON, JR., CANDIDATE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SEAT, THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. COVINGTON, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN AND LADY? SENATOR WILSON: MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO COMMEND MR. COVINGTON ON HIS VERY CANDID STATEMENT THAT WAS PLACED WITH US, AND SO I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT COACH GIESE CAN FIND HIS STATEMENT AND READ IT. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, SENATOR. SENATOR MACAULAY, DID YOU --- SENATOR MACAULAY: NO, SIR. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OF THE GENTLEMAN?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, SIR. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: NEXT WE HAVE MR. MACK WHITTLE, JR. (MACK WHITTLE, JR., CANDIDATE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SEAT, THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. WHITTLE, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SENATOR GIESE: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SIR.
Q. I WONDER IF YOU'D TELL US JUST A BIT ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE CAROLINA SCHOLARS PROGRAM? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MR. WHITTLE. THAT COMPLETES THE U.S.C. CANDIDATES. WE MOVE NOW TO THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON CANDIDATES, SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. JOE BERRY, IS HE HERE?
MS. TURNIPSEED: JOE BERRY? I'M SORRY, HE HAD A DENTAL APPOINTMENT, SO HE SAID HE WOULD BE LATE. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: MR. DOUGLAS, CHARLES DOUGLAS?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: WE'LL GO AHEAD WITH THE AT-LARGE SEATS. SEAT #13, ALTON JONES? (ALTON E. JONES, CANDIDATE FOR THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON SEAT, AT-LARGE, #13, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. JONES, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF THE GENTLEMAN? SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND MY -- I'M LOST IN HERE, TRYING TO GET ALL THIS TOGETHER.
Q. I'M SORRY THAT I DO NOT KNOW. WHAT IS YOUR OCCUPATION? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MR. JONES. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ROSE STUART? (ROSE D. STUART, CANDIDATE FOR THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON SEAT, AT-LARGE, #13, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MS. STUART, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SENATOR SMITH: IF I MAY --- REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: SENATOR SMITH.
Q. MS. STUART, IN LOOKING AT YOUR INFORMATION HERE, WOULD YOU SAY THAT SINCE THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON IS ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS WHERE TEACHERS ARE TRAINED, IS THAT ONE OF YOUR AREAS OF GREAT INTEREST, THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS? SENATOR WILSON: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SENATOR?
SENATOR WILSON: I'D LIKE TO COMMEND MS. STUART ALSO ON HER STATEMENT. IT'S VERY WELL PRESENTED. THE BACKGROUND AND INTERESTS ARE VERY WELL PRESENTED, BOTH VERBALLY TODAY AND ALSO HER WRITTEN STATEMENT.
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: CHADBOURN BOLLES, JR.? (CHADBOURN BOLLES, JR., CANDIDATE FOR THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON SEAT, AT-LARGE, #15, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. BOLLES, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: OTHER QUESTIONS?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MR. BOLLES. JOHN F. CLARK, III? (JOHN F. CLARK, III, CANDIDATE FOR THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON SEAT, AT-LARGE, #15, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. CLARK, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, SENATOR SMITH.
Q. IN YOUR WRITTEN REMARKS I NOTICED SOMETHING I HAD NOT HEARD. IT MAY BE IN OTHER SCHOOLS, TOO, BUT IT'S VERY COMMENDABLE THAT YOU WERE A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FAMILY ADVISORY COUNCIL, A GROUP FORMED TO ENABLE THE SCHOOL TO RECEIVE INPUT FROM PARENTS AND OTHER CLOSE RELATIVES OF THE STUDENTS. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT MR. A. R. JOHNSTON, JR. (A. R. JOHNSTON, JR., CANDIDATE FOR THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON SEAT, AT-LARGE, #15, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. JOHNSTON, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. JOHNSTON?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSTON. ROBERT F. LIVINGSTON? (ROBERT F. LIVINGSTON, CANDIDATE FOR THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON SEAT, AT-LARGE, #15, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. LIVINGSTON, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. LIVINGSTON) THANK YOU, SIR. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ELLIS MACDOUGALL? MR. MACDOUGALL?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM MR. BERRY. JOE BERRY, I BELIEVE, HAS COME IN. (JOE E. BERRY, JR., CANDIDATE FOR THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON SEAT, AT-LARGE, #3, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
A. MR. CHAIRMAN, I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE, BUT I INFORMED MS. TURNIPSEED --- REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS? SENATOR WILSON?
Q. YOU WERE APPOINTED TO THE BOARD, YOU SAID, IN 1969? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MR. BERRY. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THAT CONCLUDES THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON CANDIDATES. WE MOVE NOW TO FRANCIS MARION COLLEGE. OUR FIRST CONTESTED SEAT IS THE SIXTH DISTRICT. MR. PETER HYMAN? (PETER D. HYMAN, CANDIDATE FOR THE FRANCIS MARION COLLEGE SEAT, SIXTH DISTRICT, #11, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
A. MR. CHAIRMAN, SENATOR SMITH AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE --- REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. HYMAN? SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD ASK ONE, IF I MAY.
Q. YOU MENTIONED FOR YOUR FUTURE PLANNING DORMITORY SPACE. HOW MANY BOARDED STUDENTS DO YOU HAVE NOW?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MR. HYMAN. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: REBECCA PITTMAN? (REBECCA A. PITTMAN, CANDIDATE FOR THE FRANCIS MARION COLLEGE SEAT, SIXTH DISTRICT, #11, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MS. PITTMAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE LADY? SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN?
Q. I WOULD ASK -- AND I CERTAINLY COMMEND YOUR INTEREST AND SUPPORT OF EDUCATION. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING FOR. BUT ANYHOW, LET ME ASK YOU THIS. AS A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD, SPECIFICALLY, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THIS SCHOOL AND THE PROGRESS THAT IT'S MADE? AND WHAT SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTION DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU WOULD MAKE AND WHAT WOULD BE YOUR EMPHASIS AS A TRUSTEE?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MA'AM. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: NOW WE GO TO THE AT-LARGE SEAT #13. LU ANN BRANNIGAN? (LU ANN BRANNIGAN, CANDIDATE FOR THE FRANCIS MARION COLLEGE SEAT, AT-LARGE, #13, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MS. BRANNIGAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE LADY?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MS. BRANNIGAN) THANK YOU, MA'AM. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: DIANNE BROWN? (DIANNE H. BROWN, CANDIDATE FOR THE FRANCIS MARION COLLEGE SEAT, AT-LARGE, #13, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MS. BROWN, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF MS. BROWN?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MS. BROWN) THANK YOU, MA'AM. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: TERRY BROWN? TERRY BROWN?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: CARROLL TAYLOR? CARROLL TAYLOR?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: WE GO DOWN TO SEAT #15. ALLARD ALLSTON? (ALLARD A. ALLSTON, CANDIDATE FOR THE FRANCIS MARION COLLEGE SEAT, AT-LARGE, #15, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. ALLSTON, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. ALLSTON? REPRESENTATIVE MARTIN: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: MR. MARTIN?
Q. ARE THERE ANY FEMALES ON THE BOARD? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. ALLSTON) THANK YOU. GLENN ODOM? (M. GLENN ODOM, CANDIDATE FOR THE FRANCIS MARION COLLEGE SEAT, AT-LARGE, #15, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. ODOM --- REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF MR. ODOM?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. ODOM) THANK YOU, SIR. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: WE MOVE NOW TO LANDER COLLEGE, THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. BOBBY M. BOWERS? SENATOR SMITH: ASK HIM TO IDENTIFY HIMSELF, MR. CHAIRMAN. SENATOR WILSON: I THOUGHT IT WAS ROBERT BOWERS. (BOBBY M. BOWERS, CANDIDATE FOR THE LANDER COLLEGE SEAT, SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, #3, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. BOWERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF MR. BOWERS? SENATOR SMITH: YES, SIR, I HAVE A QUESTION.
Q. I WOULD ASK YOU, LANDER BEING ONE OF THE LAST COLLEGES THAT WE TOOK INTO THE STATE SYSTEM, WHAT IS THE PRESENT ENROLLMENT? DO YOU KNOW? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MR. BOWERS. JAMES L. TELFER? (JAMES L. TELFER, CANDIDATE FOR THE LANDER COLLEGE SEAT, SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE.)
Q. MR. TELFER, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. TELFER?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. TELFER) THANK YOU, SIR. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: NEXT WE HAVE TIMOTHY WALKER. (TIMOTHY R. WALKER, CANDIDATE FOR THE LANDER COLLEGE SEAT, SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. WALKER, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. WALKER? SENATOR SMITH: I JUST HAVE ONE, MR. CHAIRMAN. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: YES, MA'AM.
Q. HAVE YOU STAYED IN TOUCH WITH THE COLLEGE OVER THE YEARS? HAVE YOU BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN GOING BACK AND SORT OF SEEING WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE YOU GRADUATED IN ---
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MR. WALKER. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: NEXT WE GO TO SEAT #13. ESTELLE MAULDIN? (ESTELLE MURRAY MAULDIN, CANDIDATE FOR THE LANDER COLLEGE SEAT, AT-LARGE, #13, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MS. MAULDIN, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, MS. MAULDIN. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: WILLIE J. MORGAN? WILLIE MORGAN?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: MICHAEL A. NASHLEANAS? MR. NASHLEANAS?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ELAINE M. SMITH? (ELAINE M. SMITH, CANDIDATE FOR THE LANDER COLLEGE SEAT, AT-LARGE, #13, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MS. SMITH, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MS. SMITH) THANK YOU. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: GEORGE R. STARNES, III? (GEORGE R. STARNES, III, CANDIDATE FOR THE LANDER COLLEGE SEAT, AT-LARGE, #13, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. STARNES, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. STARNES?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. STARNES) THANK YOU, SIR. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: B. A. WENTZ? (B. A. WENTZ, CANDIDATE FOR THE LANDER COLLEGE SEAT, AT-LARGE, #13, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. MR. WENTZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF THE GENTLEMAN?
REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. WENTZ) THANK YOU, SIR. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE STILL HERE FOR COMING. MS. TURNIPSEED: THERE'S ONE OTHER. HE'S UNOPPOSED, BUT HE'S NOT AN INCUMBENT. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: WELL, I THOUGHT WE DISMISSED THE UNOPPOSED. MS. TURNIPSEED: WELL, HE'S NOT AN INCUMBENT. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: COME FORWARD, MR. GREGORY, PLEASE. (J. W. GREGORY, CANDIDATE FOR THE LANDER COLLEGE SEAT, FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, APPROACHES THE COMMITTEE).
Q. DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. GREGORY? REPRESENTATIVE MARTIN: I'VE GOT ONE.
Q. DO YOU KNOW OF ANY GREEK LETTER ORGANIZATION THAT'S GREATER THAN OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY? REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: (TO MR. GREGORY) THANK YOU, SIR. THAT CONCLUDES THE APPEARANCES FOR TODAY. WE WILL, THEN, ASSIMILATE THE INFORMATION WE HAVE RECEIVED AND TALK TO THE MEMBERS AS TO WHEN WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HEAR SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT COULD NOT APPEAR. SENATOR WILSON: I'D LIKE TO LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU AND MS. TURNIPSEED, MAYBE, TO ARRANGE A FURTHER HEARING FOR THOSE PERSONS WHO, FOR WHATEVER REASON, FOR ILLNESS OR BEING OUT OF THE COUNTRY OR VACATIONING -- REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: I APPRECIATE THAT, SENATOR, AND WE WILL TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THEM WITHIN TEN DAYS. SENATOR WILSON: THANK YOU. REPRESENTATIVE STODDARD: THANK YOU, SIR. THERE BEING NOTHING FURTHER, THE COMMITTEE IS ADJOURNED. (WHEREUPON, THE HEARING WAS ADJOURNED AT 11:00 A.M.). THE CHAIRMAN: THE COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER. I'M GOING TO READ OUT THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO ARE UNOPPOSED AND ASK THAT YOU STAND AND REMAIN STANDING, PLEASE. ROBERT C. LAKE, JR., OTHNIEL H. WIENGES, JR., LOUIS C. SOSSAMON, DR. GORDAN B. STINE, THOMAS W. WEEKS, ROBERT S. SMALL, F. CREIGHTON MCMASTER, HOWARD G. LUNDY, JR., ELLEN CARTER WATSON. (ALL PRESENT STOOD) THE CHAIRMAN: WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU GENTLEMEN COMING HERE TODAY. DO ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SENATOR SMITH: IT WOULDN'T BE RIGHT TO HAVE THEM STAND THERE TO DO A THIRD DEGREE, ESPECIALLY THESE. THE CHAIRMAN: HAVE MERCY. WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU GENTLEMEN COMING AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. WE REALIZE THAT IT'S VERY MONETARILY REWARDING BUT STILL WE THANK YOU. WE THINK YOU ARE DOING A GOOD SERVICE, MEN OF YOUR CALIBER OFFERING FOR AND RECEIVING THESE POSITIONS BECAUSE YOU DESIRE TO RENDER SOMETHING TO THE COMMITTEE. WE WOULD DISMISS YOU AT THIS TIME. SENATOR SMITH: BUT WE DID WANT TO SEE YOU. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE SEE YOU. THE CHAIRMAN: IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT YOU. SENATOR SMITH: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THE CHAIRMAN: OFF THE RECORD.
THE CHAIRMAN: NOW FOR THOSE WHO WERE NOT QUITE SO LUCKY OPPOSITION-WISE, FIRST WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM MR. BAHNMULLER. MR. BAHNMULLER: YES, SIR. THE CHAIRMAN: IF YOU CARE TO, YOU CAN JUST SIT RIGHT THERE. MR. BAHNMULLER: I AM OKAY. THE CHAIRMAN: ALL RIGHT, SIR, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS I WANT TO ASK YOU, PLEASE, SIR. FIRST, THOUGH, WE NEED TO SWEAR YOU IN. (A. S. BAHNMULLER, CANDIDATE FOR BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, WAS DULY SWORN BY THE COURT REPORTER.)
Q. SIR, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? THE CHAIRMAN: ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. BAHNMULLER? SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN.
Q. I WOULD CONTINUE TO ASK IS THERE A VERY SPECIAL REASON THAT YOU ARE OFFERING FOR THE BOARD AND IS THERE SOMETHING YOU ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN? SENATOR SMITH: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THE CHAIRMAN: ANYTHING FURTHER?
THE CHAIRMAN: THANK YOU, SIR. THE CHAIRMAN: DR. DEGENHART. DR. DEGENHART: YES, SIR. (WHEREUPON, VINCENT J. DEGENHART, M.D., CANDIDATE FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, WAS DULY SWORN BY THE COURT REPORTER.)
Q. DOCTOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? THE CHAIRMAN: ANY QUESTIONS OF THE DOCTOR? SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU JUST LOOK AT ME AND JUST GRIN. THE CHAIRMAN: YOU KNOW I COULD ASK THE QUESTIONS BUT I WOULD RATHER SOME OF THE MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTIVITIES. SENATOR SMITH: YES, I DO HAVE ONE.
