Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
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:
Whatever our challenges or problems, help us, good Lord, to give a good account of our stewardship. Keep high our ambitions, knowing that life is tragic for the person who has plenty to live on, but nothing to live for. Make us to see time as a gift from God, and thus to make the best use of it, knowing that when time is lost it is not to be found again. Enable us to recognize obstacles only as opportunities in work clothes. So use us, Heavenly Father, as instruments in Your hands to accomplish Your mighty plans and purposes.
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 roll call of the House of Representatives was taken resulting as follows:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Barber Baxley Beasley Beatty Bennett Boan Brown, H. Brown, J. Bruce Burch Carnell Cato Chamblee Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Derrick Elliott, L. Faber Fair Farr Foster Fulmer Gentry Gonzales Gregory Hallman Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harwell Haskins Hayes Hendricks Hodges Holt Huff Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Kempe Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Klapman Lanford Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, L. Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McBride McCain McGinnis McKay McLeod McTeer Meacham Neilson Nettles Phillips Rama Rogers, J. Ross Sharpe Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Snow Townsend Tucker Vaughn Waites Waldrop Wells Whipper White Wilder Wilkes Williams, D. Williams, J. Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
I came in after the roll call and was present for the Session on Wednesday, December 5.
Bubba Cromer Irene Rudnick Tim Rogers Gene Stoddard Grady Brown Rick Quinn David Wilkins Mike Jaskwhich Dick Elliott Lenoir Sturkie Roland Corning Larry Koon Ken Bailey John Felder
MEMBERS-ELECT SWORN IN
Mrs. Carole C. Wells, Member-elect from District No. 34 and Mr. John G. Felder, Member-elect from District No. 93, presented their credentials and the oath of office was administered to them by the SPEAKER.
Debate was resumed on the following House Resolution, the pending question being the consideration of Amendment No. 1, Rep. McABEE having the floor.
H. 3001 -- Reps. McTeer, Wilkins, J.W. Johnson, Tucker, Keyserling, Harvin, Hendricks, McElveen, Fair and Huff: A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE 1991 AND 1992 SESSIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Reps. SHEHEEN, J.W. JOHNSON, McELVEEN and HODGES proposed the following Amendment No. 1 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\dka\3018.DW).
Amend the resolution, as and if amended, by adding:
11.1 As used in this rule, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Person" means an individual, partnership, committee, association, corporation, labor organization, and any other organization or groups of persons.
(2) "Public official" means any member of the House of Representatives including candidates for the office.
(3) "Public employee" means any person employed by the House of Representatives, including applicants for the position.
(4) "Income" means the receipt or promise of any consideration, whether or not legally enforceable.
(5) "Expenditure" means the transfer or promise of any consideration, whether or not legally enforceable.
(6) "Annual filing period" means a period of time beginning thirty days after sine die adjournment and ending thirty days after the next sine die adjournment.
(7) "Voluntary membership organization" means an organization composed of persons who are members thereof on a voluntary basis and who, as a condition of membership, are required to make regular payments to the organization.
(8) "Lobbying" means promoting or opposing the introduction or enactment of legislation before the House of Representatives or the committees or members of the House of Representatives, and also includes influencing the adoption or rejection of any regulation, standard, or other legislative enactment of any state agency under the State Administrative Procedures Act before the House of Representatives.
(9) "Lobbyist" means any person who is employed, appointed, or retained, with or without compensation, by another person to influence in any manner the act or vote of any member of the House of Representatives concerning any bill, resolution, amendment, report, claim, act, rule, regulation, standard, rate, or veto pending or to be introduced. "Lobbyist" also means any nonstate employee who is employed, appointed, or retained, with or without compensation, by a state agency, college, university, or other institution of higher learning. "Lobbyist" does not include:
(a) an individual expressing a personal opinion on legislative or administrative matters to any public official or public employee, or any person who receives no compensation to engage in lobbying activities and does not make expenditures or incur obligations in an aggregate amount in excess of one thousand dollars to or for the benefit of any public officials or public employees in an annual filing period;
(b) a person who limits his lobbying activities to appearances before public sessions of committees of the House of Representatives, public hearings of state agencies, public hearings before any public body of a quasi-judicial nature, or proceedings of any court of this State, provided that the person makes no expenditures for or on behalf of any public official or public employee in connection with lobbying;
(c) any duly elected or appointed official or employee of the State, the United States, a county, municipality, school district, or public service district, when appearing solely on matters pertaining to his office and public duties unless lobbying constitutes a regular and substantial portion of such official's or employee's duties;
(d) a person performing professional services in drafting legislation or in advising and rendering opinions to clients as to the construction and effect of proposed or pending legislation where the professional services are not otherwise connected with influencing legislative action;
(e) persons who own, publish, or are employed by a radio station, television station, wire service, or other bona fide news medium which in the ordinary course of business disseminates news, editorials, columns, other comments, or other regularly published periodicals, if these persons engaged in no further activities and represent no other person in connection with a legislative matter. This exception applies to a publication which is published and distributed by a membership organization to its subscribers at least twelve times annually and for which an annual subscription charge of at least one dollar fifty cents a subscriber is made;
(f) persons who represent established churches solely for the purpose of protecting the rights of their own members or for protecting the doctrines of the churches or on matters considered to have an adverse effect upon the moral welfare of the membership of the church;
(g) persons who are running for office elected by the General Assembly or persons soliciting votes on their behalf.
(10) "Gifts" mean any item, entertainment, food, beverage, travel, and lodging given or paid voluntarily to a public official without the public official providing full and adequate consideration.
(11) "Travel" as included in this section means transportation of ten miles or greater distance.
(12) "Legislation" means bills, resolutions, amendments, nominations, regulations, and other matters pending or proposed in either the House or Senate and includes any other matter which may be the subject of action by either House.
(13) "Compensation" means any money, thing of value, or economic benefit conferred on or received by a person.
11.2 (A) A person who acts as a lobbyist shall, within thirty days of this employment, register with the House Ethics Committee as provided in these rules. If a corporate entity registers, then it shall identify each individual who will act as a lobbyist on its behalf during the covered period. Each person so registering shall pay a fee of two hundred dollars and present to the House Ethics Committee a communication reflecting the authority of the registrant to represent the person by whom he is employed. However, any lobbyist who files an affidavit that he does not expend any funds nor does he receive any revenue may pay a fifty dollar registration fee.
The House Ethics Committee annually shall furnish to each House member a list of all lobbyists registered with that office. The committee shall furnish monthly updates to the same persons. The registration must be in that form and contain that information as the committee prescribes, including the following:
(1) the full name and address, telephone number, occupation, name of employer, principal place of business, and position held in that business by the lobbyist;
(2) an identification, so far as possible, of each person on whose behalf the lobbyist expects to perform services as a lobbyist;
(3) each aspect of the legislative or administrative process as it applies in the House of Representatives.
(B) Each lobbyist who ceases to engage in activities requiring him to register under these rules shall file a written statement with the Ethics Committee acknowledging the termination of activities. The notice is effective immediately. Each lobbyist who files a notice of termination under this rule shall file reports required by these rules for any reporting period during which he was registered under these rules.
(C) A lobbyist shall file a supplemental registration indicating any substantial change in the information contained in the prior registration within ten days after the date of the change.
(D) Each lobbyist shall maintain for not less than three years records which must be available to the Ethics Committee for inspection and which contain the following information:
(1) the total income received by the lobbyist attributable to lobbying;
(2) the identification of each person from whom income is received and the amount received, but in the case of a voluntary membership organization a contribution during any annual filing period from a member need be recorded only if the contributions to the organization from the member are more than five hundred dollars and more than twenty percent of the total contributions to the organization during that annual filing period;
(3) the total expenditures of the lobbyist for lobbying.
11.3 Each lobbyist, not later than thirty days after the last day of an annual filing period, shall file a report with the Ethics Committee covering that lobbyist's activities during that annual filing period. Each report must be in that form and contain information as the committee prescribes, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) the full name, address, and telephone number of the reporting lobbyist;
(2) an identification of each person on whose behalf the reporting lobbyist performed services as a lobbyist during the covered period;
(3) an identification of each person who acted as a lobbyist on behalf of the reporting lobbyist during the covered period;
(4) each bill, resolution, or action before the House of Representatives the reporting lobbyist sought to influence during the covered period, including bill numbers or other numbers where relevant;
(5) the identification of each person from whom income is received and the amount received, but in the case of a voluntary membership organization a contribution during any annual filing period from a member need be recorded only if the contributions to the organization from the member are more than five hundred dollars and more than twenty percent of the total contributions to the organization during that annual filing period;
(6) (a) the totals of all expenditures made or incurred by a lobbyist or on behalf of a lobbyist by each of the lobbyist's employers during the preceding year. The totals must be segregated according to financial category, including: food and refreshments, entertainment, living accommodations, advertising, printing, postage, travel, telephone, contributions, office expenses, or that portion of total office expenses attributable to activities covered under the provisions of these rules, including rent and the wages paid for staff assistance, and other expenses or services, and the total number of individual public officials or employees on whose behalf such expenditures were made, and a list of the names of public officials or employees on whom more than fifty dollars was spent in any twenty-four hour period.
(b) In the case of special events for public officials or employees, including parties, dinners, athletic events, entertainment, and other functions, the date, location, name of the public body or bodies invited, and total expense incurred by the person filing must be stated.
(c) any expenditure directly or indirectly related to lobbying if expended while engaged in the general course of lobbying activities and the expenditure is reimbursed by the lobbyist's employer; however, contributions of political action committees which are already disclosed on other public statements are excluded from disclosure.
(7) a statement of any money promised or loaned to any public official or public employee;
(8) a statement detailing any direct business association with any public official or public employee.
When total amounts are required to be reported, totals must be reported both for the period covered and for the entire calendar year to date.
11.4 (A) Each state agency or department shall, no later than thirty days after the last day of an annual filing period, file a report with the Ethics Committee covering the agency's lobbying activities during that annual filing period. Each report must be in that form and contain information as the Ethics Committee prescribes including, but not limited to:
(1) an identification of each agency official, employee, or other person who engaged in lobbying during the covered period;
(2) each action taken by the House of Representatives the persons identified in item (1) of this rule sought to influence during the covered period, including bill numbers or other numbers where relevant;
(3) the totals of all expenditures made or incurred by these persons identified in item (1) of this rule in lobbying during the covered period. The totals must be segregated according to financial category, including: food and refreshments, entertainment, living accommodations, advertising, printing, postage, travel, telephone, contributions, office expenses, including rent and the wages paid for staff assistance, and other expenses or services, and the total number of individual public officials or employees on whose behalf the expenditures were made, and a list of the names of public officials or employees on whom more than fifty dollars was spent in any twenty-four hour period.
(B) In the case of special events for public officials or employees, including parties, dinners, athletic events, entertainment, and other functions, the date, location, name of public body or bodies invited, and total expenses incurred by the person filing must be stated.
When total amounts are required to be reported, totals must be reported for the entire year to date.
The reports required by this section are not required from any agency whose only activity is appearing before any committee of the House of Representatives at the request of that committee or any members of that committee.
11.5 The Ethics Committee has the power:
(1) to require any person to submit in writing reports and answers to questions as the committee may prescribe. The submission must be made within a reasonable period and under oath or otherwise as the committee may determine;
(2) to administer oaths;
(3) to require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all documentary evidence relating to the execution of its duties;
(4) to order testimony to be taken in any proceeding or investigation by deposition before any person who is designated by the committee and has the power to administer oaths and, in these instances, to compel testimony and the production of evidence in the same manner as authorized under item (3) of this rule;
(5) to request the Attorney General to initiate through civil proceedings for injunctive relief and through presentation to grand juries, prosecute, defend, or appear in any civil or criminal action in the name of the committee for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of state law regulating lobbyists, public officials, and public employees;
(6) to make committee rules to carry out committee provisions of these rules; however, rules made by the committee under the provisions of these rules must be limited to and include only the forms necessary to accomplish the purpose of these rules;
(7) in addition to any other penalty in these rules, to require a person who files a late statement or fails to file a required statement to be assessed a civil penalty as follows:
(a) a fine of one hundred dollars if not filed within five days after the established deadline provided in this chapter;
(b) after notice has been given by certified or registered mail that a required statement has not been filed, a fine of ten dollars a day for each additional calendar day in which the required statement is not filed, not to exceed a total fine of five hundred dollars.
11.6 The Ethics Committee has the following duties:
(1) to develop forms for the filing of notices of registration, representation, and reports required by these rules, and to furnish the forms to lobbyists upon request;
(2) to issue identification cards to each lobbyist before the lobbyist can engage in lobbying and prior to January tenth of each succeeding year;
(3) to prepare a manual setting forth recommended uniform methods of bookkeeping and reporting and to furnish a manual to lobbyists upon request;
(4) to develop a filing, coding, and cross-indexing system consonant with the purpose of these rules;
(5) to make the notices of registration and reports filed with it available for public inspection and copying as soon as may be practicable after receipt of them and to permit copying of any report or statement by hand or by duplicating machine, as requested by any person, at the expense of the person;
(6) to preserve the originals or copies of notices and reports for a period of three years from date of receipt;
(7) to ascertain whether any lobbyist has failed to comply fully and accurately with the disclosure requirements of these rules and promptly notify the person to file notices and reports as are necessary to satisfy the requirements of these rules or the Ethics Committee rules;
(8) to have information, so compiled and summarized, made available for public inspection and copying within thirty days after the close of each filing period;
(9) to receive complaints and make investigations with respect to the notices and reports filed under the provisions of these rules, and with respect to alleged failures to file any statement or reports required under the provisions of these rules, and, upon complaint by any individual, with respect to alleged violations of any part of these rules;
(10) to prepare a special study or report upon request of any member of the House of Representatives from information in the records of the Ethics Committee;
(11) to prepare and publish those other reports as considered appropriate;
(12) to recommend to the House legislation considered necessary to carry out the purposes of these rules.
11.7 No person may be employed as a lobbyist for compensation dependent in any manner upon the passage or defeat of any proposed legislation or administration matter or upon any other contingency connected with the action of the House of Representatives or any committee of it.
11.8 A lobbyist who violates the provisions of these rules where the lobbyist either knew or should have known that such action was in violation of the these rules; a person who falsifies all or part of any notice of representation or report which he files with the Ethics Committee under these rules; or a person who falsifies or forges all or part of any communication to influence legislative action, is guilty of contempt of the House. In addition, a lobbyist convicted of a violation under the provisions of Title 2, Chapter 17, or Title 8, Chapter 13 of the 1976 Code is barred from acting as a lobbyist for a period of three years from the date of the conviction.
11.9 The wilful filing of a complaint by a person with the Ethics Committee without just cause, or with malice, may subject the complainant to disciplinary action by the Ethics Committee of the House of Representatives.
