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H. 4787 -- Reps. Seithel, Whatley, Dantzler, Limehouse, Harrell, L. Whipper, Breeland, Inabinett, Hallman, Fulmer, Hutson and S. Whipper: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO COMMEND AND CONGRATULATE MR. THOMAS R. JOHNSON, SR., VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICER FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY, WHO HAS PROVIDED OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO VETERANS AND BENEFICIARIES OF VETERANS IN HIS SERVICE AREA AND FOR THE MANY OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS HE HAS MADE IN THIS CAPACITY WHICH HE HAS HELD FOR THE PAST THIRTY YEARS.
The Concurrent Resolution was agreed to and ordered sent to the Senate.
The following Bills were introduced, read the first time, and referred to appropriate committees:
H. 4788 -- Reps. Tripp and Cato: A BILL TO AMEND SECTIONS 40-45-20, 40-45-200, AS AMENDED, AND SECTION 40-45-220, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, ALL RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY, SO AS TO DELETE PROVISIONS REQUIRING SUCH PRACTICE ONLY UPON THE PRESCRIPTION OF A DOCTOR OF MEDICINE OR DENTISTRY AND TO INCLUDE AS A GROUND FOR REFUSING TO LICENSE OR FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION A PERSON WHO HAS PRACTICED PHYSICAL THERAPY BEYOND THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs.
H. 4789 -- Rep. Harrison: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 20-7-949 SO AS TO REQUIRE AN APPLICANT FOR A BUSINESS,
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
The motion period was dispensed with on motion of Rep. D. SMITH.
The SPEAKER granted Rep. SHEHEEN a leave of absence.
The following Bill was taken up.
H. 3194 -- Rep. Hodges: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 7-15-310, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH ABSENTEE VOTING, SO AS TO DELETE THE DEFINITIONS "MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES", "MEMBERS OF THE MERCHANT MARINE OF THE UNITED STATES", "STUDENTS", AND "PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSON"; TO AMEND SECTION 7-15-320, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT, SO AS TO DELETE THE SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS AND PROVIDE THAT A PERSON ONLY NEED FOLLOW THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 5, CHAPTER 15, TITLE 7 TO QUALIFY TO VOTE BY ABSENTEE BALLOT; TO AMEND SECTION 7-15-330, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE TIME OF APPLICATION FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT, SO AS TO ADD A REQUIREMENT THAT MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND MERCHANT MARINE OF THE UNITED STATES, THEIR SPOUSES AND DEPENDENTS RESIDING WITH THEM ARE PERMITTED TO USE STANDARD FORM 76 OR ANY SUBSEQUENT FORM REPLACING IT; TO AMEND SECTION 7-15-340, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE FORM REQUIRED
The Judiciary Committee proposed the following Amendment No. 1 (Doc Name P:\amend\PT\2251DW.96).
Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 4, page 8, line 21, by inserting after /election/ / and a place to request an absentee runoff ballot, if necessary /.
When amended, SECTION 4 shall read:
/SECTION 4. Section 7-15-340 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 365 of 1994, is further amended to read:
APPLICATION FOR ABSENTEE BALLOT TO THE BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION: ________ COUNTY
I hereby apply for an absentee ballot and request that I be permitted to vote in the election to be held on the ____ day of ________ 19__.
(If you will also be absent for any subsequent runoff election which is held two weeks after the initial election and wish for an absentee ballot for the runoff to be sent to your absentee address, check here: [])
(If a ballot is requested for a primary election, print your political party preference in this space ________.)
I am a qualified elector and am registered to vote in the ________ precinct and ________ State House of Representatives District (if known). My registration certificate number is ________.
My full name is ________________.
Please Print
I hereby swear or affirm, UNDER PENALTY OF LAW, that I will be absent from my county of residence on election day during the hours the polls are open or unable to appear at the polling place because of physical disability, employment obligations requiring that I be at my place of employment in my county of residence during the hours the polls are open, responsibilities as a poll manager, county registration board member or staff, or county election commission member or staff, and that I am eligible to vote by absentee ballot under one of the following categories:
(CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX)
[] 1. Students, their spouses, and dependents residing with them. (The term `students' shall mean all persons residing outside of the counties of their respective residences, enrolled in an institution of learning).
[] 2. Armed Forces, Merchant Marine, their spouses, and dependents residing with them.
[] 3. Persons serving with the American Red Cross or with the United Service Organizations who are attached to and serving with the Armed Forces of the United States, their spouses, and dependents residing with them.
[] 4. Employment. (The term `employment' means those persons who by virtue of their employment obligations will be absent from their county of residence on election day during the hours the polls are open
[] 5. Physically disabled person. (The term `physically disabled person' means a person who because of injury or illness, cannot be present in person at his voting place on election day whether physically present inside or outside his county of residence).
[] 6. Governmental employees, their spouses, and dependents residing with them, who are out of their county of residence on election day during the hours the polls are open.
[] 7. Death in family, or attending funeral within a three-day period of election.
[] 8. Persons on vacation (who by virtue of vacation plans will be absent from their county of residence and unable to vote in person).
[] 9. Poll managers and county voter registration board members and staff, and county election commission members and staff working on election day. (Persons in this category are entitled to vote by absentee ballot whether physically present inside or outside of their county of residence on election day during the hours the polls are open).
[] 10. Overseas citizens.
[] 11. Persons attending sick or physically disabled persons.
[] 12. Persons admitted to hospitals as emergency patients on the day of an election or within a four-day period before the election.
[] 13. Persons who will be serving as jurors in a state or federal court on election day.
[] 14. Persons seventy-two years of age or older.
[] 15. Persons confined to a jail or pre-trial facility pending disposition of arrest or trial.
