Journal of the House of Representatives
of the Second Session of the 111th General Assembly
of the State of South Carolina
being the Regular Session Beginning Tuesday, January 9, 1996

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September 7, 1995
The Honorable Rick Quinn
Chairman, House Invitations Committee
503-A Blatt Building
Columbia, South Carolina 29201

Dear Rep. Quinn:

Pursuant to our recent telephone conversation with your office, we are confirming the following.

The National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina in accordance with information given by your office will be hosting the entire General Assembly with a luncheon to be held in Room 208 of the Blatt Building Wednesday, January 17, 1996, between 12:00 Noon and 2:00 P.M. This will be a buffet luncheon.

We shall be glad to cooperate with your office in any additional manner, doing whatever necessary to finalize arrangements for the January 17, 1996, event.

With kindest personal regards and sincere best wishes, I am

Cordially,
Donald C. Capps
President

September 11, 1995
The Honorable Rick Quinn
Chairman, House Invitations Committee
503-A Blatt Building
Columbia, South Carolina 29201

Dear Rep. Quinn:

The South Carolina Optometric Association wishes to host a Legislative Appreciation Reception Wednesday, January 17, 1996, from 6:30 - 9:00 P.M. at the Embassy Suites Hotel. The reception will feature food, beverages and live entertainment for the members of the South Carolina General Assembly and other officers of state government.

I understand you have already marked this date on the legislative Calendar. However, should you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me at the South Carolina Optometric Association office, 799-6721.

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Sincerely,
Claire L. Haltiwanger
Executive Director

November 14, 1995
The Honorable Rick Quinn
Chairman, House Invitations Committee
503-A Blatt Building
Columbia, South Carolina 29201

Dear Rep. Quinn:

On January 17, 1996, Ravi Zacharias will be speaking at the statewide "Spirit of '96" leadership breakfast. The breakfast will be held at 7:00 A.M. at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Columbia.

It is our hope that the members of the South Carolina State Representatives, their spouses and staff will accept this letter as an invitation to attend. We ask to be placed on the House Calendar.

Ravi Zacharias has spoken in over fifty countries, including Colombia, Jordan, New Zealand and Vietnam, and at universities such as Harvard, Princeton and Bangkok's Ramkamhaeng, the largest university in the world. He has addressed writers of the peace accord in South Africa and military officers at the Lenin Military Academy and the Center for Geopolitical Strategy in Moscow. His brilliant mind and passionate heart make him one of the most challenging defenders of faith in this generation.

Thank you very much for your time, your prayers and hopefully your participation in this venture.

Sincerely,
Tom Campbell
Co-chairman, Spirit of '96

November 15, 1995
The Honorable Rick Quinn
Chairman, House Invitations Committee
503-A Blatt Building
Columbia, South Carolina 29201

Dear Rep. Quinn:

The South Carolina AFL-CIO would like to invite the Members of the House to a reception on Tuesday, January 30, 1996.

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The reception will be held at The Town House, 1615 Gervais Street, Columbia, S.C., from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.

Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Jerry McDaniel
Secretary-Treasurer

November 16, 1995
The Honorable Rick Quinn
Chairman, House Invitations Committee
503-A Blatt Building
Columbia, South Carolina 29201

Dear Rep. Quinn:

On behalf of the South Carolina Society of Ophthalmology, it is my high honor and personal privilege to extend our invitation to all the members of the General Assembly and elected officials to attend our Legislative Reception on Wednesday, January 31, 1996, at The Capital City Club, AT&T Building, 25th Floor, Columbia, from the hours of 12:00 Noon to 2:30 P.M.

Please advise us as to the appropriate disclosure protocols for this event.

With kindest regards and best wishes, we remain

Very truly yours,
D. Parker Stokes, M.D.
President

November 21, 1995
The Honorable Rick Quinn
Chairman, House Invitations Committee
503-A Blatt Building
Columbia, South Carolina 29201

Dear Rep. Quinn:

The South Carolina Bankers Association will host its annual reception for the General Assembly on Tuesday, January 9, 1996, from 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. at the Adam's Mark Hotel, 1200 Hampton Street, Columbia, S.C. We would like to cordially invite the members of the House to attend this function.