11.10 (A) No lobbyist may extend an invitation for any function paid for by a lobbyist to any member unless the entire membership of the House is invited, or one of its standing committees or standing subcommittees is invited, or an entire county legislative delegation is invited.
(B) No member may attend any function paid for by a lobbyist unless the entire membership of the House is invited, or one of the standing committees or subcommittees is invited, or an entire county legislative delegation is invited.
12.1 For purposes of this Rule "compensation" is as defined in Rule 11.1(13).
12.2 (A) No member of the House of Representatives or employee of it may receive, accept, take, seek, or solicit, directly or indirectly, anything of value, including employment or the promise of future employment, as a gift, gratuity, or favor from:
(1) a person if there is reason to believe the donor would not give the gift, gratuity, or favor but for the official's or employee's office or position;
(2) a person, or from an officer or director of the person, if the public official or public employee has reason to believe the person:
(a) has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business or financial relationships with the official's or employee's agency; or
(b) conducts operations or activities which are regulated by the official's or employee's agency; or
(c) has interests which may be affected substantially by the performance or nonperformance by the public official or public employee.
(B) Any compensation or anything of value given or offered as a gift, gratuity, or favor to a public official or public employee, or any compensation or anything of value accepted or solicited as a gift, gratuity, or favor by a public official or public employee, as described in subsection (A) is a rebuttable presumption that it was given for the purpose of influencing the public official or public employee in the performance or nonperformance of his position responsibilities.
(C) Whoever gives or offers to a public official or public employee, or a public official or public employee who receives, accepts, takes, seeks, or solicits any compensation or anything of value as provided in subsection (A) is subject to the punishment as provided by the rules of the House.
(D) No public official or public employee shall solicit or receive a gift, compensation, money, or anything of value from a person registered as a lobbyist or working for a lobbyist entity, except for food and beverage consumed at a function to which the entire membership of the House is invited, one of its standing committees or subcommittees is invited, or an entire county legislative delegation is invited. A public official or public employee is not prohibited from receiving a memento of the occasion or award in the form of a plaque, certificate, or other award having value only to the recipient.
12.3 A member of the House, a candidate for the House, any committee working on behalf of a candidate for the House, or any duly organized group or political party receiving or soliciting funds for the support of a political candidate or candidates for the House may not accept a contribution:
(1) from a bank, labor organization, or corporate entity;
(2) of currency of the United States or currency of a foreign country from a contributor which, in the aggregate from that contributor, exceeds fifty dollars for any given campaign;
(3) from a registered lobbyist in an amount to exceed two hundred fifty dollars for any given campaign.
12.4 A candidate for office or any committee working on behalf of a candidate for office, or any duly organized group or political party receiving or soliciting funds for the support of a political candidate or candidates shall maintain a record of all funds and contributions received, with the name and amount of each individual or group contributing and to what candidate the contribution was made. Duplicate, certified originals of the list showing the names of all contributors must be filed with the House Ethics Committee within ten days after the end of each calendar quarter in which funds are received or expended preceding an election and within thirty days after each election in which such contributions are sought or received. The candidate, or committee, or group or party shall maintain a current list of all contributors during the two-week period before the election, which must be open to public inspection upon request. When a final list is filed with the House Ethics Committee the candidate or group receiving the funds shall file a certified report stating the amounts expended and for what purposes, how much is retained and what is its ultimate distribution.
12.5 The filing requirements specified in this rule are considered to be continuing after an election if the candidate, whether he was successful or not in the election, continues to collect funds for the purpose of paying expenses for the election; and the candidate is required to file an amendment to the final list filed with the House Ethics Committee within ten days after the end of each calendar quarter in which funds were received or expended. The House Ethics Committee shall forward a copy of each statement or report filed with it to the clerk of court in the county of residence of the candidate.
13.1 (A) Upon a report to the Speaker of conduct by a person which is contemptuous or otherwise violative of House Rules 11 or 12, the Speaker shall refer the matter to the House Ethics Committee for a hearing. At the conclusion of the hearing the Chairman of the House Ethics Committee shall submit a report, with a transcript of the hearing, to the Speaker. The Speaker then shall call the House into open session as a committee of the whole to consider the report and transcript and render such action as is appropriate unless the Ethics Committee makes a finding that the conduct in question is neither contemptuous nor violative of House Rules and dismissed the matter.
(B) In the event that a person is not a member of the House and is found in contempt of the House, the contemnor must be fined not less than five hundred dollars but not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one hundred eighty days, or both. However, in no case may the term of imprisonment extend beyond the session of the General Assembly in which a finding of contempt is made./
Amend further, Rule 4.16a., by adding:
/(3) Upon the referral by the Speaker of any matter in which there is an allegation of conduct in contempt of the House or otherwise violates the House rules, the committee shall conduct a hearing and report its findings to the Speaker./
Amend further by striking Rule 7.1 and inserting:
/7.1 If, upon a question by acclamation, the Speaker doubts, or a division be called for, the House shall divide by those in the affirmative first rising from their seats, then those in the negative. If the Speaker still doubts, or a count be required, the Speaker shall name one member from each side to tell the numbers in the affirmative and those in the negative, and from their report shall state the decision. Provided, that division votes shall be made by use of the electric roll call equipment, but no individual votes shall be recorded. The Speaker shall state: "The pending question for division vote is ........(designating the matter to be voted upon)." The Speaker shall then unlock the voting machine and announce: "The members shall now proceed to vote." He shall then sound the gong. Thirty seconds after the gong has been sounded announcement of the commencement of the vote on the board, the Speaker shall then announce that voting is closed and shall lock the machine and instruct the Clerk to report the totals./
Amend further by striking Rule 7.3a. and b. inserting:
/a. When the House is ready to vote upon any question requiring the yeas and nays and the vote is to be taken by the electric roll call system, the Speaker shall state: "The pending question is ...... (designating the matter to be voted upon)." The Speaker shall then unlock the voting machine and announce: "The members shall now proceed to vote." He shall then sound the gong. Once the voting has begun, it shall not be interrupted, except for the purpose of questioning the validity of a member's vote before the result is announced.
b. Two minutes after the gong has been sounded announcement of the commencement of the vote on the board, the Speaker shall ask the question: "Have all members present voted?" after a pause, the Speaker shall lock the machine and instruct the Clerk to record the vote and the Speaker shall announce the result of the vote./
Amend further, Rule 10, by adding:
/10.8 No member of the House shall incur more than one thousand eight hundred dollars in long distance telephone charges at State expense during any fiscal year. However, if a member accumulates more than one thousand eight hundred dollars in long distance telephone expenses during any fiscal year, he shall be billed and must reimburse the State on a monthly basis for the remaining balance./
Renumber Rules to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. McABEE continued speaking.
Rep. CARNELL spoke against the amendment.
Rep. SHEHEEN spoke in favor of the amendment.
Rep. McCAIN spoke upon the amendment.
Rep. WILKINS inquired about the status of the Body if the House adopted Amendment No. 1 and then the House elected to adjourn.
The SPEAKER stated that there were 38 amendments on the desk and if Amendment No. 1 were adopted then it would be a part of the Rules.
Rep. WILKINS then inquired about addressing the Amendments separately. He further stated that if the House were debating a Bill and they adjourned during the debate of the Amendments, then the Bill would not become law.
The SPEAKER stated that the House had adopted the Rules on Tuesday in the Rules Resolution so the House would have Rules. He further stated that each proposal would be considered as an Amendment and if the House adopted it, then it would amend the Rules.
Rep. WILKINS then inquired if there would be a vote on the Rules as amended.
The SPEAKER stated that once the Amendment was passed, then it was a part of the Rules.
Rep. WILKINS then inquired if the House could adjourn debate on Amendment No. 1 and take up another amendment.
The SPEAKER stated that to take up another amendment, then the House would have to adjourn debate on all of the preceding amendments. He further stated that if the House were to proceed to take up another amendment before adopting Amendment No. 1, then it would not amend anything since Amendment No. 1 was not in the Rules at that point.
Rep. WILKINS then inquired if there was any way for the Body to ensure that if they did adopt Amendment No. 1, then would the Body reach the later amendments and take up one section out of Amendment No. 1.
The SPEAKER stated that it could not be guaranteed.
Rep. WILKINS then inquired about the House dividing the question subsection by subsection on Amendment No. 1.
The SPEAKER stated that if the motion to adopt the Amendment subsection by subsection carried, then the House would have the chance to vote on each subsection.
Rep. WILKINS moved to divide the question into numerical subdivisions and the next largest subdivision of each subdivision.
Rep. McELVEEN raised the Point of Order that the motion to divide the question was out of order as it violated Rule 8.10. He further stated that the motion to divide the question did not allow the subsections to stand alone and the House should break it down rule by rule.
The SPEAKER stated that Rule 8.10 stated that the House may divide the question if it shall appear to comprehend the question so distinct that one being taken away, then the rest may stand entire for a decision. He further stated that it would be left up to the decision of the House.
Rep. McELVEEN further stated, citing Section 313 Mason's, that to be divisible a question must include points so distinct and separate that one of them being taken away, then the other could stand in complete proposition. He further stated that a question not capable of being so divided may still be objectionable as containing more than one subject and that Rule 8.10 referred to this.
The SPEAKER stated it would depend on whether the "it" in Rule 8.10 would mean the House or the Speaker.
Rep. McELVEEN stated that he was not sure if the "it" had a specific thing that it referred to. He further stated that it referred to the motion of division and the division itself could not comprehend the question as distinct proposition.
The SPEAKER stated that as the Rule read, it would be the House that would comprehend or refuse to divide the question.
Rep. McELVEEN further stated that "it" was not apparently referring to any particular thing.
The SPEAKER stated that the Rule stated that it shall appear to comprehend and someone had to comprehend and he interpreted that as the House and he overruled the Point of Order.
Rep. T. ROGERS moved to table the motion and demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Beatty Bennett Brown, G. Brown, J. Burch Cromer Elliott, D. Elliott, L. Faber Farr Foster Gentry Harris, J. Harwell Hayes Hodges Houck Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keesley Kempe Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Klapman Manly Martin, D. Martin, M. Mattos McBride McElveen McTeer Meacham Neilson Nettles Quinn Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Sheheen Short Stoddard Waites Waldrop Whipper White Williams, D. Williams, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Baker Baxley Beasley Boan Brown, H. Bruce Carnell Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Derrick Fair Fulmer Gonzales Gregory Hallman Harris, P. Harrison Harvin Haskins Hendricks Holt Huff Jaskwhich Keegan Koon Lanford Littlejohn Marchbanks Martin, L. McAbee McCain McGinnis McKay McLeod Phillips Rama Ross Rudnick Sharpe Shirley Smith Snow Sturkie Townsend Tucker Vaughn Wells Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
So, the House refused to table the motion to divide the question.
The question then recurred to the motion to divide the question.
Rep. T. ROGERS demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, M. Baker Baxley Beasley Boan Brown, H. Bruce Carnell Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Derrick Faber Fair Fulmer Gonzales Gregory Hallman Harris, P. Harrison Harvin Haskins Hendricks Holt Huff Jaskwhich Keegan Koon Lanford Littlejohn Marchbanks Martin, L. McAbee McCain McGinnis McKay McLeod Meacham Phillips Rama Ross Rudnick Sharpe Shirley Snow Sturkie Townsend Tucker Vaughn Wells Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Beatty Bennett Brown, G. Brown, J. Burch Cromer Elliott, D. Elliott, L. Farr Foster Gentry Harris, J. Harwell Hayes Hodges Houck Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keesley Kempe Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Klapman Manly Martin, D. Martin, M. Mattos McBride McElveen McTeer Neilson Nettles Quinn Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Sheheen Short Smith Stoddard Waites Waldrop Whipper Williams, D. Williams, J.
So, the question was divided.
Rep. BAXLEY inquired about the Amendments being broken down section by section.
The SPEAKER stated that if the House had not reached an Amendment yet, then the members could get the Amendment back and change it.
Rep. BAXLEY then inquired about amendments being placed on the desk for each section if the House adopts section by section.
The SPEAKER stated that when the House divides the question, that amendments to each subsection are not going to brought up outlined, but they will come up Amendment No. 1 and all of that amendment and then go to No. 2.
Rep. CARNELL inquired about Rule 4.2 and at what point would the House be considering that Rule.
The SPEAKER stated that the Rule stated "as soon as practicable" and that meant in accordance with the agenda which usually was after the adoption of the Rules.
Rep. H. BROWN inquired about the number of amendments up for consideration and whether the House would have to consider all of them in order to get to a particular section.
The SPEAKER stated that the authors could redraft the amendments, but the House had to consider all amendments up for debate.
Rep. HASKINS raised the Point of Order that under Rule 4.15, which was a part of the Rules adopted on Tuesday, that the House Rules shall not be rescinded, suspended or altered except by written resolution that would go to the Rules Committee. He further stated that the House had not eliminated the necessity to refer the Resolution to the Rules Committee.
The SPEAKER stated that the House had set the procedure in adopting the Rules to have the Resolution here and have amendments considered ahead of it and he overruled the Point of Order.
Rep. HASKINS inquired about if the House adjourned today, then would the remaining amendments be the first thing up for consideration on Jan. 8, when the House returns.
The SPEAKER stated that the House had agreed to that procedure and that would be the procedure that would be followed.
Rep. RUDNICK raised the Point of Order that the Rules, Section 11.1 (1) which defined a person, which was up for consideration was out of order as it was not germane in that it dealt with people outside the House of Representatives such as corporations, associations and candidates up for office.
The SPEAKER stated that that had already been adopted.
Rep. RUDNICK further stated that the House Rules could not pertain to people outside the House.
The SPEAKER, citing Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution, overruled the Point of Order.
(10) "Gifts" mean any item, entertainment, food, beverage, travel, and lodging given or paid voluntarily to a public official without the public official providing full and adequate consideration.
Rep. BAXLEY spoke upon the subsection.
Rep. BAXLEY moved to adjourn debate upon Subsection 10.
Rep. T. ROGERS moved to table the motion.
Rep. GENTRY demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Altman Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Beasley Beatty Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, J. Burch Cork Cromer Elliott, D. Elliott, L. Faber Farr Foster Gentry Harris, J. Harvin Hayes Hendricks Hodges Houck Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Kempe Keyserling Kirsh Klapman Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, M. Mattos McBride McElveen McTeer Meacham Neilson Nettles Quinn Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Sheheen Short Smith Stoddard Waites Waldrop Whipper White Wilder Wilkes Williams, D. Williams, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Bailey, G. Baker Baxley Brown, H. Bruce Carnell Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Corning Derrick Fair Felder Fulmer Gonzales Gregory Hallman Harris, P. Harrison Harwell Haskins Holt Huff Jaskwhich Kinon Koon Lanford Littlejohn Martin, L. McAbee McCain McGinnis McKay McLeod Phillips Rama Ross Rudnick Sharpe Shirley Snow Sturkie Townsend Tucker Vaughn Wells Wilkins Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
So, the motion to adjourn debate was tabled.