Q. I NOTICED LAST NIGHT READING OVER YOUR STATEMENT, WHICH IS CERTAINLY A VERY IMPRESSIVE ONE, OF THE THINGS YOU SAID YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT OUR STATE STILL HAS SOME PROBLEMS IN EDUCATION AND YOU ALSO CONTINUE THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE AN UNACCEPTABLE ILLITERACY RATE AND YOU EVEN MENTION THE FACT THAT DURING THE HUGO SITUATION WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH FILLING OUT APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS HOW--YOU AS A CANDIDATE, HOW DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT HELP THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION? SENATOR SMITH: I THANK YOU. THE CHAIRMAN: ANYTHING FURTHER?
THE CHAIRMAN: THANK YOU, DOCTOR. THE CHAIRMAN: NEXT WE HAVE THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON CANDIDATE FOR SEAT NUMBER 15, ELLIS C. MACDOUGALL. MR. MACDOUGALL: MR. CHAIRMAN. (WHEREUPON, ELLIS C. MACDOUGALL, CANDIDATE FOR SEAT NO. 15 OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON, WAS DULY SWORN BY THE COURT REPORTER.)
Q. MR. MACDOUGALL, DO YOU HAVE ANY HEALTH-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT THE SCREENING COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD IN A FULL CAPACITY? THE CHAIRMAN: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? (NONE INDICATED.)
Q. WHO FOLLOWED YOU IN CHARGE OF OUR PRISONS? MR. MACDOUGALL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE CHAIRMAN: YES, THANK YOU, MR. MACDOUGALL. REP. MARTIN: HAS EVERYONE ELSE BEEN INTERVIEWED? MRS. TURNIPSEED: THERE ARE SEVERAL CANDIDATES WHO HAVE NOT SENT IN ANY INFORMATION PAST THEIR LETTER OF INTENT. IN ALL RESPECTS IT SEEMS THAT THEY HAVE DECIDED NOT TO PURSUE IT EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE NOT NOTIFIED US OF THAT FACT. REP. MARTIN: I MOVE THAT THESE PEOPLE BE DECLARED NON-CANDIDATES FOR LACK OF COMPLETION OF PROCESS. SENATOR SMITH: I SECOND IT. THE CHAIRMAN: WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. MARTIN, SECONDED BY SENATOR SMITH. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE CHAIRMAN: UNANIMOUS. SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN, IS IT IN ORDER TO ASK A QUESTION HERE WITH REGARD TO THE COMMITTEE? I WAS INTERESTED IN SOMETHING. WHEN I WAS ASKED--AND AN ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN ON JUST THE HEARINGS AND HOW WE CONDUCT THESE HEARINGS--AND I HAD ESPECIALLY POINTED OUT THE FACT THAT I APPRECIATED THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT MRS. TURNIPSEED AND THE STAFF HAVE PUT IN TO TRY TO GET ALL OF THIS TOGETHER--I DON'T THINK THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE ARTICLE BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NEITHER HERE NOR THERE, BUT THE POINT I AM ASKING IS COULD THE MEMBERSHIP OF THIS COMMITTEE, THOSE OF US WHO ARE HERE, WHAT--IS THERE A WAY THAT DURING THE INTERIM AT SOME TIME, OR HOW WOULD YOU SUGGEST TO PERHAPS MAKE THIS PROCESS A LITTLE MORE MEANINGFUL WITH REGARD TO CANDIDATES WHO ARE SCREENED FOR THESE VARIOUS POSITIONS. IS IT PERFUNCTORY OR IS IT REALLY SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK AT AND EITHER DO ONE OR TWO THINGS, MAKE THE DECISION IT WILL BE PAPERWORK SUBMISSION WHEN THE COMMITTEE MEETS; OR DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME--SHOULD WE DIVIDE OR ENLARGE THE COMMITTEE OR DIVIDE IN GROUPS TO LISTEN TO CANDIDATES AND SCREEN THEM? I'M ASKING NOT AS CRITICISM OF THE COMMITTEE BUT FOR THE FUNCTION WHICH IT PERFORMS, WHICH IT IS IMPORTANT BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ARE ACCOMPLISHING A GREAT DEAL. THE CHAIRMAN: HINDSIGHT IS ALWAYS 20/20, SENATOR. I RECOMMEND WE MEET MORE WHEN WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE NUMBER TO BE HEARD FROM AND IF WE MET MORE AND DIDN'T TRY TO COVER SO MANY CANDIDATES IN ONE MEETING, WE COULD PROBABLY DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER OR AT LEAST INTERVIEW THEM A LITTLE BETTER. LET'S GO OFF THE RECORD.
THE CHAIRMAN: LET'S GO BACK ON THE RECORD. WE HAVE SOME OTHER CANDIDATES HERE. MRS. TURNIPSEED: MR. LUNDY AND MRS. WATSON: MR. LUNDY HAS COMPLETED ALL HIS INFORMATION AND CALLED THIS MORNING TO SAY HE HAD GOTTEN HIS LETTER TODAY. THE ZIP CODE WAS TRANSPOSED. HE WAS VERY APOLOGETIC FOR NOT BEING HERE. MRS. WATSON, AS YOU KNOW, HAS A HUSBAND WHO IS QUITE ILL, BUT HAS CORRESPONDED AND CALLED AND SHOWN HER INTEREST OVER THE WHOLE PERIOD OF TIME. MICHAEL HUGGINS WHO IS RUNNING FOR THE WINTHROP COLLEGE BOARD WHO HAD ALL HIS INFORMATION IN BUT COULD NOT COME IN BECAUSE OF THE GALL BLADDER ATTACK AND HIS HOSPITALIZATION. THE DIFFERENCE I SEE AS A STAFF PERSON WHO HAS BEEN DEALING WITH THESE CANDIDATES IS THAT THE ONES YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY VOTED ON ARE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT COMPLETE THEIR PAPERWORK, DID NOT COMMUNICATE A FURTHER INTEREST, DIDN'T RESPOND TO ANY LETTERS, DID NOT CALL, WRITE, APPEAR, OR ANYTHING ELSE. THESE PEOPLE, ON THE OTHERHAND, COMPLETED ALL THEIR PAPERWORK AND COMMUNICATED ABOUT THE REASON WHY THEY COULDN'T COME IN, TRYING TO WORK OUT A SCHEDULE; SO, THEY CERTAINLY SHOWED THEIR INTEREST AND, AS I SAID, COMPLETED ALL THEIR PAPERWORK AND DID ALL THE THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. REP. MARTIN: IF THE SUGGESTION OR FEELING IS THAT YOU GIVE THEM A LITTLE MORE CONSIDERATION, THEN COULD WE NOT SAY BY THEIR NAME "DID NOT APPEAR AT HEARING," SOMETHING LIKE THAT? DO YOU SAY "NO RECOMMENDATION"? WHAT DO YOU USUALLY SAY? THE CHAIRMAN: "THE COMMITTEE TAKES NO ACTION." REP. MARTIN: AND THEN PUT "DID NOT APPEAR." THE CHAIRMAN: BECAUSE OF LACK OF AN APPEARANCE BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. REP. MARTIN: IF YOU WANT TO TREAT THEM--- THE CHAIRMAN: I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE PROPER WAY TO DO IT. OF COURSE, IT'S UP TO THE COMMITTEE. SENATOR GIESE: I THINK JUST VERY SIMPLY "NO RECOMMENDATION," PARENTHESES, OR PARENTHETICALLY, "NO APPEARANCE." REP. MARTIN: WE COULD USE "FAVORABLE" OR "UNFAVORABLE." EVERYBODY WHO PASSED, "FAVORABLE." THOSE WHO WE DON'T PASS, "UNFAVORABLE." REP. MARTIN: I WOULD SO MOVE. THE CHAIRMAN: WHAT IS THE MOTION NOW? REP. MARTIN: I WOULD MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT CONSIST OF FAVORABLE; UNFAVORABLE; NO REPORT, FAILURE TO APPEAR AT HEARING. THE CHAIRMAN: YOU ARE MOVING THAT WE FIND--- REP. MARTIN: MOVING THAT THE COMMITTEE--- REP. MARTIN: ---FINDS FAVORABLE OR UNFAVORABLE--FAVORABLE OR UNFAVORABLE AND NO REPORT FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR. THE CHAIRMAN: MR. MARTIN MOVES THAT THE COMMITTEE HAVE FINDINGS OF FAVORABLE, AND UNFAVORABLE, NO RECOMMENDATION DUE TO LACK OF APPEARANCE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE CHAIRMAN: THE AYES HAVE IT. SENATOR SMITH: MR. CHAIRMAN, ONE MORE THING I THINK IS IMPORTANT. I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THIS ON THE RECORD BECAUSE IT REALLY HAS CONCERNED ME. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THIS COMMITTEE ENDORSE A MOTION THAT THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE REFRAIN FROM PLEDGING TO CANDIDATES FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES BOARDS UNTIL THEY HAVE BEEN SCREENED BY THIS COMMITTEE, AND I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE MY--MY MOTION IS THAT THE COMMITTEE ENDORSE THAT PRINCIPLE. THE CHAIRMAN: AS CHAIRMAN I HAD ASSUMED THAT WAS, OF COURSE, THE CASE BUT YOU MAKE THAT MOTION OR DO I HEAR A SECOND? REP. MARTIN: SECOND. THE CHAIRMAN: SENATOR SMITH MOVES THAT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS REFRAIN FROM PLEDGING UNTIL SCREENING IS COMPLETED ON THE CANDIDATES. MR. MARTIN SECONDS THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE CHAIRMAN: THE AYES HAVE IT. SENATOR WILSON: MR. CHAIRMAN. THE CHAIRMAN: YES. SENATOR WILSON: DO WE SEND NOTICES--I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE TO, BUT DO WE SEND THEM BY CERTIFIED MAIL? DO WE KNOW THAT THEY RECEIVED THE NOTICE TO REPORT? MRS. TURNIPSEED: WE DON'T SEND IT BY REGISTERED MAIL. SENATOR WILSON: SOMETHING AS SIGNIFICANT AS "FAILURE TO APPEAR" IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF THE STATE, IT WOULD SEEM LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE SOME RECORD THAT THEY ACTUALLY RECEIVED NOTICE. THE CHAIRMAN: SENATOR WILSON, YOU SAID "LACK OF APPEARANCE" AS OPPOSED TO "FAILURE TO APPEAR"; THAT DOESN'T SEEM AS HARSH AS "FAILURE TO APPEAR." SENATOR WILSON: IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD SAY THEY WERE LACKING TO APPEAR RATHER THAN FAILING TO APPEAR, IF WE CAN'T PROVE THAT THEY RECEIVED NOTICE TO COME. THE CHAIRMAN: POSSIBLY WE EXPECT A LITTLE TOO MUCH. THEY HAVE BEEN CORRESPONDED WITH TWICE THAT THERE IS A MAKE-UP. NONE OF THE LETTERS WERE RETURNED. WE ARE ASSUMING THEY WERE DELIVERED BUT IN THE FUTURE--I THINK YOU HAVE A VALID POINT--IN THE FUTURE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE MONIES FOR SUCH PUT IN. IN THE FUTURE I GUESS WE SHOULD SEND LETTERS CERTIFIED WITH RETURN REQUESTED. SENATOR WILSON: I WOULD URGE THAT BECAUSE I KNOW I GET MAIL AT MY HOME AND MY CHILDREN GET IT AND SO I FEEL THAT THAT CAN OCCUR TO OTHER PEOPLE, TOO. THE CHAIRMAN: IT POSSIBLY COULD. SENATOR WILSON: I MUCH PREFER THAT PEOPLE USE MY MAILING ADDRESS BUT THEY INSIST ON NOT DOING THAT ON OCCASION AND THAT COULD HAPPEN TO OTHER PEOPLE. SENATOR GIESE: IT'S SEMANTICAL, BUT RATHER THAN USE FAILURE TO APPEAR WHICH SOUNDS LIKE WILLFUL, USE LACK OF APPEARANCE. THE CHAIRMAN: "LACK" SOUNDS BETTER. SENATOR WILSON: IT DOES. SENATOR GIESE: USE "LACK" RATHER THAN "FAILURE." SENATOR WILSON: THESE ARE PEOPLE OF HIGH INTEGRITY AND THAT WOULD BE EMBARRASSING TO GIVE THE APPEARANCE THAT THEY DELIBERATELY DID NOT APPEAR. THE CHAIRMAN: POSSIBLY NEVER FAILED ANYTHING IN THEIR LIFE. SENATOR WILSON: CORRECT. THE CHAIRMAN: "LACK OF APPEARANCE." ANYTHING ELSE? THAT KIND OF WINDS IT UP. SENATOR GIESE: I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN. THE CHAIRMAN: THE AYES HAVE IT. (WHEREUPON, THE HEARING WAS CONCLUDED AT 9:59 A.M.)
This Committee has investigated each of the candidates, has conducted three days of public hearings, and has duly considered the legal qualifications of each of the applicants. Based thereon, the Committee makes an unfavorable report on Charles B. Douglas, Terry Brown and Michael A. Nashleanas. All the candidates making personal appearance before the Committee, as noted earlier, are reported favorable and found qualified as candidates for election to the boards of trustees of the state's colleges and universities. The Committee reports without recommendation for lack of appearance at the hearings the following: Michael R. Huggins, Howard G. Lundy, Jr., and Ellen Carter Watson. Respectfully submitted, Rep. Eugene C. Stoddard, Chairman /s/ Senator Alex Macaulay, Vice-Chair. /s/ Rep. Daniel E. Martin, Jr., Sec. /s/ Senator Warren K. Giese /s/ Senator Nell W. Smith /s/ Senator Addison G. "Joe" Wilson /s/ Rep. H. Howell Clyborne, Jr. /s/ Rep. Jennings G. McAbee On motion of Rep. STODDARD, the Report was ordered printed in the Journal.
On motion of Rep. STODDARD, with unanimous consent, 100 extra copies of the Journal were ordered to be printed.
The following was received. Mr. Speaker and Members of the House:
The Senate respectfully informs your Honorable Body that it has sustained the veto by the Governor on S. 184, R-339 by a vote of 0 to 46: No. 053 Received as information.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
The following was received. Mr. Speaker and Members of the House:
The Senate respectfully informs your Honorable Body that it refuses to concur in the amendments proposed by the House to S. 961: On motion of Rep. HAYES, the House insisted upon its amendments. Whereupon, the Chair appointed Reps. HAYES, CLYBORNE and GENTRY to the Committee of Conference on the part of the House and a message was ordered sent to the Senate accordingly.