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I would appreciate your reserving this date on the House Calendar and notifying me upon confirmation of this date. Should you need additional information, please contact me at 779-0850.

Sincerely yours,
E. Anne Gillespie

November 26, 1995
The Honorable Rick Quinn
Chairman, House Invitations Committee
503-A Blatt Building
Columbia, South Carolina 29201

Dear Rep. Quinn:

This letter is a follow up to the verbal request to Ms. Collette Murray Swann, Executive Secretary, Invitations and Memorial Resolutions Committee, by Bill Manley, Vice President and Legislative Chairman of the South Carolina Federation For Older Americans.

The South Carolina Federation For Older Americans invites all members of the S.C. House of Representatives to attend the 1996 Seniors Legislative Luncheon, 12:30 P.M., January 24, 1996, at the new Capital Senior Center, Maxcy Gregg Park, Blossom and Pickens Streets, Columbia, S.C.

Respectfully,
Bill Manley
South Carolina Federation For Older Americans

November 27, 1995
The Honorable Rick Quinn
Chairman, House Invitations Committee
503-A Blatt Building
Columbia, South Carolina 29201

Dear Rep. Quinn:

The South Carolina Association of Tourism Regions (SCATR) would like to invite all Members of the House and their staff to a drop-in breakfast. This breakfast will be held Wednesday, January 24, 1996, from 8:00 A.M. until 10:00 A.M. at the Capital City Club located on Gervais Street in the AT&T building.

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This breakfast will give the tourism regions an opportunity to share with the House our ongoing promotional and advertising efforts which result in an increase of the economic impact of tourism in our State.

We look forward to seeing you on the 24th.

Sincerely,
Fran W. Burr
Chairman, Legislative Committee

December 15, 1995
The Honorable Rick Quinn
Chairman, House Invitations Committee
503-A Blatt Building
Columbia, South Carolina 29201

Dear Rep. Quinn:

This letter is to confirm scheduling of the South Carolina Association of Council on Aging Director's annual "Welcome Back Breakfast" for South Carolina Legislators, Wednesday morning, January 10, 1996. The Breakfast will be a buffet from 8:00 A.M. until 8:45 A.M. and will be held at the Ramada Town House, 1615 Gervais Street, Columbia.

Our contact person in Columbia for this event is Betsy Fuller, Council on Aging of the Midlands, phone 252-7734.

Very truly yours,
Tom Reece
President

December 15, 1995
The Honorable Rick Quinn
Chairman, House Invitations Committee
503-A Blatt Building
Columbia, South Carolina 29201

Dear Rep. Quinn:

The South Carolina Society of Professional Engineers and the Consulting Engineers of South Carolina were pleased to honor the members of the South Carolina General Assembly on the evening of January 11, 1995, with a reception held at the Columbia Museum of Art from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M.

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This event was a pleasant affair and an excellent way to begin the legislative session for the legislators as well as the members of the two engineering societies. For this reason, we would like to request the date of Wednesday, January 10, 1996, from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on next year's legislative Calendar. Please consider this letter as the request for that date and notify this office whether or not it is acceptable.

Thank you for the opportunity the Invitations Committee affords the professional societies and the general public for meeting with the Senators and Representatives to express their concerns.

Sincerely,
Jean C. Davis
Administrative Assistant

R. 211, H. 3362--GOVERNOR'S VETO RECEIVED

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

June 29, 1995
The Honorable David H. Wilkins
Speaker of the House
State House
Columbia, South Carolina 29201

Dear Mr. Speaker and Members of the House:

I am returning H. 3362, R. 211, the 1995-96 Appropriations Act, with vetoes.

In my State of the State address earlier this year, I asked cabinet agencies, with the exceptions of the departments of Juvenile Justice and Corrections, to reduce their base budget by five percent over two years. I also urged the legislature to reduce non-cabinet agencies by five percent as well, with the exception of the Department of Education.

The legislature agreed with my goal of reducing cabinet agencies by five percent and chose to make reductions over one fiscal year. For these cabinet agencies, there is little or no additional recurring money, resulting in little or no net increase. The legislature made an additional exception by limiting the State Law Enforcement Division to a 2.5% reduction.