Reps. RUDNICK and BAKER spoke against the subsection.
Rep. CARNELL spoke against the subsection and moved to table the subsection.
Rep. GENTRY demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Brown, H. Carnell Derrick Felder Harris, P. Lanford McAbee Ross Shirley Townsend Wofford
Those who voted in the negative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Baker Barber Baxley Beasley Beatty Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, J. Bruce Burch Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Cromer Elliott, D. Elliott, L. Faber Fair Farr Foster Fulmer Gentry Gonzales Gregory Hallman Harris, J. Harrison Harvin Harwell Haskins Hayes Hendricks Hodges Holt Houck Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Klapman Koon Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, L. Martin, M. Mattos McBride McCain McElveen McGinnis McKay McLeod McTeer Meacham Neilson Nettles Phillips Quinn Rama Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Rudnick Sharpe Sheheen Smith Snow Stoddard Sturkie Tucker Vaughn Waites Waldrop Wells Whipper White Wilder Wilkes Williams, D. Wright Young, A.
So, the House refused to table the subsection.
Rep. BAKER, with unanimous consent, amended the subsection at the desk to read as follows:
(10) "Gifts" mean any item, entertainment, food, beverage, travel, and lodging given or paid voluntarily to a public official without the public official providing full and adequate consideration.
However, this definition does not apply to food or beverage not provided by a lobbyist or to a memento of an occasion.
Rep. J.C. JOHNSON, with unanimous consent, amended the subsection at the desk to read as follows:
(10) "Gifts" mean any item, entertainment, food, beverage, travel, and lodging given or paid voluntarily to a public official without the public official providing full and adequate consideration.
However, this definition does not apply to food or beverage not provided by a lobbyist or to a memento of an occasion.
Further, this definition does not apply to a gift, whose value is less than $25.00 if the donor is a non-lobbyist.
Section 10.1 Subsection 10, as amended, was adopted.
Rep. L. MARTIN spoke against the subsection.
Rep. L. MARTIN continued speaking.
Rep. SHEHEEN spoke in favor of the subsection.
Rep. L. MARTIN moved to table the subsection.
Rep. GENTRY demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Felder Fulmer Hallman Koon Marchbanks Martin, L. McLeod Sharpe
Those who voted in the negative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Baker Barber Baxley Beasley Beatty Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Bruce Burch Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cole Corbett Cork Corning Cromer Derrick Elliott, D. Elliott, L. Faber Fair Farr Foster Gentry Gonzales Gregory Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harvin Haskins Hayes Hodges Holt Houck Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Kempe Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Klapman Lanford Littlejohn Manly Martin, D. Martin, M. Mattos McBride McCain McElveen McGinnis McKay McTeer Meacham Nettles Phillips Quinn Rama Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Ross Rudnick Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Snow Stoddard Townsend Tucker Vaughn Waites Waldrop Wells Whipper White Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Williams, D. Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
So, the House refused to table the subsection.
The question then recurred to the adoption of the subsection, which was agreed to.
My vote to table Section 11.2(A) was improperly cast. My vote should have been nay.
Rep. MAC McLEOD
Rep. McTEER moved to undivide the question on Section 11.3, which was agreed to.
Rep. HASKINS spoke upon the subsection and moved to adjourn debate upon the subsection.
Rep. T. ROGERS moved to table the motion.
Rep. HASKINS demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, J. Baker Barber Beasley Beatty Brown, G. Brown, J. Burch Corning Cromer Derrick Elliott, D. Elliott, L. Faber Farr Foster Gentry Harris, J. Harrison Harvin Hayes Hodges Holt Houck Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Kempe Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Klapman Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, L. Martin, M. Mattos McBride McCain McElveen McLeod McTeer Meacham Neilson Nettles Phillips Quinn Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Rudnick Sharpe Sheheen Smith Snow Stoddard Waites Waldrop Whipper White Wilder Wilkes Wright
Those who voted in the negative are:
Baxley Brown, H. Bruce Carnell Cato Chamblee Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Fair Felder Fulmer Gonzales Hallman Harris, P. Huff Jaskwhich Koon Lanford Littlejohn McGinnis McKay Rama Ross Shirley Sturkie Townsend Tucker Vaughn Wells Wilkins Wofford Young, A. Young, R.
So, the motion to adjourn debate was tabled.
Section 11.5 Subsection 1 was then adopted.
Rep. WILDER moved to undivide the question on the remainder of Amendment No. 1.
Rep. WILKINS moved to table the motion.
Rep. GREGORY inquired about the status of his Amendment up for consideration and whether or not the House would reach it.
The SPEAKER stated that the House would consider the amendments as they were numbered and that it was not like the Appropriations Bill and when the House reached Rep. GREGORY'S Amendment, it would consider it and if it amended a particular section, then that would be what it would consider at that time.
Rep. McABEE demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Bailey, G. Baker Baxley Beasley Boan Brown, G. Brown, H. Bruce Carnell Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Derrick Fair Fulmer Gonzales Gregory Hallman Harris, P. Harrison Harvin Harwell Haskins Holt Huff Jaskwhich Keegan Koon Lanford Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, L. Mattos McAbee McCain McGinnis McKay McTeer Meacham Neilson Phillips Rama Ross Rudnick Sharpe Shirley Sturkie Townsend Tucker Vaughn Wells White Wilkins Williams, D. Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Altman Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Beatty Bennett Brown, J. Burch Cromer Elliott, D. Elliott, L. Faber Farr Foster Gentry Harris, J. Hayes Hendricks Hodges Houck Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keesley Kempe Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Klapman Martin, D. Martin, M. McBride McElveen McLeod Nettles Quinn Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Sheheen Short Smith Snow Stoddard Waites Waldrop Whipper Wilder Wilkes Williams, J.
So, the motion to undivide the question was tabled.
Rep. HASKINS spoke against the section.
Rep. HASKINS continued speaking.
Rep. SHEHEEN spoke in favor of the section.
Section 11.9 was then adopted.
11.10 (A) No Lobbyist may extend an invitation for any function paid for by a Lobbyist to any member unless the entire membership of the House is invited, or one of its standing committees or standing subcommittees or caucuses is invited, or an entire County House Delegation is invited.
Rep. HASKINS asked unanimous consent to add "or caucuses" after "subcommittees" and before "is invited" in Subsection A, which was agreed to.
Rep. BAXLEY spoke against the subsection.
Rep. SHEHEEN spoke in favor of the subsection.
Rep. WILKINS spoke against the subsection.
Rep. SHEHEEN spoke in favor of the subsection.
Rep. HOLT asked unanimous consent to add the word "House" after "County" and strike "legislative", which was agreed to.
Rep. BAKER spoke against the subsection.
Rep. GREGORY raised the Point of Order that 1:00 P.M. having arrived, the House should recede until 2:15 P.M.in accordance with House Rules.
The SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE sustained the Point of Order.
Further proceedings were interrupted by the House receding, the pending question being consideration of Section 11.10, Subsection A, Rep. BAKER having the floor.
At 2:15 P.M. the House resumed, the SPEAKER in the Chair.
The question of a quorum was raised.
A quorum was later present.
Debate was resumed on the following section, the pending question being the consideration of Subsection A.
11.10 (A) No lobbyist may extend an invitation for any function paid for by a lobbyist to any member unless the entire membership of the House is invited, or one of its standing committees or standing subcommittees or caucuses is invited, or an entire County House Delegation is invited.
Rep. BAKER relinquished the floor.
Rep. WILKINS moved to adjourn debate upon the subsection.
Rep. GENTRY moved to table the motion and demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Beatty Bennett Brown, J. Burch Carnell Cromer Elliott, L. Faber Farr Gentry Harris, J. Harvin Harwell Hayes Hendricks Hodges Houck Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keesley Kempe Kinon Kirsh Manly Martin, D. Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McBride McElveen McLeod McTeer Neilson Nettles Phillips Quinn Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Sheheen Short Smith Stoddard Waites Waldrop Whipper White Wilkes Williams, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Bailey, G. Baker Baxley Beasley Brown, G. Brown, H. Bruce Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Derrick Fair Fulmer Gonzales Hallman Harris, P. Harrison Holt Huff Keegan Littlejohn Marchbanks Martin, L. McCain McGinnis Meacham Rama Ross Rudnick Sharpe Shirley Snow Townsend Tucker Vaughn Wells Wilkins Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
So, the motion to adjourn debate was tabled.
Section 11.10 Subsection A, as amended, was then adopted.
(B) No member may attend any function paid for by a lobbyist unless the entire membership of the House is invited, or one of the standing committees or subcommittees or caucuses is invited, or an entire County House Delegation is invited.
Rep. GREGORY moved to further divide the question into the smallest subdivision, which was agreed to.
Rep. GREGORY spoke against the subdivision.
The SPEAKER granted Rep. RHOAD a temporary leave of absence.
Rep. GREGORY continued speaking and moved to table the subdivision, which was agreed to.
Rep. SHEHEEN moved to table the subsection, which was agreed to.
Rep. CORNING, with unanimous consent, amended the subsection to read as follows:
(D) Except for campaign contributions, no public official or public employee shall solicit or receive a gift, compensation, money, or anything of value from a person registered as a lobbyist or working for a lobbyist entity, except for food and beverage consumed at a function to which the entire membership of the House is invited, one of its standing committees or subcommittees is invited, or an entire county legislative delegation is invited. A public official or public employee is not prohibited from receiving a memento of the occasion or award in the form of a plaque, certificate, or other award having value only to the recipient.
Rep. RUDNICK spoke against the subsection and moved to table the subsection.
Rep. T. ROGERS demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, M. Bailey, G. Baker Baxley Beasley Beatty Brown, G. Brown, H. Bruce Carnell Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Derrick Fair Fulmer Gonzales Gregory Hallman Harris, P. Harrison Harvin Haskins Holt Huff Keegan Kempe Lanford Marchbanks Martin, L. McAbee McGinnis McKay McLeod Phillips Quinn Rama Rudnick Sharpe Shirley Smith Sturkie Townsend Tucker Vaughn Wells White Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Williams, D. Williams, J. Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Bennett Brown, J. Burch Cromer Elliott, D. Elliott, L. Faber Farr Foster Gentry Harris, J. Harwell Hayes Hendricks Hodges Houck Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keesley Kinon Kirsh Klapman Littlejohn Manly Martin, D. Mattos McBride McCain McElveen McTeer Meacham Neilson Nettles Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Ross Sheheen Short Snow Stoddard Waites Waldrop
So, Section 12.3, Subsection 1, was tabled.
If I had been present I would have voted to retain 12.3 (1) in proposed Rule 12.
Rep. HARRIET H. KEYSERLING
Rep. LITTLEJOHN moved to reconsider the vote whereby Section 12.3, Subsection 1 was tabled.
Rep. HUFF moved to table the motion to reconsider, which was agreed to.
Rep. BAKER spoke against the section.
Section 12.4 was then adopted.
Amend further, Rule 4.16a., by adding:
/(3) Upon the referral by the Speaker of any matter in which there is an allegation of conduct in contempt of the House or otherwise violates the House rules, the committee shall conduct a hearing and report its findings to the Speaker./
Amend further by striking Rule 7.1 and inserting:
/7.1 If, upon a question by acclamation, the Speaker doubts, or a division be called for, the House shall divide by those in the affirmative first rising from their seats, then those in the negative. If the Speaker still doubts, or a count be required, the Speaker shall name one member from each side to tell the numbers in the affirmative and those in the negative, and from their report shall state the decision. Provided, that division votes shall be made by use of the electric roll call equipment, but no individual votes shall be recorded. The Speaker shall state: "The pending question for division vote is ........(designating the matter to be voted upon)." The Speaker shall then unlock the voting machine and announce: "The members shall now proceed to vote." He shall then sound the gong. Thirty seconds after the gong has been sounded announcement of the commencement of the vote on the board, the Speaker shall then announce that voting is closed and shall lock the machine and instruct the Clerk to report the totals./
Amend further by striking Rule 7.3a. and b. inserting:
/a. When the House is ready to vote upon any question requiring the yeas and nays and the vote is to be taken by the electric roll call system, the Speaker shall state: "The pending question is ...... (designating the matter to be voted upon)." The Speaker shall then unlock the voting machine and announce: "The members shall now proceed to vote." He shall then sound the gong. Once the voting has begun, it shall not be interrupted, except for the purpose of questioning the validity of a member's vote before the result is announced.
b. Two minutes after the gong has been sounded announcement of the commencement of the vote on the board, the Speaker shall ask the question: "Have all members present voted?" after a pause, the Speaker shall lock the machine and instruct the Clerk to record the vote and the Speaker shall announce the result of the vote./
Amend further, Rule 10, by adding:
/10.8 No member of the House shall incur more than one thousand eight hundred dollars in long distance telephone charges at State expense during any fiscal year. However, if a member accumulates more than one thousand eight hundred dollars in long distance telephone expenses during any fiscal year, he shall be billed and must reimburse the State on a monthly basis for the remaining balance./
Renumber Rules to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. BEASLEY proposed the following Amendment No. 2 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\JIC\5076.HC), which was tabled.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered rule to read:
References to a Person in the Gallery Prohibited
When the House is in session, no member may introduce to the House or bring to the attention of the House a person or group of persons in the gallery. No motion to suspend this rule is in order, nor may the presiding officer entertain any request to suspend it by unanimous consent."/
Renumber to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. McTEER spoke against the amendment and moved to table the amendment.
Rep. HASKINS demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, T. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, H. Burch Carnell Corning Cromer Elliott, D. Farr Foster Harris, J. Harris, P. Harvin Harwell Hayes Hodges Holt Huff Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Kempe Kinon Klapman Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Mattos McAbee McTeer Meacham Phillips Quinn Rogers, T. Rudnick Shirley Short Smith Stoddard Townsend Tucker Waites Waldrop Whipper Wilder Wilkes Williams, D.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Alexander, M. Altman Bailey, G. Baker Baxley Beasley Beatty Bruce Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Derrick Elliott, L. Fair Fulmer Gentry Gonzales Gregory Hallman Haskins Hendricks Jaskwhich Kirsh Koon Lanford Littlejohn Martin, L. McCain McGinnis McKay Neilson Nettles Rama Rogers, J. Ross Sheheen Snow Sturkie Vaughn Wells Wilkins Williams, J. Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
So, the amendment was tabled.
Rep. WAITES proposed the following Amendment No. 3, which was adopted.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended, by amending rule 11.2 by inserting:
/credit toward other or further registration for lobbying purposes fees must be given by any other office or agency for any amount paid to register with the House Ethics Committee under these rules./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and title to conform.
Rep. WAITES explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Reps. SHEHEEN, WHITE and FOSTER proposed the following Amendment No. 4 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\dka\3040.DW), which was adopted.
Amend the resolution, as and if amended, by striking Rule 2.16 and inserting:
/2.16 The Sergeant at Arms may designate, subject to the approval of the Speaker, other staff members of the House to assist the Speaker and the Sergeant in performing such duties as they may direct, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Title 2, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976./
Amend further by striking Rule 2.17 in its entirety.