The following was received. Mr. Speaker and Members of the House:
The Senate respectfully informs your Honorable Body that it has overridden the veto by the Governor on S. 1323, R-466, by a vote of 46 to 0: No. 052
The following was received.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR April 9, 1990 Mr. President and Members of the Senate:
I am hereby returning without my approval S. 1323, R-466, an Act:
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
April 9, 1990 Dear Mr. Elam: By your letter of April 6, 1990, you have asked for the opinion of this Office as to the constitutionality of S. 1323, R-466, an act providing that the ex officio member of the board of the Clarendon Hospital District shall have voting privileges. For the reasons following, it is the opinion of this Office that the Act is of doubtful constitutionality. In considering the constitutionality of an act of the General Assembly, it is presumed that the act is constitutional in all respects. Moreover, such an act will not be considered void unless its unconstitutionality is clear beyond any reasonable doubt. Thomas v. Macklen, 186 S.C. 290, 195 S.E. 539 (1937); Townsend v. Richland County, 190 S.C. 270, 2 S.E. 2d 777 (1939). All doubts of constitutionality are generally resolved in favor of constitutionality. While this Office may comment upon potential constitutional problems, it is solely within the province of the courts of this State to declare an act unconstitutional. The act bearing ratification number 466 amends Act No. 375 of 1947, as amended by Act No. 595 of 1980; the latter act specified that the ex officio member of the board of the Clarendon Hospital District had no voting privileges. S. 1323, R-466 removes the prohibition against voting by the ex officio board member. Act No. 375 of 1947, in Section 1, specifies that the Clarendon Hospital District is comprised of all of the territory within the boundaries of Clarendon County. Thus, S. 1323, R-466, of 1990 is clearly an act for a specific county. Article VIII, Section 7 of the Constitution of the State of South Carolina provides that '[n]o laws for a specific county shall be enacted.' Acts similar to S. 1323, R-466, have been struck down by the South Carolina Supreme Court as violative of Article VIII, Section 7. See Cooper River Parks and Playground Commission v. City of North Charleston, 273 S.C. 639, 259 S.E. 2d 107 (1979); Torgerson v. Craver, 267 S.C. 558, 230 S.E. 2d 228 (1976); Knight v. Salisbury, 262 S.C. 565, 206 S.E. 2d 875 (1974). See also Op. Atty. Gen. dated March 20, 1980 (act relating to Clarendon Hospital District deemed unconstitutional) (copy enclosed). Based on the foregoing, we would advise that S. 1323, R-466 would be of doubtful constitutionality. Of course, this Office possesses no authority to declare an act of the General Assembly invalid; only a court would have such authority.
Sincerely,
REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY: The question was put, shall the Act become a part of the law, the veto of his Excellency, the Governor to the contrary notwithstanding, the yeas and nays were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are: Altman Chamblee Holt McLeod Sheheen Wright
Those who voted in the negative are:
So, the veto of the Governor was overridden and a message was ordered sent to the Senate accordingly.
The Senate returned to the House with amendments the following: H. 4905 -- Reps. Stoddard, McAbee, Clyborne and D. Martin: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO FIX 12:00 NOON ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1990, AS THE TIME FOR ELECTING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF VISITORS OF THE CITADEL AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON, FRANCIS MARION COLLEGE, LANDER COLLEGE, THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE, THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND WINTHROP COLLEGE, TO SUCCEED THOSE MEMBERS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE IN 1990 AND TO FILL VACANT SEATS ON THESE BOARDS THE PRESENT TERMS FOR WHICH EXPIRE IN 1990 AND 1992. Amend Title To Conform Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring: That the House of Representatives and the Senate meet in joint assembly in the hall of the House of Representatives at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, April 18, 1990, for the purpose of electing members of the Board of Visitors of The Citadel and members of the Boards of Trustees of Clemson University, the College of Charleston, Francis Marion College, Lander College, the Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina State College, the University of South Carolina, and Winthrop College, to succeed those members whose terms expire in 1990 and to fill vacant seats on these boards the present terms for which expire in 1990, except that a lay, nonhealth related seat from the Third Congressional District on the Board of Trustees of the Medical University of South Carolina and a seat from the Fourth Congressional District on the Board of Trustees of Lander College, both of which seats are currently vacant and the present terms for which expire in 1992, must also be filled. Be it further resolved that no nominating speeches may be made regarding candidates for these offices, except that members may submit nominating or seconding statements that shall be printed in the journals of the respective houses. The Senate amendments were concurred in and a message was ordered sent to the Senate accordingly.
Rep. WILDER moved that when the House adjourns, it adjourn in memory of Romey Bryan of Barnwell County, which was agreed to.
Rep. FOSTER, from the Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions, submitted a favorable report, on: H. 4911 -- Reps. Cork, M.O. Alexander, T.C. Alexander, Altman, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Bailey, Baker, Barber, Barfield, Baxley, Beasley, Bennett, Blackwell, Blanding, Boan, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Brown, R. Brown, Bruce, Burch, M.D. Burriss, T.M. Burriss, Carnell, Chamblee, Clyborne, Cole, Cooper, Corbett, Corning, Davenport, Derrick, Elliott, Faber, Fair, Fant, Farr, Felder, Ferguson, Foster, Gentry, Glover, Gordon, Gregory, Hallman, J. Harris, P. Harris, Harvin, Harwell, Haskins, Hayes, Hendricks, Hodges, Holt, Huff, Jaskwhich, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Johnson, Kay, Keegan, Keesley, Keyserling, Kirsh, Klapman, Kohn, Koon, Lanford, Limehouse, Littlejohn, Manly, Mappus, D. Martin, L. Martin, Mattos, McAbee, McBride, McCain, McEachin, McElveen, McGinnis, McKay, McLellan, McLeod, McTeer, Moss, Neilson, Nesbitt, Nettles, Phillips, Quinn, Rama, Rhoad, J. Rogers, T. Rogers, Rudnick, Sharpe, Sheheen, Short, Simpson, Smith, Snow, Stoddard, Sturkie, Taylor, Townsend, Tucker, Vaughn, Waites, Waldrop, Washington, Wells, Whipper, White, Wilder, Wilkes, Wilkins, D. Williams, J. Williams, Winstead, Wofford, Wright, Harrison and Kinon: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO NAME THE I-95 - U. S. ROUTE 278 CONNECTOR AND U. S. ROUTE 278 FROM THE I-95 CONNECTOR TO THE KARL BOWERS BRIDGE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY THE "BILL CORK MEMORIAL HIGHWAY".
On motion of Rep. FOSTER, with unanimous consent, the following Concurrent Resolution was taken up for immediate consideration. H. 4911 -- Reps. Cork, M.O. Alexander, T.C. Alexander, Altman, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Bailey, Baker, Barber, Barfield, Baxley, Beasley, Bennett, Blackwell, Blanding, Boan, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Brown, R. Brown, Bruce, Burch, M.D. Burriss, T.M. Burriss, Carnell, Chamblee, Clyborne, Cole, Cooper, Corbett, Corning, Davenport, Derrick, Elliott, Faber, Fair, Fant, Farr, Felder, Ferguson, Foster, Gentry, Glover, Gordon, Gregory, Hallman, J. Harris, P. Harris, Harvin, Harwell, Haskins, Hayes, Hendricks, Hodges, Holt, Huff, Jaskwhich, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Johnson, Kay, Keegan, Keesley, Keyserling, Kirsh, Klapman, Kohn, Koon, Lanford, Limehouse, Littlejohn, Manly, Mappus, D. Martin, L. Martin, Mattos, McAbee, McBride, McCain, McEachin, McElveen, McGinnis, McKay, McLellan, McLeod, McTeer, Moss, Neilson, Nesbitt, Nettles, Phillips, Quinn, Rama, Rhoad, J. Rogers, T. Rogers, Rudnick, Sharpe, Sheheen, Short, Simpson, Smith, Snow, Stoddard, Sturkie, Taylor, Townsend, Tucker, Vaughn, Waites, Waldrop, Washington, Wells, Whipper, White, Wilder, Wilkes, Wilkins, D. Williams, J. Williams, Winstead, Wofford, Wright, Harrison and Kinon: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO NAME THE I-95 - U. S. ROUTE 278 CONNECTOR AND U. S. ROUTE 278 FROM THE I-95 CONNECTOR TO THE KARL BOWERS BRIDGE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY THE "BILL CORK MEMORIAL HIGHWAY". Whereas, the late William Neville "Bill" Cork of Beaufort County was an outstanding legislator and a superb representative for the citizens of House District Number 123, whom he had served since 1983; and Whereas, he was knowledgeable, cooperative, and caring and was greatly dedicated to his legislative duties in every way; and Whereas, the General Assembly believes that his unselfish civic services to the citizens of Hilton Head deserve public recognition. Now, therefore, Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring: That the Department of Highways and Public Transportation is requested to name the I-95 - U. S. Route 278 Connector and U. S. Route 278 from the I-95 connector to the Karl Bowers Bridge in Beaufort County the "Bill Cork Memorial Highway". Be it further resolved that the department is requested with advice from the Beaufort County Legislative Delegation to plan and conduct a suitable dedication ceremony and to install appropriate markers or signs at places on the highway it considers advisable containing the words "Bill Cork Memorial Highway". The department must be reimbursed for the cost of the dedication service and markers or signs as provided by Section 57-1-45, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976. Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Executive Director of the Department of Highways and Public Transportation. The Concurrent Resolution was adopted and ordered sent to the Senate.
Rep. FOSTER, from the Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions, submitted a favorable report, on: H. 4941 -- Rep. McEachin: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE PALMETTO BOYS STATE TO USE THE SENATE AND HOUSE CHAMBERS ON FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1990, FOR ITS ANNUAL STATE HOUSE MEETING.
On motion of Rep. McEACHIN, with unanimous consent, the following Concurrent Resolution was taken up for immediate consideration. H. 4941 -- Rep. McEachin: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE PALMETTO BOYS STATE TO USE THE SENATE AND HOUSE CHAMBERS ON FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1990, FOR ITS ANNUAL STATE HOUSE MEETING. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring: That Palmetto Boys State may use the chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives on Friday, June 15, 1990, for its annual State House meeting. If either house is in statewide session, the chamber of that house may not be used. Be it further resolved that the State House security forces provide such assistance and access as is necessary for this meeting in accordance with previous procedures. Be it further resolved that no expenses may be charged to Palmetto Boys State for the use of these chambers. The Concurrent Resolution was adopted and ordered sent to the Senate.
Rep. FOSTER, from the Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions, submitted a favorable report, on: H. 4950 -- Interstate Cooperation Committee: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING CONGRESS TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, FOR RATIFICATION BY THE STATES, SPECIFYING THAT CONGRESS AND THE STATES HAVE THE POWER TO PROHIBIT THE PHYSICAL DESECRATION OF THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
On motion of Rep. FOSTER, with unanimous consent, the following Concurrent Resolution was taken up for immediate consideration. H. 4950 -- Interstate Cooperation Committee: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING CONGRESS TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, FOR RATIFICATION BY THE STATES, SPECIFYING THAT CONGRESS AND THE STATES HAVE THE POWER TO PROHIBIT THE PHYSICAL DESECRATION OF THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Whereas, although the right of free expression is part of the foundation of the United States Constitution, very carefully drawn limits on expression in specific instances have long been recognized as legitimate means of maintaining public safety and decency, as well as orderliness and productive value of public debate; and Whereas, certain actions, although arguably related to one person's free expression, nevertheless raise issues concerning public decency, public peace, and the rights of expression and sacred values of others; and Whereas, there are symbols of our national soul such as the Washington Monument, the United States Capitol Building, and memorials to our greatest leaders, which are the property of every American and are, therefore, worthy of protection from desecration and dishonor; and Whereas, the American Flag was most nobly born in the struggle for independence that began with "The Shot Heard 'Round the World" on a bridge in Concord, Massachusetts; and Whereas, in the War of 1812, the American flag stood boldly against foreign invasion, symbolized the stand of a young and brave nation against the mighty world power of that day, and, in its courageous resilience, inspired our national anthem; and Whereas, in the Second World War the American flag was the banner that led the American battle against fascist imperialism from the depths of Pearl Harbor to the mountaintop on Iwo Jima and from defeat in North Africa's Kasserine Pass to victory in the streets of Hitler's Germany; and Whereas, the American flag symbolizes the ideals for which good and decent people fought in Vietnam, often at the expense of their lives or at the cost of cruel condemnation upon their return home; and Whereas, the American flag symbolizes the sacred values for which loyal Americans risked and often lost their lives in securing civil rights for all Americans, regardless of race, sex, or creed; and Whereas, the American flag was carried forth to the moon as a banner of goodwill, vision, and triumph on behalf of all mankind; and Whereas, the American flag to this day is a most honorable and worthy banner of a nation which is thankful for its strengths and committed to curing its faults and remains the destination of millions of immigrants attracted by the universal power of the American ideal; and Whereas, although a law (P.L. 101-131) has been enacted by Congress, the citizens of this country remain convinced that it will eventually be ruled unconstitutional and that an amendment to this nation's Constitution is necessary; and Whereas, it is only fitting that the people should blend their voices in a forceful call for restoration to the Stars and Stripes of a proper station under law and decency. Now, therefore, Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring: That the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, urges Congress to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution, for ratification by the states, specifying that Congress and the states have the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States of America. Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and all eight members of this State's congressional delegation, at Washington, D.C. The Concurrent Resolution was adopted and ordered sent to the Senate.
Rep. FOSTER, from the Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions, submitted a favorable report, on: H. 4965 -- Reps. Carnell, McAbee, McLellan, Blanding and Boan: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE INTENTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL AUTHORIZATIONS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BONDS FOR THE 251ST EVACUATION HOSPITAL ARMORY AND THE 51ST AVIATION GROUP ARMORY PROJECT.
On motion of Rep. McABEE, with unanimous consent, the following Concurrent Resolution was taken up for immediate consideration. H. 4965 -- Reps. Carnell, McAbee, McLellan, Blanding and Boan: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE INTENTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL AUTHORIZATIONS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BONDS FOR THE 251ST EVACUATION HOSPITAL ARMORY AND THE 51ST AVIATION GROUP ARMORY PROJECT. Whereas, the General Assembly recognizes that there is a need for state matching funds in order to receive federal funds for the construction of two armories; and Whereas, the state matching funds for these capital improvement projects are not available immediately; and Whereas, the General Assembly has the intention of providing to the federal government these needed funds. Now, therefore, Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring: That the members of the General Assembly use this concurrent resolution as a means of indicating to the Office of the Adjutant General their intention to make available to it authorizations for capital improvement bonds in the amounts of one hundred seventy-three thousand dollars for the 251st Evacuation Hospital Armory and five hundred forty-one thousand dollars for the 51st Aviation Group Armory project. Be it further resolved that it is the intent of the General Assembly to provide these authorizations in the next bond bill. Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Adjutant General Major General T. Eston Marchant, Office of the Adjutant General. The Concurrent Resolution was adopted and ordered sent to the Senate.