My home address in South Carolina as shown on my registration certificate is:
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
My absentee mailing address (address to which absentee ballot should be mailed) is:
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
Social Security or Identification Number. on a form prescribed and provided by the executive director and shall contain the following information: name, social security number or identification number, residence address, absentee mailing address if different, telephone number of the applicant, voter registration number, precinct registered in. The form must provide a place to indicate political party preference if the ballot requested is for a primary election and a place to request an absentee runoff ballot, if necessary. Additionally, the applicant must take the following oath:
I hereby swear or affirm, UNDER PENALTY OF LAW, that I am qualified to vote in this election according to the Constitution of the State of South Carolina. I further swear or affirm that I have not voted during this election and that the above information supplied by me is true and correct in all aspects.
Signature
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Date" /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and title to conform.
Rep. CROMER explained the amendment.
Rep. KIRSH moved to continue the Bill.
Rep. HODGES demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Askins Brown, G. Brown, H. Cain Cato Dantzler Davenport Delleney Felder Fleming Fulmer Gamble Harrell Harris, J. Haskins Herdklotz Keegan Kinon Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Lee Limbaugh
Limehouse Loftis Marchbanks Mason McCraw McKay Meacham Phillips Rhoad Rice Richardson Riser Robinson Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Spearman Stoddard Stuart Thomas Tripp Trotter Vaughn Waldrop Walker Wells Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Wofford Worley Young Young-Brickell
Those who voted in the negative are:
Anderson Boan Breeland Brown, J. Byrd Cave Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Cromer Elliott Harris, P. Harrison Hines, M. Hodges Howard Inabinett Jaskwhich Keyserling Lloyd McAbee McElveen McMahand McTeer Moody-Lawrence Neal Neilson Rogers Scott Shissias Whipper, L. Whipper, S. White Wilder Wilkes Williams
So, the Bill was continued.
Rep. HASKINS moved that the House recur to the morning hour, which was agreed to.
The following Bill and Joint Resolution were introduced, read the first time, and referred to appropriate committee:
H. 4790 -- Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee: A BILL TO AMEND TITLE 34, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, BY ADDING CHAPTER 25 SO AS TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA BANKING AND BRANCHING EFFICIENCY ACT OF 1996" WHICH PROVIDES THE PROCEDURES AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH ACQUISITIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA BANKS AND SOUTH CAROLINA BANK HOLDING COMPANIES MAY BE EFFECTED, UNDER WHICH SOUTH CAROLINA BANKS MAY ENTER INTO INTERSTATE MERGER TRANSACTIONS WITH OUT-OF-STATE BANKS, UNDER WHICH THE OUT-OF-STATE BANKS RESULTING FROM SUCH TRANSACTIONS MAY OPERATE AND MAINTAIN BRANCHES IN THIS STATE, AND UNDER WHICH SOUTH CAROLINA STATE BANKS MAY OPERATE BRANCHES OUTSIDE THIS STATE; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS; AND TO REPEAL CHAPTER 24 OF TITLE 34, RELATING TO SOUTH CAROLINA BANK HOLDING COMPANY ACT.
Without reference.
H. 4791 -- Reps. Walker, Littlejohn, Allison, Cato, Davenport, Wells, D. Smith, Lee, Lanford and Phillips: A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN SCHOOL DAYS MISSED BY STUDENTS OF SPECIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1995-96 WHEN THE SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED DUE TO WEATHER OR OTHER CONDITIONS ARE EXEMPTED FROM THE MAKE-UP REQUIREMENT OF THE DEFINED MINIMUM PLAN THAT FULL SCHOOL DAYS MISSED DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER OR OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES BE MADE UP. On motion of Rep. WALKER, with unanimous consent, the Joint Resolution was ordered placed on the Calendar without reference.
The House stood at ease until the Joint Assembly.
At 11:59 A.M. the House resumed, the SPEAKER in the Chair.
At 12:00 Noon the Senate appeared in the Hall of the House.
The President of the Senate called the Joint Assembly to order and announced that it had convened under the terms of a Concurrent Resolution adopted by both Houses.
The Reading Clerk of the House read the following Concurrent Resolution:
H. 4446 -- Invitations and Memorial Resolutions Committee: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION INVITING THE HONORABLE DANIEL A. LUDWIG OF MINNESOTA, NATIONAL COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, TO ADDRESS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN JOINT SESSION AT 12:00 NOON ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1996.
The Honorable Daniel A. Ludwig and distinguished party were escorted to the rostrum by Senators Patterson, Drummond, Peeler and Hayes and Representatives J. HINES, HUTSON, KNOTTS and RHOAD.
The Lt. Governor recognized our special guests here today and then introduced Mr. Daniel A. Ludwig, the National Commander of the American Legion, who addressed the Joint Assembly as follows:
"Thank you, Lieutenant Governor Peeler, Mr. Speaker Wilkins, distinguished members of the South Carolina Legislature... and Ladies and Gentlemen. It's a great honor for me to speak to this distinguished body today. As National Commander of The American Legion, I can honestly tell you we are very grateful for the regard which you have for our organization. We are equally grateful for your annual invitation to appear before you and bring you up to date on some of our current concerns. Before I talk about those concerns, I'd like to recognize some individuals and groups who have come with me, or who are present today. I expect that you already know most of them. First, please greet the National President of the nation's largest patriotic women's organization, The American Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. Syble Deshotel of Lake Charles, Louisiana. Also, the Auxiliary president of South Carolina, Virginia Lown, of Columbia. You are most gracious in inviting another patriotic women's organization on this occasion each year the American Gold Star Mothers. We are all honored by the presence of these dedicated women
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