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and title to conform.
Rep. J. HARRIS proposed the following Amendment No. 5 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\dka\3028.DW), which was adopted.
Amend the amendment, as and if amended, sponsored by Rep. Sheheen and others, dated December 4, 1990, Doc. I.D. L:\Council\Legis\Amend\DKA\3018.DW, by amending Rule 12.2 by adding:
/(E) Every public official who receives any compensation in excess of one thousand dollars during one calendar year from any person which employs, either directly or indirectly, a lobbyist shall report this compensation to the House Ethics Committee as required by Rule 11./
Amend title to conform.
Rep. J. HARRIS explained the amendment.
Reps. BAKER and HASKINS spoke in favor of the amendment.
The question then recurred to the adoption of the amendment.
Rep. HASKINS demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Baker Barber Baxley Beasley Beatty Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Bruce Burch Carnell Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Cromer Derrick Elliott, D. Elliott, L. Faber Fair Farr Foster Fulmer Gentry Gonzales Gregory Hallman Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harvin Harwell Haskins Hayes Hendricks Hodges Holt Houck Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Kempe Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Klapman Koon Lanford Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, L. Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McBride McCain McElveen McGinnis McKay McLeod McTeer Meacham Neilson Nettles Phillips Quinn Rama Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Ross Rudnick Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Snow Stoddard Sturkie Townsend Tucker Vaughn Waites Waldrop Wells Whipper White Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Williams, D. Williams, J. Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
Those who voted in the negative are:
The amendment was then adopted.
Rep. RUDNICK proposed the following Amendment No. 8 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\dka\3027.DW), which was tabled.
Amend the amendment, as and if amended, sponsored by Rep. Sheheen and others, dated December 4, 1990, Doc. I.D. L:\Council\Legis\Amend\DKA\3018.DW, by striking Rule 12.3(2) and inserting:
/(2) of currency of the United States or currency of a foreign country from a contributor which, in the aggregate from that contributor, exceeds fifty one hundred dollars for any given campaign;/
Amend title to conform.
Rep. RUDNICK explained the amendment.
Rep. CORK moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to by a division vote of 79 to 12.
Rep. BEASLEY proposed the following Amendment No. 11 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\dka\3039.HC), which was adopted.
Amend the amendment, as and if amended, sponsored by Rep. Sheheen and others, dated December 4, 1990, Doc. I.D. L:\Council\Legis\Amend\DKA\3018.DW, by striking Rule 13.1(B) and inserting:
/(B) In the event that a person is not a member of the House and is found in contempt of the House, the contemnor must be fined not less than five hundred dollars but not more than one thousand dollars./
Amend title to conform.
Rep. BEASLEY explained the amendment.
Rep. RUDNICK spoke against the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Rep. L. MARTIN proposed the following Amendment No. 14 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\BBM\9051.JM), which was adopted.
Amend the resolution, as and if amended, in Rule 5.3, by adding at the end:
/Provided, further, that any bill or resolution considered by the House of Representatives upon second reading that raises revenue must conform to the provisions of Article III, Section 15 of the South Carolina Constitution./
Amend title to conform.
Rep. L. MARTIN explained the amendment.
Rep. SHEHEEN spoke in favor of the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Rep. KIRSH proposed the following Amendment No. 16 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\dka\3030.DW), which was adopted.
Amend the amendment, as and if amended, sponsored by Rep. Sheheen and others, dated December 4, 1990, Doc. I.D. L:\Council\Legis\Amend\DKA\3018.DW, by striking the first paragraph of Rule 11.2(A) and inserting:
/(A) A person who acts as a lobbyist shall, within thirty days of this employment, register with the House Ethics Committee as provided in these rules. If a corporate entity registers, then it shall identify each individual who will act as a lobbyist on its behalf during the covered period. Each person so registering shall pay a fee of two hundred dollars and present to the House Ethics Committee a communication reflecting the authority of the registrant to represent the person by whom he is employed. However, any lobbyist who files an affidavit that he does not expend any funds nor does he receive any revenue may pay a fifty dollar registration fee. All fees collected under the provisions of this paragraph must be deposited in the general fund of the State./
Amend title to conform.
Rep. KIRSH explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Rep. RUDNICK proposed the following Amendment No. 18 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\436\11073.DW), which was rejected.
Amend the amendment sponsored by Rep. Sheheen, et al, dated December 4, 1990, doc no. DKA\3018.DW, as and if amended, pages 24 and 25, by striking Rule 7.1 and inserting:
/7.1 If, upon a question by acclamation, the Speaker doubts, or a division be called for, the House shall divide by those in the affirmative first rising from their seats, then those in the negative. If the Speaker still doubts, or a count be required, the Speaker shall name one member from each side to tell the numbers in the affirmative and those in the negative, and from their report shall state the decision. Provided, that division votes shall be made by use of the electric roll call equipment, but no individual votes shall be recorded. The Speaker shall state: "The pending question for division vote is ........(designating the matter to be voted upon)." The Speaker shall then unlock the voting machine and announce: "The members shall now proceed to vote." He shall then sound the gong. Thirty seconds after the gong has been sounded announcement of the commencement of the vote on the board, the Speaker shall then announce that voting is closed and shall lock the machine and instruct the Clerk to report the totals. The Speaker shall sound the bell in the lobby of the State House for a period of thirty seconds after he has announced the commencement of the vote on the board./
Amend further page 25, by striking Rule 7.3A and inserting:
/a. When the House is ready to vote upon any question requiring the yeas and nays and the vote is to be taken by the electric roll call system, the Speaker shall state: "The pending question is ...... (designating the matter to be voted upon)." The Speaker shall then unlock the voting machine and announce: "The members shall now proceed to vote." He shall then sound the gong. Once the voting has begun, it shall not be interrupted, except for the purpose of questioning the validity of a member's vote before the result is announced. The Speaker shall sound the bell in the lobby of the State House for a period of thirty seconds after he has announced the commencement of the vote on the board./
Amend title to conform.
Rep. RUDNICK explained the amendment.
Rep. SHEHEEN spoke against the amendment.
The amendment was then rejected.
Rep. MEACHAM proposed the following Amendment No. 20 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\dka\3041.BD), which was tabled.
Amend the amendment, as and if amended, sponsored by Rep. Sheheen and others, dated December 4, 1990, Doc. I.D. L:\Council\Legis\Amend\DKA\3018.DW, Rule 12.2, beginning on page 18, by adding an appropriately lettered subsection to read:
/( ) A public official may not vote on an issue before the House of Representatives or its committees which would substantially affect him financially or a business with which he is associated./
Renumber subsections to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. MEACHAM explained the amendment.
Rep. SHEHEEN spoke against the amendment.
Rep. RUDNICK moved to reconsider the vote whereby Amendment No. 18 was rejected and the motion was noted.
Rep. MEACHAM spoke in favor of the amendment.
Rep. SHEHEEN spoke against the amendment and moved to table the amendment.
Rep. RAMA demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Beasley Beatty Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, J. Burch Chamblee Cooper Elliott, D. Elliott, L. Farr Foster Gentry Gregory Harris, J. Harris, P. Harwell Hayes Hendricks Hodges Holt Houck Huff Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keesley Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Klapman Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, M. Mattos McBride McCain McElveen McGinnis McLeod McTeer Neilson Nettles Phillips Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Ross Rudnick Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Snow Townsend Tucker Waites Waldrop Whipper White Wilkes Williams, D.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Baker Baxley Brown, H. Bruce Carnell Cato Clyborne Cole Corbett Cork Corning Cromer Derrick Fair Fulmer Gonzales Hallman Harrison Harvin Haskins Jaskwhich Keegan Kempe Koon Lanford Martin, L. McAbee McKay Meacham Quinn Rama Sharpe Vaughn Wells Wilkins Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
So, the amendment was tabled.
The motion of Rep. RUDNICK to reconsider the vote whereby Amendment No. 18 was rejected was taken up and agreed to by a division vote of 46 to 44.
Rep. M.O. ALEXANDER moved table the amendment.
Rep. CORK demanded the yeas and nays, which were not ordered.
The amendment was then tabled by a division vote of 77 to 15.
Reps. MEACHAM, CROMER and RAMA proposed the following Amendment No. 21 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\N05\8002.BD)
Amend the amendment, as and if amended, sponsored by Rep. Sheheen, et al, dated December 4, 1990, Doc. I.D. l:\COUNCIL\LEGIS\AMEND\DKA\3018.DW, by striking Rule 12.4, beginning on page 21, and inserting:
/12.4 A candidate for office or a committee working on behalf of a candidate for office, or an organized group or political party receiving or soliciting funds for the support of a political candidate or candidates shall maintain a record of all funds and contributions received, with the name and amount of each individual or group contributing and to what candidate the contribution was made. Duplicate, certified originals of the list showing the names of all contributors must be filed with the House Ethics Committee within ten days after the end of each calendar quarter in which funds are received or expended preceding an election, ten days before an election, and within thirty days after each election in which the contributions are sought or received. The candidate, committee, group, or party shall maintain a current list of all contributors during the two-week period before the election, which must be open to public inspection upon request. When a final list is filed with the House Ethics Committee the candidate or group receiving the funds shall file a certified report stating the amounts expended and for what purposes, how much is retained, and what is its ultimate distribution./
Amend title to conform.
Rep. MEACHAM explained the amendment and moved to adjourn debate upon the amendment.
Rep. H. BROWN moved table the amendment.
Rep. HASKINS demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, T. Bailey, K. Baxley Beasley Bennett Brown, J. Carnell Farr Gregory Harris, P. Hendricks Holt Lanford Marchbanks Martin, D. McAbee McBride McKay McLeod McTeer Phillips Rhoad Rogers, J. Ross Shirley Short Townsend Tucker Whipper White Williams, D.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Alexander, M. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Baker Barber Beatty Boan Brown, H. Bruce Burch Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Cromer Derrick Elliott, D. Elliott, L. Faber Fair Fulmer Gentry Gonzales Hallman Harris, J. Harrison Harvin Harwell Haskins Hayes Hodges Houck Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Kempe Keyserling Kinon Klapman Littlejohn Martin, L. Martin, M. McCain McElveen McGinnis Meacham Neilson Nettles Quinn Rama Rogers, T. Rudnick Sharpe Sheheen Smith Snow Sturkie Vaughn Waites Waldrop Wells Wilkes Wilkins Wofford Wright Young, A.
So, the House refused to table the amendment.
Rep. J. ROGERS moved to adjourn debate upon the amendment, which was adopted.
Reps. MEACHAM and RAMA proposed the following Amendment No. 22 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\436\11076.DW)
Amend the amendment, as and if amended, sponsored by Rep. Sheheen and others, dated December 4, 1990, Doc. I.D. L:\Council\Legis\Amend\DKA\3018.dw, by amending Rule 12.2 by adding an appropriately lettered subsection:
/( ) Every public official who is an attorney must disclose all fees paid to the firm with which he is associated that involve a state agency./
Amend title to conform.
Rep. MEACHAM explained the amendment and moved to adjourn debate upon the amendment, which was adopted.
Rep. HASKINS proposed the following Amendment No. 24, which was adopted.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended, by amending Rule 7.1, of the Resolution to insert after the sentence ending in the word "vote,":
"He shall then sound the bell. Thirty seconds after the bell has been sounded, the Speaker shall then announce that the voting is closed, shall lock the machine, and instruct the Clerk to report the totals."
Amend further by amending Rule 7.3A of the Resolution by adding after the sentence ending in the word "vote" the following:
"He shall then sound the bell."
Amend further by amending Rule 7.3B of the Resolution to read as follows:
"Two minutes after the bell has been sounded announcement of the commencement of the vote on the board, the Speaker shall ask the question: 'Have all members present voted?' After a pause, the Speaker shall lock the machine and instruct the Clerk to record the vote and the Speaker shall announce the result of the vote."
Amend title to conform.
Rep. HASKINS explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Reps. CORBETT, CLYBORNE and KEEGAN proposed the following Amendment No. 25, which was adopted.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended, by amending Rule 11.(10) by adding on after "public official," the following language:
"or a member of the immediate family" and adding after line 14 "public official" the following language, "or a member of his immediate family."
Amend title to conform.
Rep. CORBETT explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Rep. WRIGHT proposed the following Amendment No. 27, which was adopted.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended, by adding to rule 12.3(3) line 14, following the word "Lobbyist":
"or lobbyist's employer."
Amend title to conform.
Rep. WRIGHT explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted by a division vote of 86 to 0.
Reps. RAMA, LITTLEJOHN, HASKINS and HALLMAN proposed the following Amendment No. 29, which was adopted.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended, by adding the following to Rule 12 of the Resolution:
"No member of the House of Representatives may accept campaign contributions on the State House complex including the Gressette Building, the Blatt Building, the State House and other state-owned property."
Amend title to conform.
Rep. RAMA explained the amendment.
Rep. McLEOD spoke against the amendment and moved table the amendment.
Rep. RAMA demanded the yeas and nays which were not ordered.
The House refused to table the amendment by a division vote of 12 to 79.
The question then recurred to the adoption of the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. CLYBORNE moved to reconsider the vote whereby Amendment No. 27 was adopted.
Rep. J.W. JOHNSON moved table the motion, to reconsider and demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Beatty Boan Brown, J. Cromer Elliott, D. Faber Farr Foster Gentry Harris, J. Hodges Holt Houck Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keesley Kempe Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Klapman Manly Martin, D. Martin, M. McBride McElveen McLeod McTeer Neilson Nettles Phillips Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Rudnick Sheheen Stoddard Waites Waldrop Whipper White Wilder Wilkes Williams, J. Wright
Those who voted in the negative are:
Baker Baxley Beasley Brown, G. Brown, H. Bruce Burch Carnell Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Derrick Fair Fulmer Gonzales Gregory Hallman Harris, P. Harrison Harwell Haskins Hayes Huff Jaskwhich Koon Lanford Littlejohn Marchbanks Martin, L. Mattos McAbee McGinnis McKay Meacham Quinn Rama Sharpe Shirley Short Smith Snow Sturkie Townsend Tucker Vaughn Wells Wilkins Wofford Young, A. Young, R.
So, the House refused to table the motion to reconsider.
Rep. T. ROGERS spoke against the motion to reconsider.
Reps. HASKINS and WILKINS spoke in favor of the motion to reconsider.
The question then recurred to the motion to reconsider the vote whereby Amendment No. 27 was adopted.