Rep. FOSTER, from the Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions, submitted a favorable report, on: S. 1384 -- Senators Pope, Shealy and Martschink: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE PALMETTO GIRLS STATE TO USE THE CHAMBERS OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1990, AND SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1990.
On motion of Rep. FOSTER, with unanimous consent, the following Concurrent Resolution was taken up for immediate consideration. S. 1384 -- Senators Pope, Shealy and Martschink: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE PALMETTO GIRLS STATE TO USE THE CHAMBERS OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1990, AND SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1990. Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring: That the Palmetto Girls State is authorized to use the chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives on Friday, June 15, 1990, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., and on Saturday, June 16, 1990, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for its annual legislative day activity. If either House is in statewide session, the chamber of that House may not be used. Be it further resolved that the State House security forces provide assistance and access as is necessary for this meeting in accordance with previous procedures. Be it further resolved that no charges may be made for the use of the Senate and House chambers by Palmetto Girls State on these dates. The Concurrent Resolution was adopted and ordered returned to the Senate.
Rep. BEASLEY, from the Committee on Education and Public Works, submitted a favorable report, on: S. 919 -- Senators Courson, Rose and Giese: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 20-7-2193 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR NOTIFICATION OF A SCHOOL'S PRINCIPAL WHEN THE SCHOOL IS ATTENDED BY A PERSON TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER COMMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES FOLLOWING CONVICTION OR ADJUDICATION OF DELINQUENCY FOR A VIOLENT CRIME. Ordered for consideration tomorrow.
The following was introduced: H. 4989 -- Reps. Gordon, Snow and Harvin: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO COMMEND SANTEE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE AND ITS EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK AND EFFORTS IN REGARD TO THE HURRICANE HUGO DISASTER. The Concurrent Resolution was agreed to and ordered sent to the Senate.
The following was introduced: H. 4990 -- Rep. Kohn: A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO REQUEST THE HOUSE LABOR, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER OR NOT SOME INSURANCE COMPANIES LICENSED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE HAVE ENGAGED IN UNFAIR CLAIMS PRACTICES WITH REGARD TO CLAIMS WHICH HAVE ARISEN AS A RESULT OF HURRICANE HUGO. The House Resolution was ordered referred to the Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry.
The following was introduced: H. 4991 -- Rep. McGinnis: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE HAL MCMANUS, CAPTAIN OF THE JAMES F. BYRNES HIGH SCHOOL REBELS BASKETBALL TEAM ON BEING NAMED BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AS PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR SOUTH CAROLINA. The Concurrent Resolution was agreed to and ordered sent to the Senate.
The following was introduced: H. 4992 -- Rep. McGinnis: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE HAROLD MCMANUS, COACH OF THE JAMES F. BYRNES HIGH SCHOOL REBELS BASKETBALL TEAM ON BEING NAMED BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AS COACH OF THE YEAR FOR SOUTH CAROLINA. The Concurrent Resolution was agreed to and ordered sent to the Senate.
The following was introduced: H. 4993 -- Rep. Gordon: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO COMMEND CAROLINA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY AND ITS EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK AND EFFORTS IN REGARD TO THE HURRICANE HUGO DISASTER. The Concurrent Resolution was agreed to and ordered sent to the Senate.
The following was introduced: H. 4994 -- Orangeburg Delegation: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SYMPATHY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO THE FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS OF THE LATE CLIFFORD BAXTER "CLIFF" MORGAN OF ORANGEBURG. The Concurrent Resolution was agreed to and ordered sent to the Senate.
The following was introduced: H. 4995 -- Rep. Fair: A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, IN COOPERATION WITH THE COMMISSION ON ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE, IDENTIFY WHETHER A DIRECTIVE OR NONDIRECTIVE METHOD IS USED IN ALCOHOL AND DRUG EDUCATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THIS STATE AND EVALUATE THE ETHICALITY OF BOTH METHODS. The Resolution was ordered referred to the Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions.
The following was introduced: H. 4996 -- Reps. Gordon and Snow: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO COMMEND THE WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY RED CROSS AND ITS EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK AND EFFORTS IN REGARD TO THE HURRICANE HUGO DISASTER. The Concurrent Resolution was agreed to and ordered sent to the Senate.
The following was introduced: H. 4997 -- Reps. Gordon and Snow: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO COMMEND WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY EDUCATION OFFICIALS, TEACHERS, AND ADMINISTRATORS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK AND EFFORTS IN REGARD TO THE HURRICANE HUGO DISASTER. The Concurrent Resolution was agreed to and ordered sent to the Senate.
On motion of the Horry Delegation, with unanimous consent, the following was taken up for immediate consideration: S. 1516 -- Senator Long: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO DESIGNATE THE MONTH OF MAY, 1990, AS "SOUTH CAROLINA TOURISM MONTH" TO BE OBSERVED WITH SPECIAL EVENTS PARTICULARLY DURING THE WEEK OF MAY 13-19, 1990, WHICH HAS BEEN DESIGNATED BY CONGRESS AS NATIONAL TOURISM WEEK. Whereas, South Carolina offers a wide variety of outstanding scenic, historic, recreational, and vacation attractions and an abundance of things to see, do, and enjoy during all seasons of the year and in all areas of the State from the mountains, lakes, parks, and resort islands to the beaches of our coast; and Whereas, tourism and travel is the second largest industry in our State, bringing in over 4.85 billion dollars in direct traveler spending, with additional indirect impacts generating 6.93 billion dollars in total revenue for the State; and Whereas, this industry provides jobs for over one hundred thousand South Carolinians, with the combined direct and indirect employment impact from travel and tourism totaling 189,000 jobs; and Whereas, the State and all South Carolinians benefit from the economic impact of visitors, including the direct infusion of 250 million dollars in state tax revenues, expansion of local tax bases, and creation of additional tax revenues as tourism-travel dollars circulate through the State; and Whereas, South Carolina's tourism industry, overcoming the destructive effects of Mother Nature in 1989, recorded more than 600 million dollars in new investments in travel and recreation-related facilities; and Whereas, the latest available statistics from the South Carolina Tax Commission, South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, South Carolina Employment Security Commission, State Treasurer's office, and other state sources reveal that tourism-generated income, jobs, and tax revenues in South Carolina have continued to increase; and Whereas, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism's 1990 advertising campaign has been a major impetus toward a very successful year for tourism across the Palmetto State. The department's funds-sharing program and development activities and the infusion of accommodations tax funds have involved many small town and rural areas of the State in promoting tourism on the local level. The state travel information centers served over five million visitors last year, marketing the State seven days a week, three hundred sixty-two days a year, and special advertising and promotional efforts have contributed to the steady growth of tourism in spite of the fall storm; and Whereas, tourism and travel is an industry that blends with other economic, industrial, and cultural progress and is compatible with the protection of our vital natural resources and enhancement of the quality of life for all residents of the State; and Whereas, the department, recognizing the untapped tourism potential in many of South Carolina's small towns and rural areas, has established a Division of Community Development to implement the Parks, Recreation and Tourism Commission policy of extending the full benefits of tourism and recreation to all of South Carolina; and Whereas, the department is urged to continue its program to increase tourism in South Carolina, conduct research on the tourism industry, and report the progress of travel and tourism business periodically to the General Assembly; and Whereas, the State should maintain the vitality of the tourism industry and develop it to the fullest potential through increased advertising, marketing, tourism research, community development, investments, and other means; and Whereas, the Joint Legislative Committee on Tourism and Trade, the department and other state agencies, regional tourism promotion agencies, county and municipal governments, chambers of commerce and other promotion agencies, and travel-tourism serving businesses are encouraged to actively express appreciation to South Carolina's visitors, promote public awareness of the economic importance of travel and tourism, and invite people from all areas to visit South Carolina; and Whereas, South Carolinians are encouraged to utilize the vacation opportunities in our fine State and express their appreciation to our visitors by continuing to provide them with the friendly and gracious hospitality that has done so much over the years to establish South Carolina as a major tourism and travel destination known around the world for its "smiling faces and beautiful places". Now, therefore, Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring: That the members of the General Assembly designate the month of May, 1990, as "South Carolina Tourism Month" to be observed with special events particularly during the week of May 13-19, 1990, which has been designated by Congress as National Tourism Week. The Concurrent Resolution was agreed to and ordered returned to the Senate with concurrence.
The Senate sent to the House the following: S. 1525 -- Senator Matthews: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF PATRICK ELMORE OF DORCHESTER COUNTY, STAR BASKETBALL PLAYER AT THE CITADEL. The Concurrent Resolution was agreed to and ordered returned to the Senate with concurrence.
The following Bills and Joint Resolutions were introduced, read the first time, and referred to appropriate committees: H. 4998 -- Rep. Gentry: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-17-105 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD TO ISSUE AND SELL GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS TO RAISE THE FUNDS NECESSARY TO ASSIST PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPPING OF ADDITIONAL SCHOOL FACILITIES AND THE RENOVATION AND EXPANSION OF EXISTING SCHOOL FACILITIES. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. H. 4999 -- Reps. Koon, Sturkie, Derrick, Wright, Quinn, Klapman, Sharpe and M.D. Burriss: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 4-9-33 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE ANNEXATION OF AN AREA LOCATED IN ANOTHER COUNTY BY A MUNICIPALITY AFTER JANUARY 1, 1990, WHICH WAS DONE WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THAT COUNTY, IS NULL AND VOID. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. H. 5000 -- Reps. Koon, Sturkie, Derrick, Wright, Quinn, Klapman, Sharpe and M.D. Burriss: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 4-9-34 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ANY MUNICIPALITY WHICH ANNEXES AN AREA LOCATED IN ANOTHER COUNTY AFTER JANUARY 1, 1990, WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THAT COUNTY MAY NOT LEVY ANY MUNICIPAL AD VALOREM TAXES, BUSINESS LICENSE FEES, OR OTHER MUNICIPAL TAXES OR FEES ON PERSONS OR PROPERTY IN THAT AREA UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH UTILITY, FIRE, AND POLICE SERVICES MUST BE PROVIDED IN THIS AREA. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. H. 5001 -- Reps. Bruce, Quinn, Moss, Littlejohn, Sharpe, Blackwell, Wofford, Corbett, Vaughn, Holt, Winstead, Kohn, Clyborne, Klapman, Manly, Fair, Phillips, Wells, Lanford, Jaskwhich, Nesbitt, McLeod, Kay, Rama, McGinnis, Smith, Hallman and J. Harris: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 16-3-25, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MANDATORY REVIEW BY THE SUPREME COURT OF THE IMPOSITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN MURDER CASES, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE COURT TO RENDER ITS DECISION IN THESE CASES WITHIN NINETY DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THE RECORD AND TRANSCRIPT IN THE CASE, AND TO REQUIRE DECISIONS IN OTHER APPELLATE MATTERS INVOLVING THESE CASES WITHIN NINETY DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THE PETITION, PLEADING, MOTION, OR WRIT. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. H. 5002 -- Reps. T. Rogers and Waites: A BILL TO AMEND TITLE 48, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING CHAPTER 51 SO AS TO ENACT THE HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS RIGHT TO KNOW ACT. Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources. H. 5003 -- Reps. Farr, T. Rogers, Keyserling, G. Brown, Fant, Whipper, Baker, Holt, Rama, White, Chamblee, Littlejohn, J. Brown, McGinnis, Barber, Wells, J. Bailey, Rudnick, D. Martin and Gordon: A BILL TO AMEND SECTIONS 38-3-60 AND 38-3-100, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE CHIEF INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT HE MUST BE ELECTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS AND UNTIL HIS SUCCESSOR IS ELECTED AND QUALIFIES. Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry. H. 5004 -- Reps. Washington, McLellan, Winstead, Kirsh, H. Brown, Rama, D. Martin, Kohn, Wofford, J. Bailey, Hallman, Whipper, G. Bailey, Barber, Mappus, Limehouse, D. Williams and J. Williams: A JOINT RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON TO BORROW ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO ISSUE BONDS OR NOTES FOR THE RENOVATION AND EXPANSION OF THE COLLEGE'S CAFETERIA FACILITIES. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. H. 5005 -- Reps. Cork, Barber, M.D. Burriss, Hallman, Sharpe, Rama, Harrison, H. Brown, T.M. Burriss, Cole, Taylor, Quinn, Huff, Manly, Wilder, Wells, Waites, J. Harris, Keyserling, McLellan, Jaskwhich, T.C. Alexander, Vaughn, Gregory, Haskins, McGinnis and Keegan: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 62-7-308 SO AS TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR CHANGING A CORPORATE TRUSTEE BY THE INCOME BENEFICIARIES WHEN A TRUST DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR THE MANNER BY WHICH THIS IS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. H. 5006 -- Reps. Waites, Barber, Smith, Sheheen, T. Rogers, Wilkes, Keyserling, McElveen, Clyborne, Davenport, J. Bailey, Tucker, Corbett, D. Martin, McTeer, Chamblee, G. Bailey, Littlejohn, Wells, Huff, Vaughn, McGinnis, Keegan, Jaskwhich and Fair: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 8-13-20, AS AMENDED, AND 8-13-240, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ETHICS, SO AS TO DEFINE "COMPENSATION" AND TO MORE SPECIFICALLY DEFINE UNLAWFUL PRACTICES REGARDING ACCEPTANCE OF COMPENSATION OR ANYTHING OF VALUE BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS OR EMPLOYEES. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. H. 5007 -- Reps. Waites, Keyserling, Barber, Sheheen, T. Rogers, Corbett, Taylor, Whipper, Klapman, Wilkes, Simpson, McElveen, Nesbitt, J. Bailey, Hallman, Huff, Corning, D. Martin, Altman, McTeer, Glover, Keegan, Littlejohn, Chamblee, Waldrop, G. Bailey, Wells, McGinnis and Vaughn: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 44-1-115 SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO MINIMIZE AND PREVENT DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT IN ITS REGULATORY FUNCTIONS AND PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT FROM BEING LESS PROTECTIVE OF THE ENVIRONMENT THAN IS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW AND TO AMEND TITLE 44, RELATING TO HEALTH, BY ADDING CHAPTER 109, SO AS TO ENACT THE TOXICS USE REDUCTION ACT. Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources. H. 5008 -- Reps. Haskins, T.M. Burriss, Hallman, Littlejohn, Wofford, Huff, Keesley, Baxley, Corning, Corbett, Harrison, J. Rogers, Beasley, Cork, Vaughn, Rama, Jaskwhich, Wright, Smith, Gordon, Chamblee, Cooper, Glover, Sharpe, Faber, Bruce, H. Brown, McGinnis, Wells, G. Bailey, Kohn, Simpson, Baker, Hendricks and Keegan: A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 7, TITLE 20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, SO AS TO ADD ARTICLE 8; TO ENACT THE PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT, TO PROVIDE FOR A PROCEDURE TO ENSURE THAT PARENTS OR GUARDIANS ARE INFORMED OF EXCESSIVE ABSENCES OF STUDENTS BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND PROVIDE A PENALTY; TO REDESIGNATE SECTIONS 59-65-10, 59-65-30, 59-65-40, AND 59-65-70 THROUGH 59-65-280 AS NEW SECTIONS IN ARTICLE 8; TO AMEND SECTION 43-5-550, RELATING TO A STATE PLAN FOR THE DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, AND OPERATION OF A WORK SUPPORT SERVICES DELIVERY SYSTEM, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDING PARENTING SKILLS FOR YOUNG CUSTODIAL PARENTS ARE REQUIRED COMPONENTS FOR AFDC RECIPIENTS, AND TO REQUIRE THAT INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT PLANS FOR ALL CUSTODIAL PARENTS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY MUST INCLUDE PARENTING SKILLS; AND TO REPEAL SECTIONS 59-65-20, 59-65-50, AND 59-65-60 RELATING TO THE PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO ENROLL A CHILD TO ATTEND SCHOOL, REPORTING OF NONATTENDANCE TO THE COURT HAVING JURISDICTION OF JUVENILES, AND THE PROCEDURE BY THE COURT OF A REPORT OF NONATTENDANCE BY A CHILD. Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works. H. 5009 -- Rep. Kohn: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 38-39-40, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO INSURANCE PREMIUM SERVICE COMPANIES, THE REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF, OR REFUSAL TO ISSUE A LICENSE AND MONETARY PENALTIES, SO AS TO ELIMINATE AS GROUNDS FOR THE REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF A LICENSE THE REBATING OF PART OF THE SERVICE CHARGE AS AN INDUCEMENT TO THE FINANCING OF AN INSURANCE POLICY WITH THE PREMIUM SERVICE COMPANY. Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry. H. 5010 -- Education and Public Works Committee: A JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE COST SAVINGS PROGRAM, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 1229, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE. Without reference. H. 5011 -- Education and Public Works Committee: A JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, RELATING TO TRAFFIC, PARKING, AND REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES, COLUMBIA CAMPUS, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 1202, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE. Without reference. H. 5012 -- Education and Public Works Committee: A JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, RELATING TO INCREASE SPEED LIMIT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA - SPARTANBURG CAMPUS, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 1201, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE. Without reference. H. 5013 -- Reps. Wilkins, Huff, J.W. Johnson and Clyborne: A BILL TO AMEND TITLE 8, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BY ADDING CHAPTER 18 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE MANDATORY SUSPENSION WITH PAY OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES CHARGED WITH A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE VIOLATION AND THE DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE UPON CONVICTION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE VIOLATION. Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs. H. 5014 -- Reps. J. Bailey and Sheheen: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 51-19-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE CREATION OF THE OLD EXCHANGE BUILDING COMMISSION, SO AS TO PROVIDE A PROCESS FOR FILLING VACANCIES. On motion of Rep. J. BAILEY, with unanimous consent, the Bill was ordered placed on the Calendar without reference. H. 5015 -- Rep. Simpson: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 39-1-100 SO AS TO REQUIRE A RETAIL OUTLET WHICH SELLS PRODUCTS PACKAGED IN ALUMINUM CANS OR PLASTIC BOTTLES TO MAINTAIN CONTAINERS ON ITS PREMISES TO RECEIVE USED OR EMPTY CONTAINERS MADE OF THOSE MATERIALS. Rep. SIMPSON asked unanimous consent to have the Bill placed on the Calendar without reference. Rep. CARNELL objected. Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry. H. 5016 -- Reps. Kirsh, Foster, Hayes, Nesbitt and Short: A BILL TO AMEND ACT 292 OF 1987, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE AUTHORIZED TAX MILLAGE FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES IN YORK COUNTY, SO AS TO INCREASE THIS AUTHORIZED MILLAGE; AND TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF MILLAGE WHICH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN YORK COUNTY MAY LEVY OVER THAT OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE DISTRICT IN A REFERENDUM. On motion of Rep. KIRSH, with unanimous consent, the Bill was ordered placed on the Calendar without reference. H. 5017 -- Rep. Winstead: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 34-11-140 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE COPYING OF A CREDIT CARD ACCOUNT NUMBER WHEN A CREDIT CARD IS PRESENTED FOR CHECK IDENTIFICATION. On motion of Rep. WINSTEAD, with unanimous consent, the Bill was ordered placed on the Calendar without reference. H. 5018 -- Rep. Altman: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 6-7-730, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PROCEDURE FOR ENACTING OR AMENDING ZONING REGULATIONS OR MAPS, SO AS TO MAKE ZONING ORDINANCES SUBJECT TO THE PROCEDURES, TO PROVIDE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS FORTY-FIVE RATHER THAN THIRTY DAYS TO SUBMIT ITS REPORT TO THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY AND FAILURE TO SUBMIT ITS REPORT WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS IS DEEMED APPROVAL OF THE CHANGES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT NO SUIT MAY BE BROUGHT TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OF A ZONING ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION, OR MAP, OR AMENDMENTS TO ANY OF THEM EXCEPT ON THE GROUNDS OF ADEQUACY OF NOTICE UNLESS THE CONTESTANT FILES A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CONTEST WITH THE GOVERNING BODY WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER ITS FINAL ACTION ON THE MATTER AND ACTUALLY COMMENCES THE ACTION WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF FILING THE NOTICE OF INTENT TO CONTEST. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. H. 5019 -- Reps. Keesley, J. Rogers, Gentry, Huff, J.W. Johnson and Short: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 38-77-162 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE A PERSON HAVING UNDERINSURED MOTORIST INSURANCE WHO IS INJURED BY THE WRONGFUL ACT OF ANOTHER TO NOTIFY, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, THE UNDERINSURED MOTORIST INSURER OF AN OFFER TO PAY, AND REQUIRE THE UNDERINSURED MOTORIST INSURER, WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME, TO WAIVE ITS SUBROGATION RIGHTS OR PAY THE INJURED PARTY THE AMOUNT OF THE OFFER AND THEREBY PRESERVE ITS SUBROGATION RIGHTS. Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry. H. 5020 -- Reps. Manly, Hallman, Neilson, Barber, Rama, Blackwell, Huff, Mattos, Whipper, Farr, Nesbitt, M.O. Alexander, McElveen, J. Brown, Cork, K. Bailey, Taylor, Wright, Wilder, Jaskwhich, T.C. Alexander, McBride, T.M. Burriss, J. Bailey, Foster, McKay, Glover, Moss, Davenport, Simpson, H. Brown, Rhoad, Felder, Haskins, Wells, McGinnis, McTeer, Cole, Bruce, Waites, Gordon, Vaughn, Faber and Littlejohn: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-17-15 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE ENTITIES OR INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING AUXILIARY SCHOOL SERVICES UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works. H. 5021 -- Rep. Gordon: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 7-7-520, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DESIGNATION OF VOTING PRECINCTS IN WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF POLLING PLACES. On motion of Rep. GORDON, with unanimous consent, the Bill was ordered placed on the Calendar without reference. H. 5022 -- Rep. Moss: A BILL TO AMEND ACT 1043 OF 1970, RELATING TO THE MACEDONIA FIRE DISTRICT OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, SO AS TO INCREASE THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD FROM THREE TO FIVE. Referred to Cherokee Delegation. H. 5023 -- Rep. T. Rogers: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 11-1-90 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT LEASE-LEASEBACK OR LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO WITH PUBLIC OR PRIVATE CORPORATE ENTITIES BY THE STATE OR ANY OF ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS ARE CONSIDERED GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT AND MAY NOT VIOLATE CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS ON GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. H. 5024 -- Reps. T. Rogers and Waites: A BILL TO AMEND SECTIONS 59-117-10 AND 59-117-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA-COLUMBIA CAMPUS IS AN EX OFFICIO MEMBER OF THE BOARD. Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works. H. 5025 -- Reps. T. Rogers, Farr and Wofford: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 24-3-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE RELEASE OF PRISONERS TO WORK AT PAID EMPLOYMENT OR PARTICIPATE IN A TRAINING PROGRAM; SECTION 24-3-210, RELATING TO UNACCOMPANIED LEAVE AUTHORIZED FOR A PRISONER FOR CERTAIN REASONS; AND SECTION 24-13-610, RELATING TO THE EXTENDED WORK RELEASE PROGRAM, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT CRIME MAY NOT PARTICIPATE IN WORK RELEASE, TRAINING PROGRAMS, LEAVE, OR EXTENDED WORK RELEASE; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 24-13-650 RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION OF THE RELEASE OF A VIOLENT CRIMINAL BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH HE COMMITTED THE OFFENSE UNDER THE EXTENDED WORK RELEASE PROGRAM. Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs. H. 5026 -- Rep. McLeod: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 23-8-30, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE STATE FIRE COMMISSION, SO AS TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A LIST OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL BE SUBMITTED TO THE BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. H. 5027 -- Rep. McLeod: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 23-8-30, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE STATE FIRE COMMISSION, SO AS TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE COMMISSION SUBMIT TO THE BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD FOR ITS APPROVAL MINIMUM EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. H. 5028 -- Reps. Waites, Sheheen, T. Rogers, Wright, Keyserling, T.M. Burriss, Corning, J. Brown and Harrison: A JOINT RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, BY ADDING ARTICLE IV TO THE ARTICLES OF AMENDMENTS SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE ELECTORS OF RICHLAND COUNTY TO ADOPT A SINGLE UNIT OF GOVERNMENT AND TO PRESCRIBE ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. H. 5029 -- Rep. Kohn: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 38-77-950, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO UNREASONABLE OR EXCESSIVE USE OF THE REINSURANCE FACILITY BY AN AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE INSURER, SO AS TO REVISE CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH CONSTITUTE A PRIMA FACIE CASE OF UNREASONABLE OR EXCESSIVE UTILIZATION OF THE FACILITY BY AN INSURER; AND TO REVISE OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE MANNER IN WHICH AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE IS WRITTEN IN THIS STATE. Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry. H. 5030 -- Reps. Kohn, Harvin, R. Brown and Neilson: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 38-43-106 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR ANNUAL CONTINUING INSURANCE EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR AGENTS LICENSED TO SELL PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE AND FOR AGENTS LICENSED TO SELL LIFE, ACCIDENT, AND HEALTH INSURANCE. Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry. H. 5031 -- Reps. Koon and Sharpe: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-19-480, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO TRANSFER AND SURRENDER OF CERTIFICATES OF TITLE, LICENSE PLATES, AND REGISTRATION CARDS ON WRECKED OR DESTROYED VEHICLES, SO AS TO PERMIT THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO REISSUE REGULAR TITLES RATHER THAN SALVAGE TITLES ON THESE VEHICLES UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works. S. 962 -- Senator Rose: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 20-7-601 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A JUVENILE MAY NOT BE INCARCERATED IN A JAIL OR OTHER PLACE OF DETENTION FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT FOR COMMITTING OR VIOLATING A COURT ORDER PROHIBITING THE COMMISSION OF A STATUS OFFENSE, AND BY ADDING SECTION 20-7-602 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE TERMS "JAIL OR OTHER PLACE OF DETENTION" AND "DETENTION FACILITIES" INCLUDE A LAW ENFORCEMENT LOCKUP OR HOLDING CELL FOR PURPOSES OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW PROHIBITING THE PLACING OF A JUVENILE IN JAIL FOR A STATUS OFFENSE OR THE PLACING OF A JUVENILE LAWFULLY IN JAIL IN THE SAME CELL WITH ADULTS. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. S. 1341 -- Senator Setzler: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 40-13-240, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE RENEWAL OF A LICENSE PERTAINING TO COSMETOLOGISTS, SO AS TO CHANGE THE REFERENCE TO AN INDIVIDUAL LICENSE TO AN ACTIVE LICENSE. Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry. S. 1403 -- Senators Bryan, Hayes and Stilwell: A BILL TO AMEND SECTIONS 62-1-100, 62-1-201, 62-1-302, 62-1-308, 62-2-103, 62-2-104, 62-2-106, 62-2-107, 62-2-108, 62-2-109, 62-2-206, 62-2-207, 62-2-301, 62-2-302, 62-2-401, 62-2-402, 62-2-502, 62-2-504, 62-2-507, 62-2-512, 62-2-605, 62-2-607, 62-2-701, 62-2-801, 62-3-106, 62-3-108, 62-3-109, 62-3-203, 62-3-301, 62-3-302, 62-3-306, 62-3-307, 62-3-403, 62-3-409, 62-3-412, 62-3-603, 62-3-605, 62-3-610, 62-3-704, 62-3-705, 62-3-706, 62-3-707, 62-3-715, 62-3-719, 62-3-801, 62-3-802, 62-3-803, 62-3-807, 62-3-911, 62-3-914, 62-3-916, 62-3-1001, 62-3-1002, 62-3-1003, 62-3-1005, 62-3-1006, 62-3-1201, 62-3-1202A, 62-3-1203, 62-3-1204, 62-3-1303, 62-3-1304, 62-3-1305, 62-3-1306, 62-3-1307, 62-3-1308, 62-3-1309, 62-3-1310, 62-3-1312, 62-4-205, 62-5-101, 62-5-103, 62-5-304, 62-5-309, 62-5-310, 62-5-311, 62-5-425, 62-5-433, 62-5-501, 62-5-503, 62-6-104, 62-7-201, 62-7-204, 62-7-205, 62-7-302, 62-7-408, 62-7-603, 15-51-20, 20-1-80, 34-11-10, 34-11-130, 34-15-10, RELATING TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA PROBATE CODE, SO AS TO REVISE JURISDICTIONAL, PROCEDURAL, TESTAMENTARY, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE PROBATE CODE; TO AMEND THE 1976 CODE BY ADDING SECTION 62-7-604 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR A FIDUCIARY'S DIVERSIFICATION OF INVESTMENTS AND TO ADD SECTIONS 62-7-701 THROUGH 62-7-709 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR A UNIFORM TRUSTEES POWERS ACT AND TO REPEAL SECTIONS 12-7-2600, 12-16-1960, AND 62-3-904. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. S. 1443 -- Senator Waddell: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 35-1-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF THE UNIFORM SECURITIES ACT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEFINITION OF "BROKER-DEALER" DOES NOT INCLUDE A PERSON ACTING AS A BUSINESS BROKER WITH RESPECT TO THE SALE TO ONE PERSON OF ALL THE STOCK OF A CLOSELY-HELD CORPORATION. Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry. S. 1465 -- Senators Peeler, Hinds and McGill: A BILL TO AMEND SECTIONS 46-13-60 AND 46-13-150, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PESTICIDES, SO AS TO PROVIDE REGULATIONS FOR PRIVATE PESTICIDE APPLICATORS, ALL OTHER PESTICIDE APPLICATORS, AND REGULATIONS WHICH APPLY TO BOTH, ADD THREE MEMBERS TO THE PESTICIDE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND CHANGE THE RECOMMENDING AUTHORITIES FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF SOME OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources. S. 1496 -- General Committee: A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 9, TITLE 58, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, AND EXPRESS COMPANIES BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, BY ADDING ARTICLE 21 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR TELEPHONE SERVICE FOR HEARING AND SPEECH IMPAIRED PERSONS. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. S. 1498 -- Finance Committee: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 12-37-250, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR A REDUCTION IN THE TAXES DUE TO REFLECT THE EXEMPTION IF APPLICATION IS MADE AFTER JULY FIFTEENTH OF THAT TAX YEAR BUT BEFORE THE FIRST PENALTY DATE ON PROPERTY TAXES FOR THAT TAX YEAR. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. S. 1499 -- Finance Committee: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 59-115-80, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING IN PART TO THE REVENUE BOND DEBT LIMITATION OF THE STATE EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT FROM ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE TO THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means. H. 5034 -- Reps. T.M. Burriss, M.D. Burriss, Harrison, Wright, Klapman and Waites: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 16-11-700, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DISPOSING LITTER ON PRIVATE OR PUBLIC PROPERTY, SO AS TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES AND TO PROVIDE SEPARATE PENALTIES FOR DISPOSING HOUSEHOLD OR CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. H. 5035 -- Rep. Fair: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 44-17-405 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS MAY TEMPORARILY DETAIN PERSONS SUSPECTED OF NEEDING MENTAL HEALTH CARE UNTIL A MEDICAL EXAMINATION CAN BE CONDUCTED. Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs. H. 5036 -- Rep. R. Brown: A BILL TO AMEND TITLE 40, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING CHAPTER 60 SO AS TO ENACT THE REAL ESTATE APPRAISER LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION ACT. Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry. H. 5037 -- Rep. Washington: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 16-13-180, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO RECEIPT OF STOLEN GOODS, SO AS TO INCREASE THE FINE UPON A FIRST OFFENSE FROM TWO TO THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND TO PROVIDE THAT UPON IMPRISONMENT FOR A THIRD OFFENSE, NO PROBATION MAY BE GRANTED UNTIL ONE-THIRD OF THE PRISON TERM HAS BEEN SERVED. Referred to Committee on Judiciary. H. 5038 -- Rep. Elliott: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 61-5-180, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF A TEMPORARY PERMIT FOR THE POSSESSION, SALE, OR CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN SEALED CONTAINERS, SO AS TO REDUCE THE FEE FOR ESTABLISHMENTS LOCATED IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry.