While the legislature also reduced some non-cabinet agencies, several agencies experienced questionable growth in their budgets. Some agencies, despite a base reduction, gained recurring dollars that offset base reductions. Some agencies whose base was not reduced received a

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significant increase in their base funding. These agency budgets warranted a closer examination and I have addressed their spending and base budgets with the vetoes below.

The reductions I have taken through my vetoes reflect our commitment to education and health care. Therefore, l have not reduced the base budgets of the Colleges and Universities, Higher Education Tuition Grants, School for the Deaf and Blind, John de la Howe, nor Wil Lou Gray.

While the Departments of Health and Environmental Control, Mental Health, and Disabilities and Special Needs were reduced to a degree, the additional reductions reflected in my vetoes will have little or no impact on service delivery. I am confident that directors of these agencies will act responsibly, as cabinet directors have done, to set priorities to eliminate waste and duplication.

Each year sees government grow with few serious efforts to stem spending. We can be proud that the reductions made by the General Assembly and the vetoes listed below allowed us to cut the base budget by $55 million while returning $215 million to the taxpayers and funding our stated priorities of education and health care.

Except where noted below in italics, I do not intend to eliminate the program or activity included on a particular line item and will support agency budget realignments and transfers as necessary to accomplish these changes.

Part IA

Veto 1 Part IA, Section 3A, Senate, page 1, line 19, Other Personal Service, $30,000
Veto 2 Part IA, Section 3A, Senate, page 1, line 20, Taxable Subsistence, $70,000
Veto 3 Part IA, Section 3A, Senate, page 1, line 21, Temporary Help, $204,783
Veto 4 Part IA, Section 3A, Senate, page 1, line 27, Interim Expense, $5,600
Veto 5 Part IA, Section 3A, Senate, page 1, line 29, Official Expense of Pres. of Senate, $3,500
Veto 6 Part IA, Section 3A, Senate, page 1, line 31, Med. Supplies and Equipment, $1,269
Veto 7 Part IA, Section 3A, Senate, page 1, line 41, Joint Committees, $330,208
Veto 8 Part IA, Section 3A, Senate, page 2, line 1, Other Personal Service, $3,200

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Veto 9 Part lA, Section 3A, Senate, page 2, line 5, Admin. Joint Committees, $116,142
Veto 10 Part IA, Section 3B, House, page 7, line 34, Unclass. Leg. Miscel., $33,000
Veto 11 Part IA, Section 3B, House, page 7, line 42, Unclass. Leg. Miscel., $90,000
Veto 12 Part IA, Section 3B, House, page 8, line 31, Subsistence, $500,454
Veto 13 Part IA, Section 4A, Judicial, page 17, line 40, Admin. Fund, $589,628
Veto 14 Part IA, Section 4A, Judicial, page 17, line 38, Other Operating, $880,000
Veto 15 Part IA, Section 4B, Sentencing Guidelines, page 23, line 7, Other Operating, $198
Veto 16 Part IA, Section 4B, Sentencing Guidelines, page 23, line 10, Other Operating, $12,878
Veto 17 Part IA, Section 6C, Governor's Office, page 29, line 30, Veteran's Cemetery, $67,500
Veto 18 Part IA, Section 9, Comptroller General, page 34, line 21, Other Operating, $20,500
Veto 19 Part IA, Section 9, Comptroller General, page 34, line 43, Other Operating, $133,340
Veto 20 Part IA, Section 10, Treasurer, page 37, line 9, Computer Upgrades, $65, 950
Veto 21 Part IA, Section 12, Prosecution Coordination, page 40, line 7, Unclass. Positions, $463,311
Veto 22 Part IA, Section 12, Prosecution Coordination, page 40, line 20, Other Operating Expenses, $150,742
Veto 23 Part IA, Section 13, Appellate Defense, page 41, line 3, Chief Attorney, $55,078
Veto 24 Part IA, Section 14, Indigent Defense, page 42, line 16, Adm. Asst., $18,626
Veto 25 Part IA, Section 14, Indigent Defense, page 42, line 18, Clerical Specialist, $12,582
Veto 26 Part IA, Section 14, Indigent Defense, page 42, line 36, Employer Contributions, $24,828
Veto 27 Part IA, Section 16, Election Commission, page 49, line 10, Personal Services, $62,604
Veto 28 Part IA, Section 16, Election Commission, page 49, line 14, Operating Expenses, $7,615
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Veto 29 Part IA, Section 17B, Budget and Control Board, page 65, line 9, B&C BD Grant Program Fund, $6,588,619