Rep. SHEHEEN demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Baker Beasley Brown, H. Bruce Carnell Cato Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Derrick Fair Fulmer Gonzales Hallman Harrison Haskins Hayes Huff Jaskwhich Keegan Lanford Littlejohn Marchbanks Martin, L. McAbee McCain McGinnis McKay Meacham Nettles Quinn Rama Ross Sharpe Smith Vaughn Wells Wilkins Wofford Young, A. Young, R.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Baxley Beatty Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, J. Burch Chamblee Cromer Elliott, D. Faber Farr Foster Gentry Harris, J. Harris, P. Harwell Hodges Holt Houck Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keesley Kempe Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Klapman Koon Manly Martin, D. Martin, M. Mattos McBride McElveen McLeod McTeer Neilson Phillips Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Rudnick Sheheen Shirley Short Snow Stoddard Sturkie Townsend Tucker Waites Waldrop Whipper White Wilder Wilkes Williams, J. Wright
So, the motion to reconsider was rejected.
Reps. HASKINS, LITTLEJOHN, KEEGAN and MEACHAM proposed the following Amendment No. 30.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended, by amending Rule 12.4, of the Resolution to add:
", full address and employer," after the word "amount."
Amend title to conform.
Rep. HASKINS explained the amendment and moved to adjourn debate upon the amendment, which was adopted.
Reps. CORNING, FAIR, BRUCE, LITTLEJOHN, HASKINS, CLYBORNE and WOFFORD proposed the following Amendment No. 32, which was ruled out of order.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended, by adding the following unnumbered Rule:
"No person shall seek commitments for support for any position elected by the General Assembly until completion of screening by the appropriate designated committee. If such commitments are sought by a candidate prior to the designated time, such candidate shall be disqualified from seeking such office or position."
Amend title to conform.
Rep. CORNING explained the amendment.
Rep. NETTLES raised the Point of Order that Amendment No. 32 was out of order in that the intent of the amendment changed the qualifications of judges and would have to be done by statute law or subsequent law and not by House Rules as the Constitutional provision did not allow for a disqualification of a candidate.
The SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE stated that the effect of the Amendment did change the qualifications for service and he sustained the Point of Order and ruled the Amendment out of order.
Reps. CORBETT, HASKINS, HALLMAN, GONZALES, KEEGAN, MEACHAM, RAMA, FAIR, VAUGHN and CATO proposed the following Amendment No. 33, which was adopted.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended by adding the following unnumbered rule:
"A candidate for or member of the House or Representatives shall
not use campaign funds for personal use."
Amend title to conform.
Rep. MEACHAM explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Reps. WRIGHT, VAUGHN, HASKINS, HALLMAN, GONZALES, KEEGAN and WOFFORD proposed the following Amendment No. 34, which was tabled.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended by adding the following unnumbered rule:
"No member of the House shall receive any honoraria for speaking before public or private groups."
Amend title to conform.
Rep. WRIGHT explained the amendment.
Rep. TOWNSEND moved table the amendment, which was agreed to.
Reps. BAKER, HALLMAN, H. BROWN, GONZALES, KEEGAN, LITTLEJOHN, QUINN, COOPER, HASKINS, MEACHAM, CORK, WRIGHT, BRUCE, RAMA and WOFFORD proposed the following Amendment No. 35, which was commited to the Rules Committee.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended, by adding the following unnumbered Rule:
"Every member, officer, or employee of the House shall report on his statement of economic interest form, required under Section 8-13-820 of the South Carolina Code of Laws (1976 as amended), any retainers, consultant fees, commissions, or legal fees paid to a House member, partner, associate, officer, or employee or a member, of such filer's firm, partnership, or business enterprise paid by any regulated industry, or client with a direct interest in legislation during the preceding calendar year."
Amend title to conform.
Rep. BAKER explained the amendment.
Rep. HARWELL spoke upon the amendment.
Rep. ROSS moved to commit the amendment to the Rules Committee.
Rep. RAMA moved to table the motion to commit.
Rep. McCAIN inquired whether it would be in order to commit an Amendment.
The SPEAKER stated that the House was treating each one as a separate resolution and it would be in order.
Rep. GREGORY raised the Point of Order that the motion to table the motion to commit was out of order as it was procedural.
The SPEAKER stated that to table was a higher motion than to commit and he overruled the Point of Order.
Rep. RAMA demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Baker Brown, H. Carnell Cato Corbett Fulmer Gonzales Hallman Harris, J. Haskins Jaskwhich Johnson, J.C. Keegan Keesley Koon McAbee McCain Meacham Rama Sturkie Vaughn Wells Wofford Young, A. Young, R.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Baxley Beasley Beatty Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, J. Bruce Burch Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Cork Corning Cromer Derrick Elliott, D. Faber Fair Farr Foster Gentry Gregory Harris, P. Harrison Harwell Hayes Hodges Holt Houck Huff Johnson, J.W. Kempe Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Klapman Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, L. Martin, M. Mattos McBride McElveen McKay McLeod Neilson Nettles Phillips Quinn Rhoad Rogers, T. Ross Rudnick Sharpe Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Snow Stoddard Townsend Tucker Waites Whipper White Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Williams, J. Wright
So, the House refused to table the motion to commit.
The question then recurred to the motion to commit Amendment No. 35 to the Rules Committee, which was agreed to.
Rep. J.C. JOHNSON moved that the House do now adjourn.
Rep. HUFF demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Bailey, G. Baker Baxley Beatty Brown, H. Bruce Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Cork Corning Faber Fair Foster Fulmer Hallman Harris, P. Johnson, J.C. Koon Lanford Littlejohn McBride McCain McGinnis McLeod Phillips Rhoad Rudnick Sturkie Whipper Wilkins Williams, J. Wofford
Those who voted in the negative are:
Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Beasley Bennett Boan Brown, G. Burch Carnell Cato Corbett Cromer Derrick Elliott, D. Farr Gentry Gonzales Gregory Harris, J. Harrison Harwell Haskins Hayes Hodges Holt Houck Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Kempe Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Klapman Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, L. Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McElveen McKay McTeer Meacham Neilson Nettles Quinn Rama Rogers, T. Ross Sharpe Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Snow Stoddard Townsend Tucker Vaughn Waites Waldrop Wells White Wilder Wilkes Wright Young, A. Young, R.
So, the House refused to adjourn.
Reps. KOON, BRUCE, WOFFORD, CATO and HASKINS proposed the following Amendment No. 38, which was tabled.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended, by adding the following unnumbered section:
"No member of the House of Representatives shall vote for a candidate who seeks an office elected by the General Assembly if the candidate has served in the General Assembly within three years preceding the date of the vote."
Amend title to conform.
Rep. NETTLES raised the Point of Order that Amendment No. 38 was out of order as it proposed to change the qualifications of judges and that could not be done through House Rules.
The SPEAKER stated he could not rule it out of order on a Point of Order and the House could not increase or diminish the qualifications for a circuit judge because they are set forth in the Constitution but, he could not rule it out of order and if the House wanted to vote for an unconstitutional rule, unless it was a procedural control, then the precedent was clear. He further stated that unless the Constitution had a procedural control on the House, then he could not rule it out of order.
Rep. NETTLES stated that the House had ruled things out of order as they came over from the Senate.
The SPEAKER stated that that was a procedural control on passing statutes about where it originated and he overruled the Point of Order.
Rep. ROSS moved to commit the amendment.
Rep. KOON moved to table the motion to commit.
Rep. NETTLES moved to table the amendment.
Rep. HASKINS demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, K. Barber Baxley Beasley Beatty Bennett Boan Burch Carnell Chamblee Cole Derrick Elliott, D. Faber Foster Gentry Gregory Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harwell Hayes Hodges Holt Houck Huff Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keyserling Kinon Klapman Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McBride McElveen McKay McLeod McTeer Neilson Nettles Phillips Rhoad Ross Rudnick Sheheen Shirley Short Snow Stoddard Townsend Tucker Waldrop Whipper White Wilder Williams, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Baker Brown, H. Bruce Cato Clyborne Cooper Corbett Cork Cromer Fair Farr Fulmer Gonzales Hallman Haskins Jaskwhich Keegan Kirsh Koon Lanford Littlejohn Martin, L. McCain McGinnis Meacham Quinn Rama Rogers, T. Sturkie Vaughn Waites Wells Wilkes Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
So, the amendment was tabled.
Rep. RUDNICK proposed the following Amendment No. 40 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\JIC\5092.JC), which was committed to the Rules Committee.
Amend the amendment, as and if amended, sponsored by Rep. Sheheen and others, dated December 4, 1990, Doc. I.D. L:\COUNCIL\LEGIS\AMEND\DKA\3018.DW, by striking Rule 13.1.
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. ROSS moved to commit the amendment to the Rules Committee.
Rep. RAMA demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, K. Baker Barber Baxley Beasley Beatty Bennett Boan Brown, H. Brown, J. Burch Carnell Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Cork Corning Cromer Derrick Elliott, D. Fair Farr Foster Gentry Gregory Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harwell Hayes Hodges Holt Houck Jaskwhich Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Kinon Kirsh Klapman Lanford Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, L. Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McBride McElveen McGinnis McKay McLeod McTeer Neilson Nettles Phillips Quinn Rhoad Rogers, T. Ross Sharpe Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Snow Stoddard Townsend Tucker Waites Wells Whipper White Wilder Wilkes Williams, J. Wofford
Those who voted in the negative are:
Bailey, G. Bruce Corbett Fulmer Gonzales Hallman Haskins Keegan Keesley Koon Littlejohn McCain Meacham Rama Rudnick Sturkie Vaughn Wright Young, A. Young, R.
So, the motion to commit was agreed to.
Rep. RUDNICK proposed the following Amendment No. 41 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\JIC\5093.HC), which was committed to the Rules Committee.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended, sponsored by Rep. Sheheen and others, dated December 4, 1990, Doc. I.D. L:\COUNCIL\LEGIS\AMEND\DKA\3018.DW, by striking that portion of Rule 12.2(A) preceding item (1) and inserting:
/No member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives may receive, accept, take, seek, or solicit, directly or indirectly, anything of value in an amount aggregating more than fifty dollars in a calendar year, including employment or the promise of future employment, as a gift, gratuity, or favor from:\
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. ROSS moved to commit the amendment, which was agreed to.
Reps. SHEHEEN and BENNETT proposed the following Amendment No. 43 (Doc Name Amend L:\council\legis\amend\JIC\5098.HC), which was adopted.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended, by striking item (3) of Rule 4.2 and inserting:
/(3) Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Environmental Affairs (Fish, Game, Forestry, State Parks, Rural Development, Environmental Affairs)-18.\
Amend title to conform.
Rep. McTEER explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Rep. RUDNICK proposed the following Amendment No. 45 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\436\11081.DW), which was committed to the Rules Committee.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended, by striking the first paragraph of Rule 5.2 and inserting:
/Every bill, before presentation, shall have its title endorsed; every report, its title at length, every petition, memorial, or other paper, its prayer or substance; and, in every instance, the name of the member presenting any paper shall be endorsed, and the papers shall be presented by the member to the Speaker at the desk. After a bill or resolution has been presented and given first reading, no further names of co-sponsors may be added. However, the roll of the House of Representatives may be added to a resolution extending sympathy or congratulations on motion of a member./
Amend title to conform.
Rep. ROSS moved to commit the amendment, which was agreed to.
Reps. CARNELL, TOWNSEND and P. HARRIS proposed the following Amendment No. 47 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\ amend\dka\3042.DW), which was rejected.
Amend the amendment, as and if amended, sponsored by Rep. Sheheen, et al, dated December 4, 1990, Doc. I.D. L:\Council\Legis\Amend\DKA\3018.DW, by striking Rule 12.2(D) and inserting:
/(D) Except for campaign contributions, no public official or public employee shall solicit or receive a gift, compensation, money, or anything of value from a person registered as a lobbyist or working for a lobbyist entity, except for food and beverage, the cost of which is not more than twenty-five dollars for each occasion and the food and beverage must be consumed in the presence of the lobbyist who paid for it. A public official or public employee is not prohibited from receiving a memento of the occasion or award in the form of a plaque, certificate, or other award having value only to the recipient./
Amend title to conform.
Rep. CARNELL explained the amendment.
Rep. ROSS moved to commit the amendment to the Rules Committee.
Rep. RAMA moved to table the motion to commit, which was agreed to.
Rep. McTEER spoke against the amendment.
Rep. SHEHEEN spoke against the amendment.
Rep. HARWELL spoke in favor of the amendment.
Rep. CARNELL spoke in favor of the amendment.
Rep. KEYSERLING spoke against the amendment.
Reps. G. BROWN, G. BAILEY and BAXLEY spoke in favor of the amendment.
Rep. ROSS moved to commit the amendment.
Rep. P. HARRIS moved to table the motion to commit.
Rep. STURKIE moved that the House do now adjourn.
Rep. HASKINS demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Baker Beatty Clyborne Cork Derrick Koon McCain Sturkie
Those who voted in the negative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Baxley Beasley Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Bruce Burch Carnell Cato Chamblee Cole Cooper Corbett Corning Cromer Elliott, D. Faber Fair Farr Foster Fulmer Gentry Gonzales Gregory Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harvin Harwell Haskins Hayes Hodges Holt Houck Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Kempe Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Klapman Lanford Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, L. Martin, M. McAbee McBride McElveen McGinnis McKay McLeod McTeer Meacham Neilson Nettles Phillips Quinn Rama Rhoad Ross Rudnick Sharpe Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Snow Stoddard Townsend Tucker Vaughn Waites Waldrop Wilder Wilkes Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
So, the House refused to adjourn.
The question then recurred to the motion to table the motion to commit the amendment to the Rules Committee.
Rep. CARNELL demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Bailey, G. Bailey, K. Baxley Beatty Bennett Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Bruce Burch Carnell Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Cromer Derrick Faber Foster Gonzales Gregory Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harvin Harwell Haskins Holt Houck Huff Johnson, J.C. Keegan Kempe Kinon Koon Lanford Marchbanks Martin, L. McAbee McBride McGinnis McKay McLeod Neilson Phillips Rama Rudnick Sharpe Shirley Snow Stoddard Townsend Tucker Vaughn Waldrop Wells Whipper White Wilder Wilkins Wofford Wright Young, A.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, J. Baker Barber Beasley Boan Elliott, D. Fair Farr Fulmer Gentry Hallman Hayes Hodges Jaskwhich Johnson, J.W. Keesley Keyserling Kirsh Klapman Littlejohn Manly Martin, D. Martin, M. Mattos McCain McElveen McTeer Meacham Nettles Quinn Rhoad Rogers, T. Ross Sheheen Short Smith Sturkie Waites Wilkes
So, the motion to commit was tabled.
Rep. GENTRY moved to table the amendment and demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, J. Baker Barber Beasley Bennett Boan Clyborne Corbett Corning Cromer Faber Fair Farr Gentry Hayes Hodges Houck Jaskwhich Johnson, J.W. Keesley Kempe Keyserling Kirsh Klapman Manly Marchbanks Martin, M. Mattos McCain McElveen McTeer Meacham Nettles Quinn Rogers, T. Ross Sheheen Short Smith Sturkie Waites Wilkes
Those who voted in the negative are:
Bailey, G. Baxley Beatty Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Bruce Burch Carnell Cato Chamblee Cole Cooper Cork Derrick Foster Fulmer Gonzales Gregory Hallman Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harvin Harwell Haskins Holt Huff Johnson, J.C. Keegan Kinon Lanford Littlejohn Martin, D. Martin, L. McAbee McBride McGinnis McKay McLeod Neilson Phillips Rama Rhoad Rudnick Shirley Snow Stoddard Townsend Tucker Vaughn Waldrop Wells Whipper White Wilder Wilkins Williams, J. Wofford Wright Young, A.