The following was introduced: H. 5032 -- Rep. Kohn: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A COMMITTEE TO STUDY AND REVIEW THE ADEQUACY OF THE LAWS OF THIS STATE CONCERNING THE SOLVENCY OF THE LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE INDUSTRY AND THOSE LIFE AND HEALTH INSURERS DOING BUSINESS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. The Concurrent Resolution was ordered referred to the Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry.
The following was introduced: H. 5033 -- Rep. Fair: A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, IN COOPERATION WITH THE COMMISSION ON ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE, IDENTIFY WHETHER A DIRECTIVE OR NONDIRECTIVE METHOD IS USED IN ALCOHOL AND DRUG EDUCATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THIS STATE AND EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF BOTH METHODS. The Resolution was ordered referred to the Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions.
The roll call of the House of Representatives was taken resulting as follows.
Alexander, M.O. Alexander, T.C. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Baker Barber Barfield Baxley Beasley Bennett Blackwell Blanding Boan Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Brown, R. Bruce Burch Burriss, M.D. Burriss, T.M. Carnell Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Davenport Derrick Faber Fair Fant Farr Felder Ferguson Foster Glover Gordon Gregory Hallman Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harwell Haskins Hayes Hendricks Hodges Holt Jaskwhich Johnson, J.W. Kay Keegan Keesley Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Klapman Kohn Koon Lanford Littlejohn Manly Martin, D. Martin, L. Mattos McAbee McBride McCain McEachin McElveen McGinnis McKay McLellan McLeod McTeer Moss Neilson Nesbitt Nettles Phillips Quinn Rama Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Rudnick Sharpe Sheheen Short Simpson Smith Snow Stoddard Sturkie Taylor Townsend Tucker Vaughn Waites Waldrop Washington Wells Whipper White Wilder Wilkes Winstead Wofford Wright
I came in after the roll call and was present for the Session on April 12, 1990.
Roland S. Corning Larry Gentry Thomas E. Huff Dick Elliott John B. Williams STATEMENTS OF ATTENDANCE Reps. KOON, FERGUSON, and MATTOS signed a statement with the Clerk that they came in after the roll call of the House and were present for the Session on April 11.
Announcement was made that Dr. L.A. Heavin of Spartanburg is the Doctor of the Day for the General Assembly.
CONFERENCE REPORT The General Assembly, Columbia, S.C., April 3, 1990
The COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE, to whom was referred: That the bill pass amended as follows: Strike all after the enacting words and insert: /SECTION 1. Title 29 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
Payments to Contractors, Subcontractors, and Suppliers Section 29-6-10. Unless the context otherwise requires in this chapter: (1) 'Contractor' means a person who contracts with an owner to improve real property or perform construction services for an owner. (2) 'Improve' means to build, effect, alter, repair, or demolish any improvement upon, connected with, or on or beneath the surface of any real property, or to excavate, clear, grade, fill, or landscape any real property, or to construct driveways and roadways, or to furnish materials, including trees and shrubbery, for any of these purposes, or to perform any labor upon these improvements, and also means and includes any design or other professional or skilled services furnished by architects, engineers, land surveyors, and landscape architects. (3) 'Improvement' means all or any part of any building, structure, erection, alteration, demolition, excavation, clearing, grading, filling, or landscaping, including trees and shrubbery, driveways, and roadways on real property. (4) 'Owner' means a person who has an interest in the real property improved and for whom an improvement is made and who ordered the improvement to be made. 'Owner' includes any state, local, or municipal government agencies, instrumentalities, or entities. (5) 'Real property' means the real estate that is improved, including lands, leaseholds, tenements, and hereditaments, and improvements placed on the real property. (6) 'Subcontractor' means any person who has contracted to furnish labor or materials to, or has performed labor or supplied materials for, a contractor or another subcontractor in connection with a contract to improve real property. Section 29-6-20. Performance by a contractor or subcontractor in accordance with the provisions of his contract entitles him to payment from the party with whom he contracts. Section 29-6-30. When a contractor or a subcontractor has performed in accordance with the provisions of his contract, the owner shall pay the contractor by mailing via first class mail or delivering the undisputed amount of any pay request within twenty-one days of receipt by the owner of any pay request based upon work completed or service provided under the contract, and the contractor shall pay to his subcontractor and each subcontractor shall pay to his subcontractor, within seven days of receipt by the contractor or subcontractor of each periodic or final payment, by mailing via first class mail or delivering the full amount received for that subcontractor's work and materials based on work completed or service provided under the subcontract. Section 29-6-40. Nothing in this chapter prevents the owner, the contractor, or a subcontractor from withholding application and certification for payment because of the following: unsatisfactory job progress, defective construction not remedied, disputed work, third party claims filed or reasonable evidence that claim will be filed, failure of contractor or subcontractor to make timely payments for labor, equipment, and materials, damage to owner, contractor, or another subcontractor, reasonable evidence that contract or subcontract cannot be completed for the unpaid balance of the contract or subcontract sum, or a reasonable amount for retainage. Nothing in this chapter requires that payments due a contractor from an owner be paid any more frequently than as set forth in the construction documents, nor shall anything in this chapter affect the terms of any agreement between the owner and any lender. Section 29-6-50. If a periodic or final payment to a contractor is delayed by more than twenty-one days or if a periodic or final payment to a subcontractor is delayed by more than seven days after receipt of periodic or final payment by the contractor or subcontractor, the owner, contractor, or subcontractor shall pay his contractor or subcontractor interest, beginning on the due date, at the rate of one percent a month or a pro rata fraction thereof on the unpaid balance as may be due. However, no interest is due unless the person being charged interest has been notified of the provisions of this section at the time request for payment is made. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit owners, contractors, and subcontractors, on private construction projects only, from agreeing by contract to rates of interest and payment periods different from those stipulated in this section, and in this event, these contractual provisions shall control, provided the requirements of Section 29-6-30 and this section are specifically waived, by section number, in conspicuous bold-faced or underlined type. In case of a wilful breach of the contract provisions as to time of payment, the interest rate specified in this section shall apply. Section 29-6-60. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to: (1) residential homebuilders; (2) improvements to real property intended for residential purposes which consist of sixteen or fewer residential units; or (3) private persons or entities owning improvements to real property when the specific improvements are not financed by a nonowner." SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor./
Phil Leventis Milford D. Burriss Hugh Leatherman Paul E. Short, Jr. Nikki Setzler John B. Williams On Part of the Senate On Part of the House The Conference Report was adopted and a message was ordered sent to the Senate accordingly.
The following was received. Mr. Speaker and Members of the House:
The Senate respectfully informs your Honorable Body that it has adopted the report of the Committee of Conference on S. 233:
Very respectfully, No. 128
The report of the Committee of Conference having been adopted by both Houses, and this Bill having been read three times in each House, it was ordered that the title thereof be changed to that of an Act, and that it be enrolled for ratification.
Rep. P. HARRIS moved to reconsider the vote whereby the following Bill was given a third reading, which was agreed to. S. 518 -- Senator McConnell: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 44-23-410, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DETERMINATION AS TO A PERSON'S FITNESS TO STAND TRIAL, SO AS TO INCLUDE CIVIL CONTEMPT IN THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM AND DELETE THE REFERENCE TO THE COUNTY COURT.
The following Bill was taken up, read the third time, and ordered sent to the Senate. H. 4436 -- Reps. Baker, Littlejohn, Sharpe, Koon, J.C. Johnson, Felder, Davenport, Clyborne, Farr, Manly, Keyserling, Vaughn, Smith, Nesbitt, Chamblee, Moss, Wells, Bruce, Phillips, Haskins, Fant, Cooper, Glover, R. Brown, T. Rogers, Wilkins, Jaskwhich, L. Martin, Fair, Kirsh and McCain: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-520, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY USED OR CONNECTED WITH THE ILLEGAL USE OF A NARCOTIC OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE FORFEITURE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WHICH IS USED TO FACILITATE ANY TRANSACTION TO PURCHASE OR SELL CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND THEIR COMPOUNDS AND DELETE PROVISIONS AUTHORIZING THE FORFEITURE IF THE VEHICLE CONTAINED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THESE NARCOTICS OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND REFERENCES THAT THE QUANTITIES REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION REFER TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES OR ANY COMBINATIONS OF THEM.
The following Bills were read the third time, passed and, having received three readings in both Houses, it was ordered that the title of each be changed to that of an Act, and that they be enrolled for ratification. S. 1112 -- Senators Rose and Wilson: A BILL TO AMEND SUBARTICLE 17 OF CHAPTER 7 OF TITLE 20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 20-7-2215, SO AS TO DEFINE CONTRABAND, AND TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO POSSESS CONTRABAND OR FURNISH CONTRABAND TO A JUVENILE COMMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES, AND TO ESTABLISH CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS. S. 1095 -- Senators Shealy, Setzler, Martschink, Peeler, Hinson, Holland, Long, Bryan, O'Dell, Horace C. Smith, Lee and Wilson: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTIONS 14-7-845 AND 22-2-85 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT JURY SERVICE FOR STUDENTS IS, UPON REQUEST, POSTPONED UNTIL A DATE THAT DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH THE SCHOOL TERM. S. 1242 -- Senator Williams: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-780, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CONFIDENTIALITY PROVISIONS AND PROCEDURES INVOLVING JUVENILE RECORDS AND INFORMATION, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELEASE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION TO A VICTIM OF A VIOLENT CRIME ABOUT THE JUVENILE CHARGED WITH THE CRIME.
The following Bill was taken up, read the third time, and ordered returned to the Senate with amendments. S. 925 -- Senator Pope: A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 15, TITLE 41, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 41-15-615 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, OR OTHER BUSINESS ENTITIES SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY IN A PROCEEDING BEFORE THE SOUTH CAROLINA OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REVIEW BOARD.
Debate was resumed on the following Bill, the pending question being the consideration of the Bill. H. 3873 -- Reps. Wilkins and Clyborne: A BILL TO REQUIRE MEMBERS OF STATE BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COUNCILS, AND COMMISSIONS TO ATTEND A MINIMUM NUMBER OF MEETINGS ANNUALLY, TO PROVIDE THAT FAILURE TO ATTEND THE REQUISITE NUMBER OF MEETINGS CONSTITUTES PERSISTENT NEGLECT OF DUTY FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1-3-240 OF THE 1976 CODE OF LAWS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THIS ACT DOES NOT APPLY TO EX OFFICIO MEMBERS OR THEIR DESIGNEES. Rep. WAITES proposed the following Amendment No. 1 (Doc. No. 1556X), which was adopted. Amend the bill, as and if amended, in Section 1, page 1, by adding a new paragraph at the end to read: /The chairman of the governing body of state boards, committees, councils, and commissions shall file annually a written report with the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate stating the attendance record of members of the governing body he chairs./ Amend title to conform. Rep. WAITES explained the amendment. The amendment was then adopted. Rep. RUDNICK proposed the following Amendment No. 2 (Doc. No. 1194o), which was tabled. Amend the bill, as and if amended, in SECTION 1, by adding after /state/ on lines 1 and 11 of the section /or local/. Amend title to conform. Rep. RUDNICK explained the amendment.
Rep. WALDROP raised the Point of Order that Amendment No. 2 was out of order as it was not germane to the Bill. The SPEAKER overruled the Point of Order. Rep. BLACKWELL moved to table the amendment. Rep. RUDNICK demanded the yeas and nays, which were not ordered. The amendment was then tabled by a division vote of 35 to 25. The Bill, as amended, was read the second time and ordered to third reading.
Rep. L. MARTIN moved to adjourn debate upon the following Bill until Tuesday, April 17, which was adopted. H. 4388 -- Reps. Rudnick, Smith, Sharpe and Huff: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 58-23-1210, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE LICENSING OF TAXIS IN COUNTIES CONTAINING A CITY HAVING A POPULATION IN EXCESS OF SEVENTY THOUSAND PERSONS, SO AS TO REDUCE THIS POPULATION REQUIREMENT TO TEN THOUSAND PERSONS.
The following Bill was taken up. H. 4572 -- Reps. Hayes, Huff, M.O. Alexander, T.C. Alexander, Altman, G. Bailey, K. Bailey, Baker, Barber, Barfield, Baxley, Beasley, Bennett, Blackwell, Boan, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Brown, R. Brown, Bruce, Burch, M.D. Burriss, T.M. Burriss, Carnell, Chamblee, Clyborne, Cole, Cooper, Corbett, Cork, Corning, Davenport, Derrick, Elliott, Faber, Fair, Fant, Farr, Felder, Ferguson, Foster, Gentry, Glover, Gordon, Gregory, Hallman, J. Harris, P. Harris, Harrison, Harvin, Harwell, Haskins, Hendricks, Holt, Jaskwhich, J.C. Johnson, Kay, Keegan, Keyserling, Kinon, Kirsh, Klapman, Kohn, Koon, Lanford, Littlejohn, Manly, Mappus, D. Martin, L. Martin, McAbee, McBride, McCain, McElveen, McGinnis, McKay, McLellan, McLeod, McTeer, Moss, Neilson, Nesbitt, Nettles, Phillips, Quinn, Rama, Rhoad, J. Rogers, Rudnick, Sharpe, Smith, Snow, Stoddard, Sturkie, Taylor, Townsend, Tucker, Vaughn, Waites, Waldrop, Washington, Wells, Whipper, White, Wilder, Wilkins, D. Williams, Winstead, Wofford and Wright: A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 53, TITLE 44, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO POISONS, DRUGS, AND OTHER CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES BY ADDING SECTION 44-53-476 SO AS TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL TO BE A "LEADER OF A NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING NETWORK", TO PROVIDE THE ELEMENTS OF THIS OFFENSE, TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION, AND TO AMEND SECTION 16-1-10, RELATING TO CRIMES CLASSIFIED AS FELONIES, SO AS TO ADD THIS OFFENSE WHICH IS A FELONY TO THIS LIST. Reps. WILKINS and NETTLES proposed the following Amendment No. 2 (Doc. No. 1181o), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, in Section 44-53-476 of the 1976 Code, as contained in SECTION 1, by striking the first sentence of the section and inserting: Amend title to conform. Rep. NETTLES explained the amendment. The amendment was then adopted.
The SPEAKER granted Reps. STODDARD and TOWNSEND a leave of absence for the remainder of the day. Reps. McLEOD, McGINNIS, KEEGAN, JASKWHICH, and BLANDING proposed the following Amendment No. 4 (Doc. No. 1185o). Amend the bill, as and if amended, in Section 44-53-476 of the 1976 Code, as contained in SECTION 1, by striking the second, third, and fourth sentences of the first paragraph of the section and the second paragraph of the section and inserting: /A person who is a "leader of a narcotics trafficking network" is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be punished by a sentence of death, which sentence must be reviewed by the Supreme Court as provided in Section 16-3-25 in the same manner other death sentences are reviewed, except that to uphold this sentence no statutory aggravating circumstances must be present or found to be present./ Amend title to conform. Rep. McLEOD explained the amendment. Rep. NETTLES spoke against the amendment. Rep. McGINNIS spoke in favor of the amendment. Rep. McLEOD spoke in favor of the amendment.
Rep. McLEOD continued speaking. Further proceedings were interrupted by expiration of time on the uncontested Calendar, the pending question being consideration of Amendment No. 4, Rep. McLEOD having the floor.
MOTION REJECTED Rep. HAYES moved that the House recur to the morning hour. Rep. FELDER moved to table the motion, which was not agreed to by a division vote of 45 to 51. The question then recurred to the motion to recur to the morning hour. Rep. FELDER demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are: Bailey, G. Barfield Bennett Blackwell Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, R. Bruce Burriss, M.D. Burriss, T.M. Clyborne Corbett Cork Corning Fair Fant Foster Hallman Harrison Hayes Hodges Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Kirsh Klapman Koon Littlejohn Martin, L. McEachin McGinnis McLeod McTeer Nettles Quinn Rama Sturkie Vaughn Wells Wofford Wright
Those who voted in the negative are: Alexander, M.O. Altman Bailey, J. Baker Barber Baxley Beasley Blanding Boan Brown, J. Burch Carnell Chamblee Cole Cooper Davenport Derrick Faber Farr Felder Gentry Glover Gregory Harris, J. Harris, P. Haskins Holt Kay Keyserling Kinon Kohn Lanford Manly Martin, D. McAbee McBride McCain McKay Moss Neilson Phillips Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Rudnick Sheheen Short Smith Snow Tucker Waites Waldrop Washington Whipper White Wilder Wilkes Winstead
So, the House refused to recur to the morning hour.
Rep. FAIR moved to reconsider the vote whereby Amendment No. 7 on H. 3169 was tabled and the motion was noted.
Rep. WILKES withdrew his objection to the following Bill. H. 4335 -- Reps. M.O. Alexander, T.C. Alexander, Mappus, J. Bailey, R. Brown and Corning: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-1255 SO AS TO REQUIRE A PERSON OWNING OR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE TO CARRY PROOF OF HIS MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE, TO REQUIRE THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT TO PROVIDE OTHER PERSONS INVOLVED WITH INFORMATION CONCERNING HIS PROOF OF INSURANCE, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-1270, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO WRITTEN REPORTS OF CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, SO AS TO REQUIRE WRITTEN REPORTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS INVESTIGATING ACCIDENTS TO CONTAIN LIABILITY INSURANCE INFORMATION REGARDING THE OWNERS OR OPERATORS OF THE VEHICLES INVOLVED; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-1300, RELATING TO ACCIDENT REPORT FORMS PREPARED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT REPORTING FORMS DESIGNATED BY THE DEPARTMENT MUST INCLUDE THE LIABILITY INSURANCE OF THE OWNERS OR OPERATORS OF THE VEHICLES INVOLVED.
Rep. KLAPMAN withdrew his objection to the following Bill. H. 3944 -- Reps. T.M. Burriss and Cork: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 61-9-90, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE SALE OF BEER AND WINE, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR SUCH SALES AT SPORTING EVENTS OF NONPROFIT ENTITIES UPON THE CONSENT OF THEIR RESPECTIVE GOVERNING BODIES.
Rep. GLOVER withdrew her objection to H. 3701 however, other objections remained upon the Bill.
Debate was resumed on the Senate amendments to the following Bill, the pending question being the consideration of Amendment No. 14, Rep. McELVEEN having the floor. H. 3169 -- Reps. McLeod, Baxley, Blanding, G. Brown, McElveen and Harvin: A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE WHICH A LANDFILL MAY ACCEPT THROUGH JUNE 1, 1992; TO AMEND SECTION 44-56-130, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO UNLAWFUL ACTS RELATING TO HAZARDOUS WASTE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A LANDFILL MAY NOT ACCEPT HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATED IN ANOTHER STATE WHICH IS PROHIBITED BY THAT STATE; AND TO AMEND THE 1976 CODE BY ADDING SECTION 44-56-125 SO AS TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF NONHAZARDOUS WASTE A LANDFILL WHICH ACCEPTS HAZARDOUS WASTE MAY ACCEPT AND TO PROVIDE THAT NONHAZARDOUS AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MUST BE DISPOSED OF OR STORED SEPARATELY. Rep. McTEER moved to adjourn debate upon the Senate amendments until Tuesday, April 17, which was adopted.
The following Bill was taken up, read the third time, and ordered returned to the Senate with amendments. S. 911 -- Senators Moore, Holland, Rose, Hinson and Giese: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-90, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PROOF OF ITEMS IN APPLYING FOR A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR SPECIAL IDENTIFICATION CARD, SO AS TO ALLOW ANY REASONABLY RELIABLE DOCUMENT CONTAINING THE APPLICANT'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER TO SERVE AS SUFFICIENT PROOF OF THE EXISTENCE AND VALIDITY OF THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER MAY BE OBTAINED FROM OTHER SOURCES.
The motion period was dispensed with on motion of Rep. McABEE.
Rep. HASKINS moved that the House recur to the morning hour. Rep. TUCKER moved to table the motion, which was agreed to by a division vote of 50 to 45.
Rep. T. ROGERS moved to adjourn debate upon the following Bill until Thursday, April 19, which was adopted. H. 4131 -- Rep. Quinn: A BILL TO AMEND ACT 140 OF 1969, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE COUNTY LIBRARY IN RICHLAND COUNTY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT BEFORE THE ALTERATION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN RICHLAND COUNTY, A REFERENDUM IN EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN RICHLAND COUNTY AFFECTED BY THE CHANGE MUST BE CONDUCTED, PROVIDE FOR A METHOD OF INITIATING THE REFERENDUM, PROVIDE THAT THE RICHLAND COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION SHALL INTRODUCE APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION ADDRESSING THE ALTERATION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY IF A MAJORITY OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS IN EACH DISTRICT AFFECTED BY THE CHANGE IN RICHLAND COUNTY FAVOR THEIR ALTERATION, PROVIDE A SCHEDULE FOR CONDUCTING THE REFERENDUM, AND TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY ACT ALTERS ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES IN RICHLAND COUNTY OTHER THAN AS PROVIDED ABOVE, THESE ALTERATIONS MUST BE APPROVED BY THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE DISTRICTS CONCERNED BEFORE THEY MAY TAKE EFFECT.
Rep. WHITE moved to adjourn debate upon the following Bill until Tuesday, April 17, which was adopted. H. 3154 -- Reps. Huff and Wilkins: A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 56, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSE, BY ADDING ARTICLE 11 SO AS TO REQUIRE THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO SUSPEND THE DRIVER'S LICENSE OF PERSONS CONVICTED OF VIOLATING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 61-9-50, AND TO AMEND THE 1976 CODE BY ADDING SECTION 61-13-837 SO AS TO REQUIRE CONVICTIONS OF THE ENUMERATED OFFENSES TO BE REPORTED TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
Rep. McABEE moved to adjourn debate upon the following Bill until Tuesday, April 17, which was adopted. H. 3461 -- Reps. Baker and Clyborne: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 22-3-25 SO AS TO EXTEND TO MAGISTRATES JURISDICTION TO CONDUCT SUPPLEMENTAL PROCEEDINGS TO ENFORCE JUDGMENTS OBTAINED IN MAGISTRATES' COURTS.
The following Bill was taken up. H. 3010 -- Reps. Hayes and Corning: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTIONS 50-21-112 THROUGH 50-21-116 SO AS TO ESTABLISH THE OFFENSE OF BOATING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS AND PROVIDE A SCHEDULE OF BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT THAT GIVES RISE TO PRESUMPTIONS AND INFERENCES OF OPERATING A WATERCRAFT UNDER THE INFLUENCE, TO PROVIDE IMPLIED CONSENT BY OPERATORS OF WATERCRAFT TO TESTING OF BODILY FLUIDS FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUGS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE TESTING PROCEDURE AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 50-21-110, RELATING TO RECKLESS OPERATION OF WATERCRAFT, SO AS TO DELETE PROVISIONS RELATING TO OPERATING WATERCRAFT WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS AND PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-21-150, RELATING TO THE PUNISHMENT FOR OPERATING WATERCRAFT RECKLESSLY OR UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROVISION WHICH PROVIDES A PENALTY FOR VIOLATING SECTION 50-21-110. Rep. CARNELL moved to adjourn debate upon the Bill until Tuesday, April 17, which was rejected. Rep. McABEE moved to adjourn debate upon the Bill until Wednesday, April 18. Rep. T. ROGERS moved to table the motion. Rep. J.W. JOHNSON moved that that the House do now adjourn. Rep. WHITE demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are: Blackwell Burriss, M.D. Johnson, J.W. Keesley Martin, L. McLellan McTeer Rogers, T. Taylor
Those who voted in the negative are: Alexander, M.O. Alexander, T.C. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Baker Baxley Beasley Blanding Boan Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, R. Bruce Burch Burriss, T.M. Carnell Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Davenport Fair Fant Farr Felder Foster Gentry Glover Gregory Hallman Harris, J. Harris, P. Haskins Hayes Hendricks Hodges Holt Huff Jaskwhich Kay Keegan Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Klapman Koon Lanford Littlejohn Martin, D. McAbee McEachin McElveen McGinnis McKay McLeod Moss Neilson Nesbitt Nettles Phillips Quinn Rama Rhoad Rogers, J. Sharpe Sheheen Short Simpson Smith Snow Sturkie Tucker Vaughn Waites Waldrop Washington Wells Whipper White Wilkes Winstead Wofford Wright
So, the House refused to adjourn. The question then recurred to the motion to table the motion to adjourn debate until Wednesday, April 18, which was rejected by a division vote of 26 to 48. The question then recurred to the motion to adjourn debate on the Bill until Wednesday, April 18, which was agreed to.
Rep. PHILLIPS moved to adjourn debate upon the following Bill until Tuesday, April 17, which was adopted. H. 3301 -- Reps. Rudnick, Kirsh, Whipper, Harvin and Washington: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 30-5-11 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IF A VACANCY OCCURS IN THE OFFICE OF REGISTER OF MESNE CONVEYANCES IN A COUNTY WHICH ELECTS ITS REGISTER OF MESNE CONVEYANCES IT MUST BE FILLED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE UNEXPIRED TERM BY APPOINTMENT OF THE GOVERNOR UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY REPRESENTING THAT COUNTY.
The following Bill was taken up. H. 3488 -- Rep. J. Rogers: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 44-1-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, SO AS TO ADD TO THE BOARD THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE MEDICAL, MILITARY, PUBLIC AND MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, OR HIS DESIGNEE, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE MEDICAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, OR HIS DESIGNEE. Rep. BAKER moved to adjourn debate upon the Bill until Tuesday, April 17. Rep. J. ROGERS moved to table the motion, which was not agreed to. The question then recurred to the motion to adjourn debate until Tuesday, April 17, which was agreed to.
Rep. P. HARRIS moved to adjourn debate upon the following Bill until Tuesday, April 17, which was adopted. H. 3533 -- Rep. Davenport: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 40-43-420, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO FEES FOR PERMITS AND RENEWALS FOR THE OPERATION OF A PHARMACY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE ANNUAL FEES FOR PERMITS AND RENEWALS MUST BE ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY.
Rep. CHAMBLEE moved to adjourn debate upon the following Bill until Tuesday, April 17, which was adopted. H. 3007 -- Rep. M.D. Burriss: A BILL TO PROHIBIT A PERSON FROM SERVING AS A MEMBER OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES BY WHICH THE PERSON IS EMPLOYED.
The following Bill was taken up. H. 3417 -- Reps. M.D. Burriss and McCain: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 50-21-860, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF AIRBOATS, SO AS TO DELETE THE RESTRICTION ON THE USE OF AIRBOATS ON THE DESIGNATED PORTION OF LAKE MARION AND SANTEE SWAMP DURING THE SEASON FOR HUNTING WATERFOWL. Rep. CARNELL moved to adjourn debate upon the Bill until Tuesday, April 17. Rep. J.W. JOHNSON demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are: Altman Bailey, G. Baker Bennett Blanding Brown, G. Brown, J. Brown, R. Bruce Burch Carnell Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Davenport Fant Farr Felder Ferguson Gregory Harris, J. Harris, P. Harwell Haskins Holt Huff Jaskwhich Kay Lanford Littlejohn Martin, D. McAbee McEachin McGinnis McKay McLeod Moss Neilson Nesbitt Nettles Phillips Rhoad Rogers, J. Rudnick Sharpe Short Smith Snow Tucker Vaughn Waldrop Washington Wells Whipper White Wilkes
Those who voted in the negative are: Alexander, M.O. Alexander, T.C. Bailey, J. Baxley Blackwell Boan Brown, H. Burriss, M.D. Corning Gentry Hallman Harrison Hayes Hendricks Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Keyserling Kirsh Koon Martin, L. Mattos McCain McLellan McTeer Quinn Rama Sheheen Simpson Sturkie Waites Winstead Wofford Wright
So, the motion to adjourn debate was agreed to.