So, the House refused to table the amendment.
Rep. McELVEEN spoke against the amendment.
Rep. P. HARRIS spoke in favor of the amendment.
Reps. CROMER and HAYES spoke against the amendment.
The question then recurred to the adoption of the amendment.
Rep. GENTRY demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Bailey, G. Baxley Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Burch Carnell Chamblee Cole Cooper Derrick Gregory Harris, P. Harvin Harwell Holt Johnson, J.C. Lanford McAbee McBride McGinnis McLeod Ross Rudnick Shirley Townsend Tucker White Wilder Wofford
Those who voted in the negative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Baker Barber Beasley Beatty Bennett Boan Bruce Cato Clyborne Corbett Cork Corning Cromer Elliott, D. Faber Fair Farr Foster Fulmer Gentry Gonzales Hallman Harris, J. Harrison Haskins Hayes Hodges Houck Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Kempe Kinon Kirsh Klapman Koon Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, L. Martin, M. Mattos McCain McElveen McKay McTeer Meacham Neilson Nettles Quinn Rama Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Sharpe Sheheen Short Smith Snow Stoddard Sturkie Vaughn Waites Waldrop Wells Whipper Wilkes Wilkins Williams, J. Wright Young, A. Young, R.
So, the amendment was rejected.
O. Phillips (Present) Aye
Harriet H. Keyserling (Absent) Nay
Rep. CORNING moved that the House do now adjourn.
Rep. RAMA 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. HUFF demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Bailey, G. Baker Baxley Beatty Brown, H. Carnell Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cooper Cork Corning Derrick Faber Fair Foster Fulmer Gregory Hallman Harris, P. Haskins Houck Koon Martin, D. Martin, L. McAbee McLeod Phillips Rhoad Rudnick Short Sturkie Tucker Vaughn Whipper White Wilkins Williams, J. Wright
Those who voted in the negative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Beasley Bennett Boan Brown, G. Bruce Cole Corbett Cromer Elliott, D. Farr Gentry Gonzales Harris, J. Harrison Harwell Hayes Hodges Holt Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Kempe Kinon Kirsh Klapman Lanford Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, M. Mattos McBride McCain McElveen McGinnis McKay McTeer Meacham Neilson Nettles Quinn Rama Rogers, T. Ross Sharpe Sheheen Shirley Smith Snow Stoddard Townsend Waites Waldrop Wells Wilder Wilkes Young, A. Young, R.
So, the House refused to adjourn.
Rep. SHEHEEN proposed the following Amendment No. 48 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\436\1085.dw), which was adopted.
Amend the amendment, as and if amended, sponsored by Rep. Sheheen, et al, dated December 4, 1990, Doc. No. DKA\3018.dw, Rule 11.1, page 1, by striking the first two lines of the Rule and inserting:
/As used in the House Rules, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:/
Amend title to conform.
Rep. HASKINS proposed the following Amendment No. 52, which was committed to the Rules Committee.
Amend the Resolution, Amendment No. 1, as and if amended at Section 12.3 by deleting the following language /political party/.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. HASKINS explained the amendment.
Rep. ROSS moved to commit the amendment to the Rules Committee.
Rep. RAMA moved to table the motion to commit.
Rep. HASKINS demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Baker Brown, H. Bruce Cato Clyborne Cole Cooper Cork Derrick Fair Fulmer Gonzales Hallman Harrison Haskins Huff Jaskwhich Keegan Keesley Koon Lanford Littlejohn Marchbanks Martin, L. McCain McGinnis McLeod Meacham Quinn Rama Rudnick Sharpe Sturkie Vaughn Wells Wilkins Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Baxley Beasley Beatty Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, J. Burch Carnell Chamblee Corning Cromer Elliott, D. Faber Farr Foster Gentry Gregory Harris, J. Harris, P. Harvin Harwell Hayes Hodges Holt Houck Johnson, J.W. Kempe Kinon Kirsh Klapman Manly Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McBride McElveen McTeer Neilson Nettles Phillips Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Ross Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Snow Stoddard Townsend Tucker Waites Wilder Wilkes
So, the House refused to table the motion to commit.
The question then recurred to the motion to commit, which was agreed to.
Rep. CROMER proposed the following Amendment No. 53 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\BBM\9067.DW), which was tabled.
Amend the amendment, as and if amended, sponsored by Rep. Sheheen and others, dated December 4, 1990, Doc. I.D. L:\Council\Legis\Amend\DKA\3018.dw, by striking Rule 12.3(3) in its entirety and inserting:
/(3) From a registered lobbyist, bank, labor organization, corporate entity, or political party in an amount to exceed two hundred fifty dollars for any given campaign./
Amend title to conform.
Rep. CROMER explained the amendment.
Rep. CROMER continued speaking.
Rep. HUFF moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. RUDNICK proposed the following Amendment No. 54 (Doc Name L:\COUNCIL\LEGIS\AMEND\JIC\5099.HC), which was committed to the Rules Committee.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended, in Rule 4.15 by striking /January/ and inserting /April/.
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. RUDNICK explained the amendment.
Rep. ROSS moved to commit the amendment to the Rules Committee.
Rep. RUDNICK moved to table the motion, which was not agreed to by a division vote of 28 to 50.
The question then recurred to the motion to commit, which was agreed to.
Rep. WAITES proposed the following Amendment No. 55, which was adopted.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended, by striking Amendment Number 3 and add in Section 11.2(A) at the end of the first full paragraph to add:
"The House Ethics Committee shall credit such person for any amount paid to register with the Secretary of State or State Ethics Commission."
Amend title to conform.
Reps. MEACHAM, CROMER and RAMA proposed the following Amendment No. 58 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\JIC\5102.SD), which was committed to the Rules Committee.
Amend the amendment, as and if amended, sponsored by Rep. Sheheen, et al, dated December 4, 1990, Doc. I.D. l:\COUNCIL\LEGIS\AMEND\DKA\3018.DW, by striking Rule 12.4, beginning on page 21, and inserting:
/12.4 A candidate for office or a committee working on behalf of a candidate for office, or an organized group or political party receiving or soliciting funds for the support of a political candidate or candidates shall maintain a record of all funds and contributions received, with the name and amount of each individual or group contributing and to what candidate the contribution was made. Duplicate, certified originals of the list showing the names of all contributors must be filed with the House Ethics Committee within ten days after the end of each calendar quarter in which funds are received or expended preceding an election, ten days before an election containing information current as of fifteen days before the election, and within thirty days after each election in which the contributions are sought or received. The candidate, committee, group, or party shall maintain a current list of all contributors during the two-week period before the election, which must be open to public inspection upon request. When a final list is filed with the House Ethics Committee the candidate or group receiving the funds shall file a certified report stating the amounts expended and for what purposes, how much is retained, and what is its ultimate distribution./
Amend title to conform.
Rep. MEACHAM explained the amendment.
Rep. ROSS moved to commit the amendment.
Rep. T. ROGERS moved to table the motion to commit.
Rep. MEACHAM demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Baker Barber Boan Bruce Cato Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Cromer Elliott, D. Fair Fulmer Gentry Gonzales Hallman Harrison Haskins Hayes Hodges Huff Jaskwhich Keegan Keesley Kirsh Lanford Littlejohn Martin, M. McCain Meacham Quinn Rama Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Sharpe Sheheen Smith Vaughn Waites Waldrop Wilkes Wilkins Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Baxley Beasley Beatty Brown, G. Brown, J. Burch Carnell Chamblee Corning Derrick Faber Farr Gregory Harris, P. Harvin Holt Houck Johnson, J.W. Kempe Kinon Klapman Koon Manly Marchbanks Martin, L. Mattos McAbee McBride McElveen McGinnis McLeod McTeer Neilson Nettles Phillips Rhoad Ross Rudnick Shirley Snow Stoddard Sturkie Townsend Tucker Wells Whipper White Wilder Williams, J.
So, the House refused to table the motion to commit.
The question then recurred to the motion to commit the amendment to the Rules Committee.
Rep. MEACHAM demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Baxley Beasley Beatty Bennett Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Burch Carnell Chamblee Cole Cooper Corning Derrick Faber Farr Gregory Harris, P. Harvin Holt Houck Johnson, J.W. Kinon Klapman Koon Lanford Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, L. Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McBride McElveen McGinnis McLeod McTeer Neilson Nettles Phillips Rhoad Rogers, J. Ross Rudnick Sheheen Shirley Smith Snow Stoddard Sturkie Townsend Tucker Waldrop Wells Whipper White Wilder Williams, J. Wofford
Those who voted in the negative are:
Barber Boan Bruce Cato Corbett Cork Cromer Elliott, D. Fair Foster Fulmer Gentry Gonzales Hallman Harrison Haskins Hayes Hodges Huff Jaskwhich Keegan Keesley Kempe Kirsh McCain Meacham Quinn Rama Rogers, T. Sharpe Vaughn Waites Wilkes Wilkins Wright Young, A. Young, R.
So, the amendment was committed to the Rules Committee.
Reps. HASKINS, LITTLEJOHN, KEEGAN and MEACHAM proposed the following Amendment No. 60, which was committed to the Rules Committee.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended, by amending Rule 12.4, of the Resolution to add:
After the first sentence, following the word "made.":
"For contributions over two hundred dollars, the full address and employer of the contributor must also be listed."
Amend title to conform.
Rep. HASKINS explained the amendment.
Rep. ROSS moved to commit the amendment.
Rep. HASKINS moved to table the motion to commit.
Rep. RAMA demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Baxley Brown, H. Bruce Cato Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Derrick Fair Fulmer Gentry Hallman Haskins Hodges Holt Jaskwhich Keegan Littlejohn Marchbanks Martin, L. McCain Meacham Rama Rogers, T. Vaughn Waldrop Wells Wofford Wright Young, R.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Baker Barber Beasley Beatty Bennett Boan Brown, G. Burch Carnell Chamblee Cromer Elliott, D. Faber Farr Foster Gregory Harris, P. Harvin Hayes Houck Huff Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keesley Kempe Kinon Kirsh Klapman Koon Lanford Manly Martin, D. Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McGinnis McLeod McTeer Nettles Phillips Quinn Rhoad Rogers, J. Ross Rudnick Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Snow Stoddard Sturkie Townsend Tucker Waites Whipper White Wilder Wilkes
So, the House refused to table the motion to commit.
The question then recurred to the motion to commit, which was agreed to.
Rep. BAKER proposed the following Amendment No. 61, which was tabled.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended by adding the House Rule 14 entitled "Financial Disclosure":
By October 16 of each year, each member of the House of Representatives, shall submit to the House Ethics Committee a complete copy of their 1040 Federal Income Tax Return for individuals for the preceding year. The public may obtain copies of this information by requesting it in writing and identifying the requestor and their purpose for obtaining the copies.
Rep. BAKER explained the amendment.
Rep. ROSS moved to commit the amendment.
Rep. HUFF moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. ROSS proposed the following Amendment No. 62 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\JIC\5104.SD), which was committed to the Rules Committee.
Amend the amendment, as and if amended, sponsored by Representative Sheheen and others, dated December 4, 1990, Doc. I.D. L:\COUNCIL\LEGIS\AMEND\DKA\3018.DW, by striking Rule 12.3 and inserting:
\Rule 12.3 A member of the House, a candidate for the House, any committee working on behalf of a candidate for the House, or any duly organized group or political party receiving or soliciting funds for the support of a political candidate or candidates for the House may not accept a contribution:
(1) from a bank, labor organization, corporate entity, or political action committee;
(2) of currency of the United States or currency of a foreign country from a contributor which, in the aggregate from that contributor, exceeds fifty dollars for any given campaign;
(3) from any person authorized to make a contribution in an amount exceeding one hundred dollars, except that the lower limits on currency contributions contained in subitem (2) above still apply to currency contributions.\
Amend title to conform.
Rep. ROSS moved to commit the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. McCAIN proposed the following Amendment No. 63 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\JIC\5105.SD), which was committed to the Rules Committee.
Amend the amendment, as and if amended, sponsored by Rep. Sheheen and others, dated December 4, 1990, Doc. I.D. L:\COUNCIL\LEGIS\AMEND\DKA\3018.DW, by adding a new rule to be appropriately numbered which shall read:
/( ) No member, employee, or officer of the House of Representatives shall practice or represent clients before any state agency, board, or commission. The courts of this State for purposes of this rule are not considered a state agency, board, or commission.\
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. McCAIN explained the amendment.
Rep. ROSS moved to commit the amendment.
Rep. HUFF moved to table the amendment.
Rep. McCAIN demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Baxley Beasley Beatty Boan Brown, G. Burch Carnell Cole Corning Elliott, D. Foster Gentry Gonzales Gregory Harris, J. Harrison Harwell Hayes Hodges Holt Houck Huff Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keesley Kinon Kirsh Martin, D. Martin, M. McElveen Nettles Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Ross Rudnick Sheheen Short Snow Stoddard Whipper Wilkes Williams, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Baker Barber Bennett Brown, H. Brown, J. Bruce Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cooper Corbett Cork Cromer Derrick Faber Fair Farr Fulmer Hallman Harris, P. Harvin Haskins Jaskwhich Keegan Kempe Koon Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, L. Mattos McAbee McBride McCain McGinnis McLeod McTeer Meacham Neilson Phillips Quinn Rama Sharpe Shirley Smith Sturkie Townsend Tucker Vaughn Waites Waldrop Wells White Wilder Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
So, the House refused to table the amendment.
Rep. HUFF moved to commit the amendment to the Rules Committee, which was agreed to.
Rep. CORNING proposed the following Amendment No. 64, which was committed to the Rules Committee.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended, by adding the following unnumbered rule:
"No person shall seek commitments from members of the House for support for any position elected by the General Assembly until completion of screening by the appropriate designated committee. If such commitments are sought, the Ethics Committee has the power to assess a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) per solicitation, not to exceed a total fine of $5,000."
Amend title and total to conform.
Rep. CORNING explained the amendment.
Rep. NETTLES moved to commit the amendment.
Rep. HASKINS demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, K. Barber Baxley Beasley Beatty Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, J. Burch Carnell Chamblee Cole Elliott, D. Faber Farr Foster Gregory Harris, J. Harvin Harwell Hodges Houck Huff Johnson, J.W. Kempe Kinon Kirsh Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, L. Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McBride McElveen McGinnis McKay McLeod McTeer Neilson Nettles Rogers, J. Ross Rudnick Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Snow Stoddard Townsend Tucker Waldrop Whipper Wilder Williams, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Baker Brown, H. Bruce Cato Clyborne Cooper Corbett Corning Cromer Derrick Fair Fulmer Gentry Gonzales Hallman Harrison Haskins Hayes Johnson, J.C. Keegan Koon Littlejohn McCain Meacham Quinn Rama Rogers, T. Sturkie Vaughn Waites Wells Wilkes Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
So, the amendment was committed.
Reps. WRIGHT, RAMA, T. ROGERS and HASKINS proposed the following Amendment No. 65 (Doc Name L:\Council\Legis\Amend\BBM\9072.AC), which was adopted.
Amend the amendment, as and if amended, sponsored by Rep. Sheheen and others, dated December 4, 1990, Doc. I.D. L:\Council\Legis\Amend\DKA\3018.DW, by adding an appropriately numbered rule:
/( ) No member of the House acting in an official capacity as a member of the House shall receive any cash honorarium for speaking before public or private groups, other than for actual expenses incurred./
Renumber rules to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. WRIGHT explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Rep. CORBETT proposed the following Amendment No. 67, which was tabled.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended, by amending to add the following to Rule 11.4 of the Resolution:
"No member of the House in his official capacity as a member of the House, except as otherwise provided in these Rules shall accept entertainment, living accommodations, food and beverages, or gifts from any state agency, quasi-state agency, board, commission or foundation."
Renumber rules to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. CORBETT explained the amendment.
Rep. BURCH moved to table the amendment.
Rep. CORBETT demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Baxley Beasley Beatty Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, J. Burch Carnell Chamblee Cole Derrick Faber Farr Gonzales Gregory Harris, J. Harris, P. Harvin Harwell Hodges Holt Houck Huff Johnson, J.W. Keesley Kempe Kinon Kirsh Martin, D. Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McBride McGinnis McKay McLeod McTeer Nettles Phillips Rhoad Rogers, J. Ross Rudnick Sharpe Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Stoddard Townsend Tucker Whipper Wilder Williams, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Baker Brown, H. Bruce Cato Clyborne Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Cromer Fair Fulmer Gentry Hallman Haskins Jaskwhich Keegan Klapman Koon Littlejohn Marchbanks Martin, L. McElveen Meacham Quinn Rama Sturkie Vaughn Waites Waldrop Wofford Wright Young, A.
So, the amendment was tabled.
Rep. BAXLEY moved that the House do now adjourn.
Rep. KIRSH demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, M. Baker Baxley Cato Clyborne Cooper Cork Derrick Faber Harris, P. Haskins Houck Koon Martin, L. McLeod Rudnick Sturkie Vaughn Waldrop Williams, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Bennett Boan Brown, H. Brown, J. Bruce Burch Carnell Chamblee Corbett Cromer Elliott, D. Fair Farr Foster Fulmer Gentry Gonzales Hallman Harris, J. Harwell Hodges Holt Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Kempe Kinon Kirsh Klapman Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McBride McGinnis Meacham Nettles Phillips Rama Ross Sharpe Sheheen Shirley Smith Snow Stoddard Townsend Tucker Waites Wells Whipper Wilder Wofford Young, A. Young, R.
So, the House refused to adjourn.
Rep. FAIR proposed the following Amendment No. 68 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\436\11070.AC), which was committed to the Rules Committee.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended, by striking the second paragraph of Rule 10.1 and inserting:
/The present and former members and officers of the House of Representatives; the members of the Press as designated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; the Governor; the present members and officers of the Senate; the present members and employees of the Legislative Council; employees of the respective legislative delegations; and such persons as may be invited by order of the House; provided, no seat in the House shall be occupied by any one except the members thereof. No lobbyist, including former members, shall be admitted within the Hall without special leave of the House./
Amend title to conform.
Rep. ROSS moved to commit the amendment.
Rep. FAIR moved to table the motion, which was not agreed to by a division vote of 28 to 63.
The question the recurred to the motion to commit the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. BAKER proposes the following Amendment No. 70, which was adopted.
Amend the Resolution, as and if amended, by adding the following to Rule 12.2(A)(2)(a)(b) before the semicolon in each section:
"if the purpose of the gift, gratuity or favor is related to the official's or employee's office or position."
Renumber rules to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. BAKER explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Reps. KOON, BRUCE, WOFFORD, CATO, HASKINS and FARR proposed the following Amendment No. 72 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\JIC\5106.SD), which was tabled.
Amend the amendment, as and if amended, sponsored by Rep. Sheheen and others, dated December 4, 1990, Doc. I.D. L:\COUNCIL\LEGIS\AMEND\DKA\3018.DW, by adding a new rule to be appropriately numbered which shall read:
/( ) No member of the House of Representatives shall vote for a candidate who seeks an office elected by the General Assembly, with the exception of judgeships, if the candidate has served in the General Assembly within three years preceding the date of the vote./
Renumber to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. KOON explained the amendment.
Rep. GREGORY moved to table the amendment.
Rep. KOON demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Baxley Beasley Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, J. Burch Carnell Corning Derrick Elliott, D. Faber Foster Gentry Gregory Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harwell Hayes Hodges Holt Houck Huff Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keesley Kinon Kirsh Klapman Martin, D. Martin, M. McAbee McBride McElveen McKay McLeod McTeer Nettles Phillips Rhoad Rogers, J. Ross Rudnick Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Snow Stoddard Townsend Tucker Waldrop Whipper White Wilder Wilkins Williams, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Bailey, G. Baker Barber Beatty Brown, H. Bruce Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Cromer Fair Farr Fulmer Gonzales Hallman Haskins Jaskwhich Keegan Kempe Koon Lanford Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, L. Mattos McCain McGinnis Meacham Neilson Quinn Rama Sturkie Vaughn Waites Wells Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
So, the amendment was tabled.
Rep. T. ROGERS moved to reconsider the vote whereby Amendment No. 65 was adopted, which was rejected by a division vote of 41 to 44.
Debate was resumed on Amendment No. 21, by Reps. MEACHAM, CROMER and RAMA.
Rep. CROMER moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.
Debate was resumed on Amendment No. 22, by Reps. MEACHAM and RAMA.
Rep. MEACHAM moved to commit the amendment to the Rules Committee, which was agreed to.
Debate was resumed on Amendment No. 30, by Reps. HASKINS, LITTLEJOHN, et al.
Rep. HASKINS moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.
The SPEAKER announced that nominations were in order for six members of the House Ethics Committee.
On motion of Rep. GREGORY, with unanimous consent, the Members of the House voted by electric roll call.
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. FARR:
Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Baker Barber Beasley Beatty Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, J. Bruce Burch Carnell Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Cromer Derrick Elliott, D. Faber Fair Farr Foster Fulmer Gentry Gonzales Gregory Hallman Harris, P. Harrison Harvin Harwell Hayes Hodges Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Kempe Kinon Kirsh Koon Lanford Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McBride McCain McElveen McGinnis McLeod McTeer Neilson Phillips Quinn Rama Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Rudnick Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Snow Stoddard Townsend Tucker Waites Waldrop Wells White Wilkes Wilkins Wofford Wright Young, R.
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. L. MARTIN:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Baker Barber Baxley Boan Brown, H. Bruce Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Cromer Derrick Fair Fulmer Gonzales Gregory Hallman Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harvin Haskins Hayes Hodges Houck Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.W. Keegan Kinon Klapman Koon Lanford Littlejohn Marchbanks Martin, L. Mattos McCain McElveen McGinnis McKay McLeod McTeer Meacham Neilson Nettles Phillips Quinn Rama Rhoad Ross Rudnick Sharpe Sheheen Shirley Short Snow Stoddard Sturkie Townsend Tucker Vaughn Wells Wilder Wilkins Williams, J. Wofford Wright Young, A.
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. NEILSON:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Baker Barber Baxley Beasley Bennett Brown, G. Brown, H. Bruce Burch Carnell Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Cromer Elliott, D. Faber Fair Farr Foster Gentry Harris, J. Harvin Harwell Haskins Hayes Houck Huff Jaskwhich Keesley Kinon Kirsh Klapman Koon Lanford Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, L. McAbee McCain McGinnis McKay McLeod Neilson Nettles Phillips Rhoad Rogers, J. Ross Rudnick Shirley Short Smith Sturkie Townsend Vaughn Waites Waldrop Wells White Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Williams, J. Wofford Wright Young, A.
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. CROMER:
Alexander, T. Bailey, J. Beasley Bruce Corbett Cork Cromer Derrick Faber Farr Gonzales Harrison Harvin Johnson, J.C. Keegan Klapman Lanford Littlejohn Manly Martin, M. McBride McLeod Meacham Phillips Quinn Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Shirley Waites White Wilkes Young, R.
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. HASKINS:
Bailey, G. Baker Baxley Brown, H. Bruce Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Derrick Fair Fulmer Gentry Gonzales Hallman Harris, J. Harrison Haskins Huff Jaskwhich Keegan Klapman Koon Lanford Littlejohn Marchbanks Martin, L. McCain McGinnis McKay Meacham Quinn Rama Sharpe Stoddard Sturkie Tucker Vaughn Waldrop Wells Wilkins Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. HOLT:
Alexander, M. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Beatty Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Burch Carnell Cato Cooper Corning Elliott, D. Faber Foster Gonzales Gregory Harris, J. Harris, P. Harvin Harwell Hayes Hodges Holt Huff Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keesley Kempe Kinon Kirsh Klapman Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, L. Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McBride McElveen McKay McLeod McTeer Meacham Nettles Phillips Rama Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Ross Rudnick Sharpe Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Snow Stoddard Townsend Tucker Vaughn Whipper White Wilder Williams, J. Young, R.
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. P. HARRIS:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, K. Baker Baxley Beasley Beatty Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Burch Carnell Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Cromer Derrick Elliott, D. Faber Fair Farr Foster Fulmer Gentry Gonzales Gregory Hallman Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harvin Harwell Haskins Hayes Hodges Houck Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Kempe Kinon Kirsh Klapman Koon Lanford Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, L. Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McBride McCain McElveen McGinnis McKay McLeod McTeer Meacham Neilson Nettles Phillips Quinn Rama Rhoad Rogers, T. Ross Rudnick Sharpe Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Snow Stoddard Sturkie Townsend Tucker Vaughn Waites Waldrop Wells Whipper White Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Williams, J. Wofford Wright Young, A.
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. WHIPPER:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Baxley Beasley Beatty Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, J. Burch Cato Cromer Elliott, D. Faber Foster Fulmer Gentry Gregory Hallman Harris, P. Harvin Haskins Hodges Holt Houck Jaskwhich Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keesley Kempe Kirsh Klapman Martin, D. Martin, M. Mattos McBride McElveen McTeer Nettles Rama Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Ross Sheheen Smith Snow Sturkie Waites Waldrop Whipper White Wilder Wilkes Williams, J. Young, R.
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. HAYES:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Baker Barber Baxley Beasley Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Bruce Burch Carnell Chamblee Clyborne Cole Corning Derrick Elliott, D. Fair Farr Foster Fulmer Gentry Gregory Hallman Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harwell Haskins Hayes Hodges Houck Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Kempe Kinon Kirsh Koon Littlejohn Manly Martin, D. Martin, L. Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McBride McCain McElveen McGinnis McKay McTeer Meacham Nettles Quinn Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Ross Rudnick Sharpe Sheheen Short Smith Snow Stoddard Sturkie Townsend Tucker Vaughn Waites Waldrop Wells Whipper Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Williams, J. Wofford Wright Young, R.
Total Number of Representatives voting
Necessary to a choice
Of which Rep. FARR received 85
Of which Rep. L. MARTIN received 76
Of which Rep. NEILSON received 77
Of which Rep. CROMER received 32
Of which Rep. HASKINS received 49
Of which Rep. HOLT received 73
Of which Rep. P. HARRIS received 104
Of which Rep. WHIPPER received 60
Of which Rep. HAYES received 91
Whereupon, the SPEAKER announced that Reps. P. HARRIS, HAYES, FARR, NEILSON, L. MARTIN and HOLT having received a majority of the votes cast were duly elected for the term prescribed by law.
The SPEAKER announced that nominations were in order for seven members of the House Operations and Management Committee.
On motion of Rep. GREGORY, with unanimous consent, the Members of the House voted by electric roll call.
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. H. BROWN:
Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, G. Baker Barber Baxley Beasley Boan Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Bruce Carnell Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Derrick Elliott, D. Faber Fair Foster Fulmer Gonzales Gregory Hallman Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harvin Haskins Hodges Holt Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keegan Kinon Kirsh Klapman Koon Lanford Manly Marchbanks Martin, L. Martin, M. Mattos McBride McCain McElveen McGinnis McKay McLeod McTeer Meacham Neilson Nettles Quinn Rama Rhoad Ross Shirley Short Smith Snow Sturkie Townsend Tucker Vaughn Waites Waldrop Wells Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Williams, J. Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. MATTOS:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Baker Barber Baxley Beasley Beatty Boan Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Burch Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Derrick Faber Fair Farr Foster Fulmer Gentry Gonzales Hallman Harris, J. Harris, P. Harwell Haskins Hayes Hodges Holt Houck Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Kempe Kinon Kirsh Klapman Koon Lanford Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, L. Mattos McBride McCain McElveen McGinnis McKay McLeod McTeer Meacham Neilson Nettles Phillips Quinn Rama Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Ross Rudnick Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Snow Stoddard Townsend Tucker Vaughn Waites Waldrop Whipper White Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Williams, J. Wright Young, R.
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. J. HARRIS:
Alexander, M. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, K. Baker Barber Baxley Beasley Beatty Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Burch Carnell Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cooper Cork Corning Cromer Derrick Elliott, D. Faber Fair Foster Gentry Gonzales Gregory Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harwell Haskins Hayes Hodges Holt Houck Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keesley Kempe Kinon Kirsh Klapman Koon Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, L. Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McBride McCain McElveen McGinnis McKay McLeod McTeer Meacham Neilson Nettles Phillips Quinn Rama Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Ross Rudnick Sharpe Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Snow Stoddard Sturkie Townsend Tucker Vaughn Waites Waldrop Wells Whipper White Wilkes Wilkins Williams, J. Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. WHITE:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Baxley Beasley Beatty Bennett Boan Brown, J. Burch Carnell Cato Chamblee Cromer Derrick Elliott, D. Faber Farr Foster Gentry Gregory Harris, J. Harris, P. Harwell Hodges Holt Houck Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keesley Kempe Kinon Kirsh Klapman Manly Martin, D. Martin, L. Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McBride McCain McElveen McGinnis McKay McLeod McTeer Neilson Nettles Phillips Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Rudnick Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Snow Stoddard Sturkie Townsend Tucker Waites Waldrop Wells Whipper White Wilkes Williams, J.