The following Bill was taken up. H. 3471 -- Reps. Keyserling, J. Harris and T. Rogers: A BILL TO AMEND TITLE 10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY, BY ADDING CHAPTER 6 SO AS TO CREATE THE ART IN STATE BUILDINGS PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE ACQUISITION OF WORKS OF ART FOR THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED OR RENOVATED STATE-OWNED OR LEASED FACILITIES, TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF ONE-HALF OF ONE PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED FOR ANY STATE PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION OR RENOVATION PROJECT, WITH EXCEPTIONS, TO ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR THE PROGRAM, TO ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE FOR CHOOSING THE WORKS OF ART, PROVIDE FOR EXPENDITURES IN THE PROGRAM, AND ESTABLISH ARTISTS' RIGHTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROGRAM. Rep. WHITE moved to adjourn debate upon the Bill until Thursday, April 19. Rep. WINSTEAD demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are: Alexander, T.C. Altman Bailey, G. Baker Barfield Baxley Blackwell Brown, G. Brown, H. Bruce Burch Carnell Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Davenport Fant Farr Felder Ferguson Gentry Gregory Harris, J. Harris, P. Haskins Holt Huff Kay Keegan Kinon Lanford Martin, D. Mattos McAbee McEachin McGinnis McLeod Moss Neilson Nesbitt Nettles Phillips Rhoad Rogers, J. Rudnick Sharpe Smith Snow Tucker Vaughn Waldrop Washington Wells Whipper White Wofford
Those who voted in the negative are: Alexander, M.O. Bailey, J. Beasley Bennett Blanding Boan Brown, J. Burriss, M.D. Burriss, T.M. Cork Corning Derrick Faber Hallman Harrison Hayes Hendricks Hodges Johnson, J.W. Keesley Keyserling Kirsh Klapman Koon Littlejohn Manly Martin, L. McBride McLellan McTeer Quinn Rama Rogers, T. Sheheen Short Simpson Sturkie Taylor Waites Wilder Wilkes Winstead Wright
So, the motion to adjourn debate was agreed to.
The following Bill was taken up. H. 3084 -- Rep. Sturkie: A BILL TO AMEND TITLE 48, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING CHAPTER 40 SO AS TO ESTABLISH THE BEACH MANAGEMENT TRUST FUND; AND TO AMEND THE 1976 CODE BY ADDING SECTION 12-35-715 SO AS TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATIONS TAX IN BEAUFORT, CHARLESTON, COLLETON, GEORGETOWN, AND HORRY COUNTIES AND PROVIDE FOR THE USE OF ITS PROCEEDS. Rep. BLACKWELL moved to continue the Bill. Rep. J.W. JOHNSON demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are: Alexander, T.C. Altman Baker Blackwell Brown, G. Bruce Burch Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Davenport Elliott Felder Foster Glover Harris, J. Harris, P. Haskins Keegan Kirsh Lanford Littlejohn Mattos Moss Phillips Rhoad Rudnick Simpson Snow Vaughn Wofford
Those who voted in the negative are: Alexander, M.O. Bailey, J. Barber Baxley Beasley Bennett Blanding Boan Brown, H. Brown, J. Burriss, M.D. Burriss, T.M. Carnell Chamblee Cork Corning Derrick Faber Fant Farr Ferguson Gentry Gregory Hallman Harrison Hayes Hendricks Holt Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.W. Kay Keesley Keyserling Kinon Klapman Koon Martin, D. Martin, L. McAbee McBride McGinnis McLeod McTeer Neilson Nesbitt Quinn Rama Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Sharpe Sheheen Short Smith Sturkie Taylor Tucker Waites Waldrop Washington Wells Whipper White Wilder Wilkes Winstead Wright
So, the House refused to continue the Bill. Rep. FELDER moved to adjourn debate upon the Bill until Tuesday, April 17, which was adopted. Rep. SIMPSON moved that the House do now adjourn.
Rep. RUDNICK raised the Point of Order that fifteen minutes had not elapsed since a similar motion was made, which point was sustained by the Chair.
The following Bill was taken up. S. 65 -- Senator Land: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-3885 SO AS TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE IN THIS STATE WHICH HAS AFFIXED TO IT AN OBSCENE BUMPER STICKER AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION. Rep. KIRSH moved to table the Bill, which was agreed to.
The following Bill was taken up. H. 3395 -- Rep. Fair: A BILL TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL TO FAIL TO INFORM A WOMAN SEEKING AN ABORTION OF THE AVAILABILITY OF ANESTHETICS OR ANALGESICS THAT WILL ELIMINATE OR ALLEVIATE PAIN TO THE FETUS CAUSED BY THE METHOD OF ABORTION, TO DEFINE TERMS, TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS, AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS. Rep. FAIR explained the Bill.
Rep. PHILLIPS inquired about the member speaking on the Bill since the Bill had amendments on it at the desk at whether or not the amendments should come up first. The SPEAKER stated that the member was recognized to speak on the Bill before the Reading Clerk read any of the amendments and he was allowed to do that. Rep. McTEER moved that the House do now adjourn.
Rep. FELDER raised the Point of Order that fifteen minutes had not elapsed since a similar motion was made, which point was not sustained by the Chair. Rep. FARR demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are: Alexander, M.O. Altman Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Beasley Bennett Blackwell Boan Brown, H. Brown, J. Brown, R. Burriss, M.D. Burriss, T.M. Cork Derrick Faber Fant Gentry Gordon Gregory Harrison Harwell Hodges Holt Johnson, J.W. Keesley Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Kohn Manly Martin, D. Martin, L. Mattos McBride McEachin McGinnis McKay McLellan McTeer Nesbitt Nettles Rogers, T. Sheheen Short Simpson Snow Taylor Waites Wells Wilder Wilkes Winstead
Those who voted in the negative are: Alexander, T.C. Baker Baxley Blanding Brown, G. Bruce Burch Carnell Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Corning Davenport Elliott Farr Felder Ferguson Foster Glover Harris, J. Harris, P. Haskins Hayes Hendricks Huff Jaskwhich Kay Keegan Klapman Koon Lanford Littlejohn McAbee McElveen McLeod Moss Neilson Phillips Quinn Rama Rhoad Rogers, J. Rudnick Smith Sturkie Tucker Vaughn Waldrop Washington Whipper White Wofford Wright
So, the House refused to adjourn. Rep. WASHINGTON moved to continue the Bill. Rep. HAYES demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are: Altman Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Bennett Blanding Boan Brown, J. Brown, R. Burch Burriss, M.D. Burriss, T.M. Carnell Cole Cork Davenport Faber Fant Farr Felder Ferguson Foster Glover Gregory Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Holt Kay Keyserling Kirsh Lanford Manly Martin, D. Mattos McAbee McBride McGinnis McLeod Moss Nettles Phillips Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Rudnick Sharpe Short Smith Snow Taylor Tucker Waites Waldrop Washington Whipper White Wilkes
Those who voted in the negative are: Alexander, M.O. Alexander, T.C. Baker Barfield Baxley Beasley Blackwell Brown, G. Brown, H. Bruce Chamblee Clyborne Cooper Corbett Derrick Elliott Fair Gentry Haskins Hayes Hendricks Hodges Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Kinon Klapman Kohn Koon Littlejohn Martin, L. McCain McEachin McElveen McLellan Neilson Quinn Rama Sheheen Simpson Sturkie Vaughn Wells Winstead Wofford Wright
So, the Bill was continued. Rep. HODGES moved that the House recede until 3:00 P.M. Rep. McTEER demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are: Alexander, M.O. Alexander, T.C. Barber Blackwell Boan Hodges McElveen McLellan McTeer Rogers, T. Winstead
Those who voted in the negative are: Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Baker Barfield Baxley Beasley Bennett Blanding Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Brown, R. Bruce Burch Burriss, M.D. Burriss, T.M. Carnell Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Elliott Faber Fant Farr Felder Ferguson Foster Gentry Glover Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Haskins Hayes Holt Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.W. Kay Keegan Keesley Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Klapman Kohn Koon Lanford Littlejohn Manly Martin, D. Martin, L. McAbee McBride McCain McEachin McGinnis McKay McLeod Moss Neilson Nesbitt Nettles Phillips Quinn Rama Rogers, J. Rudnick Sharpe Sheheen Simpson Smith Snow Sturkie Tucker Vaughn Waites Waldrop Washington Wells Whipper White Wilder Wilkes Wofford Wright
So, the House refused to recede until 3:00 P.M.
Rep. J.W. JOHNSON moved that the House recur to the morning hour. Rep. TUCKER moved to table the motion to recur. Rep. BOAN demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are: Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Baker Barber Baxley Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, J. Burch Carnell Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Davenport Faber Fant Farr Felder Ferguson Glover Gregory Harris, J. Harris, P. Hodges Holt Kinon Lanford Martin, D. McAbee McBride McKay Moss Neilson Phillips Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Rudnick Sharpe Short Smith Snow Tucker Washington Whipper White Wilder
Those who voted in the negative are: Alexander, M.O. Alexander, T.C. Beasley Blackwell Blanding Brown, H. Bruce Burriss, M.D. Burriss, T.M. Corning Derrick Elliott Fair Gentry Harrison Haskins Hayes Hendricks Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Keyserling Kirsh Klapman Kohn Koon Littlejohn Martin, L. Mattos McCain McEachin McElveen McGinnis McLellan McLeod McTeer Quinn Rama Sheheen Simpson Sturkie Vaughn Waites Wells Winstead Wofford Wright
So, the motion to recur to the morning hour was tabled.
ADJOURN DEBATE ON THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER Rep. FELDER moved to reconsider the vote whereby the following Bill was continued. H. 3395 -- Rep. Fair: A BILL TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL TO FAIL TO INFORM A WOMAN SEEKING AN ABORTION OF THE AVAILABILITY OF ANESTHETICS OR ANALGESICS THAT WILL ELIMINATE OR ALLEVIATE PAIN TO THE FETUS CAUSED BY THE METHOD OF ABORTION, TO DEFINE TERMS, TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS, AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS. Rep. FELDER moved to adjourn debate upon the motion to reconsider. Rep. McLEOD moved to table the motion to adjourn debate on the motion to reconsider. Rep. McTEER demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are: Baxley Blackwell Burriss, M.D. Cork Harrison Keyserling Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Sheheen Waites Wilkes
Those who voted in the negative are: Alexander, M.O. Alexander, T.C. Altman Bailey, K. Baker Barfield Beasley Bennett Blanding Boan Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Brown, R. Bruce Burch Carnell Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Davenport Elliott Faber Fair Farr Felder Ferguson Gentry Glover Gregory Harris, J. Harris, P. Haskins Hayes Hendricks Hodges Huff Jaskwhich Kay Keegan Kinon Klapman Koon Lanford Littlejohn Martin, D. Martin, L. McAbee McBride McCain McEachin McLeod McTeer Moss Neilson Nesbitt Phillips Quinn Rama Rhoad Rudnick Sharpe Short Simpson Smith Snow Sturkie Tucker Vaughn Waldrop Washington Whipper White Wilder Winstead Wofford Wright
So, the House refused to table the motion to adjourn debate on the motion to reconsider. The question then recurred to the motion to adjourn debate on the motion to reconsider the vote whereby the Bill was continued. Rep. HODGES moved that the House do now adjourn. Rep. BAKER demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are: Alexander, M.O. Alexander, T.C. Altman Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Baxley Beasley Bennett Blackwell Boan Brown, H. Brown, J. Bruce Burriss, M.D. Burriss, T.M. Cooper Cork Corning Derrick Faber Fair Fant Gentry Glover Gregory Harrison Harwell Haskins Hendricks Hodges Holt Johnson, J.W. Keesley Keyserling Kirsh Kohn Littlejohn Manly Martin, D. Martin, L. Mattos McBride McCain McEachin McKay McLellan McTeer Nesbitt Nettles Rogers, T. Sheheen Short Simpson Taylor Waites Whipper Wilkes Winstead Wofford Wright
Those who voted in the negative are: Bailey, G. Baker Blanding Brown, G. Brown, R. Burch Carnell Chamblee Clyborne Cole Corbett Davenport Elliott Farr Felder Foster Harris, J. Harris, P. Hayes Huff Jaskwhich Kay Keegan Kinon Klapman Koon Lanford McAbee McElveen McLeod Moss Neilson Phillips Quinn Rama Rhoad Rogers, J. Rudnick Sharpe Smith Snow Sturkie Tucker Vaughn Waldrop Washington Wells White Wilder
So, the motion to adjourn was agreed to. Further proceedings were interrupted by adjournment, the pending question being consideration of the motion to adjourn debate on the motion to reconsider the vote whereby the Bill was continued.
The Senate returned to the House with concurrence the following: H. 4989 -- Reps. Gordon, Snow and Harvin: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO COMMEND SANTEE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE AND ITS EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK AND EFFORTS IN REGARD TO THE HURRICANE HUGO DISASTER. H. 4991 -- Rep. McGinnis: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE HAL MCMANUS, CAPTAIN OF THE JAMES F. BYRNES HIGH SCHOOL REBELS BASKETBALL TEAM ON BEING NAMED BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AS PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR SOUTH CAROLINA. H. 4992 -- Rep. McGinnis: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE HAROLD MCMANUS, COACH OF THE JAMES F. BYRNES HIGH SCHOOL REBELS BASKETBALL TEAM ON BEING NAMED BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AS COACH OF THE YEAR FOR SOUTH CAROLINA. H. 4993 -- Rep. Gordon: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO COMMEND CAROLINA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY AND ITS EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK AND EFFORTS IN REGARD TO THE HURRICANE HUGO DISASTER. H. 4994 -- Orangeburg Delegation: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SYMPATHY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO THE FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS OF THE LATE CLIFFORD BAXTER "CLIFF" MORGAN OF ORANGEBURG. H. 4996 -- Reps. Gordon and Snow: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO COMMEND THE WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY RED CROSS AND ITS EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK AND EFFORTS IN REGARD TO THE HURRICANE HUGO DISASTER. H. 4997 -- Reps. Gordon and Snow: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO COMMEND WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY EDUCATION OFFICIALS, TEACHERS, AND ADMINISTRATORS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK AND EFFORTS IN REGARD TO THE HURRICANE HUGO DISASTER.
At 12:30 P.M. the House in accordance with the motion of Rep. WILDER adjourned in memory of Romey Bryan of Barnwell County to meet at 12:00 Noon on Tuesday, April 17.
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