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. McBRIDE:
Alexander, T. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Beatty Brown, H. Brown, J. Burch Carnell Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cromer Faber Farr Foster Gregory Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harvin Hayes Johnson, J.C. Keesley Kempe Lanford Manly Martin, D. Mattos McAbee McBride McTeer Meacham Neilson Nettles Quinn Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Ross Rudnick Sheheen Short Smith Tucker Waites Waldrop Whipper White Wilder Wilkes
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. TOWNSEND:
Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, G. Baker Barber Beasley Bennett Brown, G. Brown, H. Bruce Carnell Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cooper Elliott, D. Fair Farr Fulmer Gentry Hallman Harris, J. Harris, P. Harvin Haskins Hayes Houck Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.C. Keegan Keesley Kirsh Klapman Koon Littlejohn Marchbanks Martin, L. Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McBride McGinnis McLeod Neilson Phillips Rama Rhoad Ross Sharpe Shirley Stoddard Townsend Tucker Vaughn Waldrop Wells White Wilder Wofford
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. KEEGAN:
Alexander, M. Altman Baker Beasley Brown, H. Bruce Clyborne Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Cromer Derrick Elliott, D. Fair Farr Fulmer Gonzales Hallman Harrison Harvin Haskins Huff Jaskwhich Keegan Klapman Koon Lanford Littlejohn Martin, M. McCain McElveen McLeod Meacham Phillips Quinn Rama Stoddard Sturkie Vaughn Wells Wilkins Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
The following named Representatives voted for Rep G. BAILEY:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Baxley Bennett Brown, G. Burch Carnell Cato Chamblee Corbett Cork Cromer Derrick Fair Farr Fulmer Gonzales Gregory Hallman Harvin Harwell Haskins Hayes Holt Houck Jaskwhich Johnson, J.C. Kempe Kinon Kirsh Koon Littlejohn Martin, M. McAbee McGinnis McKay McLeod Meacham Neilson Phillips Quinn Rhoad Ross Sharpe Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Snow Stoddard Townsend Vaughn Wells Wilkins Williams, J. Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
The following named Representatives vote for Rep. BARBER:
Alexander, M. Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Baker Barber Baxley Beasley Beatty Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, J. Bruce Burch Cato Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Cromer Elliott, D. Faber Farr Foster Fulmer Gentry Gonzales Gregory Hallman Harvin Harwell Hayes Hodges Holt Houck Jaskwhich Johnson, J.W. Keesley Kempe Kinon Lanford Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, L. Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McBride McCain McElveen McGinnis McKay McTeer Meacham Nettles Rama Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Rudnick Shirley Snow Sturkie Townsend Tucker Vaughn Waites Waldrop Whipper White Wilder Wilkes Williams, J. Wofford Wright Young, R.
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. J. WILLIAMS:
Bailey, G. Bailey, K. Boan Brown, H. Bruce Burch Clyborne Cole Corbett Corning Gentry Gonzales Gregory Harrison Harvin Harwell Hayes Hodges Huff Johnson, J.W. Keegan Kinon Lanford McElveen Nettles Rogers, T. Ross Rudnick Sheheen Short White Wilkins Williams, J. Wofford Young, A. Young, R.
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. KLAPMAN:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Bailey, J. Baxley Bennett Boan Bruce Cole Cooper Corbett Cork Corning Cromer Derrick Fair Fulmer Hallman Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harwell Haskins Holt Houck Johnson, J.W. Keegan Kirsh Klapman Koon Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, L. McAbee McKay McTeer Quinn Rama Rogers, J. Sharpe Sheheen Stoddard Sturkie Waites Wells Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Wright Young, A.
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. SMITH:
Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Baker Bennett Brown, G. Bruce Carnell Elliott, D. Faber Foster Gentry Hodges Huff Keesley Kempe Lanford Marchbanks Phillips Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Rudnick Sharpe Short Smith Snow Sturkie Wilder
Total Number of Representatives voting 110
Of which H. BROWN received 85
Of which J. MATTOS received 96
Of which J. HARRIS received 98
Of which J. White received 74
Of which F. McBRIDE received 50
Of which R. TOWNSEND received 60
Of which T. KEEGAN received 47
Of which G. BAILEY received 63
Of which R. BARBER received 79
Of which J. WILLIAMS received 36
Of which J. KLAPMAN received 51
Of which R. SMITH received 27
Whereupon, the SPEAKER announced that Reps. J. HARRIS, MATTOS, H. BROWN, BARBER, WHITE, G. BAILEY and TOWNSEND having received a majority of the votes cast were duly elected for the term prescribed by law.
The SPEAKER announced that nominations were in order for five members of the Reorganization Commission.
On motion of Rep. GREGORY, with unanimous consent, the Members of the House voted by electric roll call.
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. FAIR:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Baker Baxley Beasley Boan Brown, G. Brown, H. Bruce Burch Carnell Cato Clyborne Cole Cooper Cork Corning Derrick Fair Farr Fulmer Hallman Harris, P. Harrison Harvin Haskins Hayes Hodges Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keegan Klapman Koon Lanford Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, L. Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McCain McElveen McGinnis McKay McLeod McTeer Meacham Neilson Phillips Quinn Rama Sharpe Sheheen Shirley Smith Stoddard Sturkie Townsend Tucker Vaughn Waldrop Wells Wilkins Wofford Wright Young, A.
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. SHORT:
Alexander, M. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Baker Barber Baxley Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Bruce Burch Carnell Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Cork Corning Cromer Derrick Elliott, D. Faber Fair Farr Foster Fulmer Gentry Gonzales Gregory Hallman Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harvin Harwell Haskins Hayes Hodges Holt Houck Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Kempe Kinon Kirsh Klapman Koon Lanford Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, L. Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McBride McCain McElveen McGinnis McKay McTeer Meacham Neilson Nettles Phillips Rama Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Ross Rudnick Sharpe Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Snow Stoddard Sturkie Townsend Tucker Waites Waldrop Wells Whipper White Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Williams, J. Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. GREGORY:
Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, K. Baker Barber Baxley Beasley Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Bruce Burch Carnell Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Cork Corning Cromer Derrick Elliott, D. Faber Fair Farr Foster Fulmer Gentry Gonzales Gregory Hallman Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harvin Harwell Haskins Hodges Houck Huff Johnson, J.W. Keesley Kinon Kirsh Klapman Koon Lanford Littlejohn Martin, D. Martin, L. Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McBride McElveen McGinnis McKay McLeod McTeer Nettles Phillips Quinn Rama Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Ross Rudnick Sharpe Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Snow Stoddard Sturkie Townsend Tucker Vaughn Waites Waldrop Wells White Wilder Wilkins Williams, J. Wofford Wright Young, A.
The following named Representatives voted form Rep. J. BROWN:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Baker Barber Beasley Beatty Bennett Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Burch Carnell Cato Chamblee Cooper Cromer Elliott, D. Faber Fair Farr Foster Fulmer Gentry Gonzales Gregory Hallman Harris, J. Harris, P. Harvin Harwell Hayes Holt Houck Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.C. Keegan Keesley Kempe Kinon Kirsh Klapman Lanford Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Mattos McAbee McBride McCain McElveen McGinnis McLeod McTeer Meacham Neilson Nettles Quinn Rama Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Ross Rudnick Shirley Short Smith Snow Stoddard Townsend Tucker Vaughn Waites Waldrop Wells Whipper White Wilder Wilkes Williams, J. Wofford Young, R.
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. NETTLES:
Alexander, M. Alexander, T. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Barber Baxley Beasley Beatty Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, J. Bruce Burch Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cork Corning Cromer Derrick Elliott, D. Faber Foster Gentry Gonzales Gregory Harris, J. Harrison Harvin Harwell Haskins Hayes Hodges Holt Houck Jaskwhich Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Kempe Kinon Kirsh Koon Littlejohn Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, L. Martin, M. McBride McCain McElveen McKay McLeod Meacham Neilson Nettles Phillips Quinn Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Ross Rudnick Sharpe Sheheen Short Snow Vaughn Waites Waldrop Whipper White Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Williams, J. Wright
The following named Representatives voted for Rep. KIRSH:
Alexander, T. Altman Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Bailey, K. Baker Barber Baxley Beasley Beatty Bennett Boan Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Bruce Carnell Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cole Cooper Cork Corning Cromer Derrick Elliott, D. Faber Fair Farr Foster Fulmer Gentry Gonzales Gregory Hallman Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harwell Haskins Hayes Hodges Holt Houck Huff Jaskwhich Johnson, J.C. Johnson, J.W. Keegan Keesley Kempe Kinon Kirsh Klapman Koon Lanford Manly Marchbanks Martin, D. Martin, L. Martin, M. Mattos McAbee McBride McCain McGinnis McKay McTeer Neilson Nettles Phillips Quinn Rama Rhoad Rogers, J. Rogers, T. Ross Rudnick Sharpe Sheheen Shirley Short Smith Snow Stoddard Sturkie Townsend Tucker Vaughn Waites Wells Whipper White Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Williams, J. Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, R.
Total Number of Representatives voting 110
Of which FAIR received 72
Of which SHORT received 103
Of which GREGORY received 92
Of which J. BROWN received 87
Of which NETTLES received 80
Of which KIRSH received 102
Whereupon, the SPEAKER announced that Reps. SHORT, KIRSH, GREGORY, J. BROWN and NETTLES having received a majority of the votes cast were duly elected for the term prescribed by law.
Rep. J.W. JOHNSON moved that when the House adjourns it adjourn to meet at 12:00 Noon on Tuesday, January 8, which was agreed to.
Rep. KEESLEY moved that the House do now adjourn, which was adopted.
The SPEAKER announced the following Standing Committee Appointments:
Kenneth E. Bailey Sarah G. Manly
L. Edward Bennett Rebecca D. Meacham
Danny M. Bruce Thomas N. Rhoad
Kenneth S. Corbett Charles R. Sharpe
Holly Cork John J. Snow
Maggie W. Glover C. Lenoir Sturkie
Stephen E. Gonzales Candy Waites
Harry M. Hallman, Jr. Timothy C. Wilkes
Kathleen G. Kempe
R. Linwood Altman James C. Johnson
David M. Beasley Thomas G. Keegan
James L.M. "Bubba" Cromer Claude V. Marchbanks, Jr.
James Faber Olin R. Phillips
Michael L. Fair Eugene C. Stoddard
Ennis M. Fant Ronald P. Townsend
Toney L. Farr Dewitt Williams
Ronald C. Fulmer David A. Wright
Michael F. Jaskwhich Roger M. Young
John Michael Baxley
Paul M. Burch Thomas E. Huff
H. Howell Clyborne, Jr. William P. Keesley
J. Derham Cole Daniel E. Martin
Roland S. Corning Morgan Martin
Larry E. Gentry Joseph T. McElveen, Jr.
Jackson V. Gregory Eugene Leroy Nettles, Jr.
James H. Harrison Irene K. Rudnick
B. Hicks Harwell Paul E. Short
Terry E. Haskins John W. Tucker, Jr.
Robert W. Hayes, Jr. Joseph B. Wilder
B.L. Hendricks, Jr. David H. Wilkins
James H. Hodges John B. Williams
Milton O. Alexander Larry L. Koon
Thomas C. Alexander Larry A. Martin
George H. Bailey E.B. McLeod, Jr.
James J. Bailey Denny W. Neilson
Grady A. Brown Richard M. Quinn, Jr.
T. Moffatt Burriss J. Roland Smith
Harry F. Cato Carole C. Wells
Paul Derrick Lucille S. Whipper
C. Alex Harvin, III
Boyd Odell Baker Frank E. McBride
Don Beatty John Rama
Joe E. Brown Lowell W. Ross
C.D. Chamblee James "Bob" Shirley
Daniel T. Cooper Lewis R. Vaughn
Larry Elliott Dave C. Waldrop, Jr.
William S. Houck, Jr. Sandra S. Wofford
Steve Lanford Annette Young
Lanny F. Littlejohn
Robert A. Barber, Jr. Harriet H. Keyserling
Larry Blanding Marion H. Kinon
William D. Boan Herbert Kirsh
Henry E. Brown, Jr. Jarvis P. Klapman
Marion P. Carnell James G. Mattos
Dick Elliott Jennings G. McAbee
John G. Felder William S. McCain
Samuel R. Foster Alfred C. McGinnis, Sr.
B.J. Gordon, Jr. Woodrow M. McKay
Jean L. Harris Douglas E. McTeer, Jr.
Patrick B. Harris Timothy F. Rogers
D.N. Holt, Jr. Juanita M. White
James W. Johnson
R. Linwood Altman Irene K. Rudnick
Marion P. Carnell Charles R. Sharpe
Woodrow M. McKay
Toney L. Farr C. Lenoir Sturkie
Samuel R. Foster Dewitt Williams
Eugene L. Nettles, Jr.
Grady A. Brown Thomas E. Huff
T. Moffatt Burriss James W. Johnson, Jr.
Michael L. Fair Harriet H. Keyserling
Larry E. Gentry Joseph T. McElveen, Jr.
B.J. Gordon, Jr. Douglas E. McTeer, Jr.
C. Alexander Harvin, III John W. Tucker
B.L. Hendricks, Jr. David H. Wilkins
James H. Hodges
The SPEAKER announced the following standing committee officers:
Chairman--L. Edward Bennett
1st. Vice-Chairman--Thomas N. Rhoad
2nd. Vice-Chairman--Danny M. Bruce
Secretary--Kenneth Bailey
Chairman Emeritus--John J. Snow
Chairman--David M. Beasley
1st. Vice-Chairman--R. Linwood Altman
2nd. Vice-Chairman--Olin R. Phillips
Chairman Emeritus--Eugene C. Stoddard
Chairman--Robert W. Hayes, Jr.
Vice Chairman--D.N. Holt, Jr.
Secretary--Denny W. Neilson
Treasurer--Larry A. Martin
Chairman--Marion P. Carnell
1st. Vice-Chairman--R. Linwood Altman
2nd. Vice-Chairman--Woodrow M. McKay
Secretary--Charles R. Sharpe
Treasurer--Irene K. Rudnick
Chairman--David H. Wilkins
1st. Vice-Chairman--Larry L. Gentry
2nd. Vice-Chairman--Daniel E. Martin
Chairman--Thomas C. Alexander
1st. Vice-Chairman--Larry A. Koon
2nd. Vice-Chairman--Denny W. Neilson
Chairman--Dave C. Waldrop, Jr.
1st. Vice Chairman--C.D. Chamblee
2nd. Vice Chairman--Steve Lanford
3rd. Vice-Chairman--John Rama
Secretary--Sandra S. Wofford
Chairman--Douglas E. McTeer
1st. Vice-Chairman--James W. Johnson, Jr.
2nd. Vice-Chairman--T. Moffatt Burriss
Chairman--William D. Boan
1st. Vice-Chairman--Marion P. Carnell
2nd. Vice Chairman--Patrick B. Harris
3rd. Vice Chairman--John G. Felder
Secretary/Treasurer--Woodrow M. McKay
At 10:15 P.M. the House in accordance with the motion of Rep. McELVEEN adjourned in memory of G. Weber Bryan, Esquire, former member of the House, and former Commissioner of the S.C. Department of Mental Health, from Sumter, to meet at 12:00 Noon tomorrow.
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