I will recommend that the full amount of this line be replaced with supplemental funds.
Veto 30 Part IA, Section 17C, Budget and Control Board, page 67, line 32, SC Leadership, $101,025
Veto 31 Part IA, Section 18A, Commission on Higher Education, page 79, line 23, SREB Fees and Assessment, $141,750
Veto 32 Part IA, Section 18A, Commission on Higher Education, page 79, line 24, SREB Small Grants, $5,000
Veto 33 Part IA, Section 18A, Commission on Higher Education, page 79, line 41, Other Operating Expenses, $18,340
Veto 34 Part IA, Section 18A, Commission on Higher Education, page 81, line 6, Other Personal Service, $480
Veto 35 Part IA, Section 19, Department of Education, page 154, line 7, Other Personal Service, $9,000
Veto 36 Part IA, Section 19, Department of Education, page 155, line 13, Other Operating Expenses, $52,871
Veto 37 Part IA, Section 19, Department of Education, page 155, line 30, Other Operating Expenses, $143,913
Veto 38 Part IA, Section 19, Department of Education, page 156, line 13, Other Personal Service, $2,000
Veto 39 Part IA, Section 20, Educational Television, page 168, line 3, General Manager, $100,901
Veto 40 Part IA, Section 20, Educational Television, page 168, line 7, Unclass. Positions, $83,195
Veto 41 Part IA, Section 20, Educational Television, page 168, line 9, Other Personal Service, $1,290
Veto 42 Part IA, Section 20, Educational Television, page 168, line 26, Other Operating Expenses, $55,830
Veto 43 Part IA, Section 22, Vocational Rehabilitation, page 173, line 3, Commissioners Salaries, $84,257
Veto 44 Part IA, Section 22, Vocational Rehabilitation, page 173, line 7, Unclass. Positions, $71,668
Veto 45 Part IA, Section 22, Vocational Rehabilitation, page 173, line 9, Other Personal Service, $1,820
Veto 46 Part IA, Section 22, Vocational Rehabilitation, page 173, line 36, Class. Position, $53,245
Veto 47 Part IA, Section 22, Vocational Rehabilitation, page 173, line 43, Other Operating-Case Services, $115,000

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Veto 48 Part IA, Section 26, State Library, page 183, line 3, Director, $63,971
Veto 49 Part IA, Section 26, State Library, page 183, line 5, Classified Positions, $209,870
Veto 50 Part IA, Section 26, State Library, page 183, line 7, Unclass. Positions, $59,954
Veto 51 Part IA, Section 27, Arts Commission, page 185, line 3, Director, $60,867
Veto 52 Part IA, Section 27, Arts Commission, page 185, line 7, Other Personal Service, $33,067
Veto 53 Part IA, Section 27, Arts Commission, page 185, line 19, Other Personal Service, $43,545
Veto 54 Part IA, Section 27, Arts Commission, page 185, line 27, IPP - Note, $44,619
Veto 55 Part IA, Section 28, Museum Commission, page 188, line 7, Other Operating, $16,461
Veto 56 Part IA, Section 28, Museum Commission, page 188, line 19, Other Operating, $39,331
Veto 57 Part IA, Section 28, Museum Commission, page 188, line 42, Other Operating, $5,768
Veto 58 Part IA, Section 28. Museum Commission, page 187, line 23, Permanent Improvement, $28,760
Veto 59 Part IA, Section 28, Museum Commission, page 187, line 38, Other Operating, $76,496
Veto 60 Part IA, Section 29, Health and Human Services Finance Commission, page 193, line 18, Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, $100,000
Veto 61 Part IA, Section 30, Department of Health and Environmental Control, page 195, line 13, Other Operating, $1,731,467
Veto 62 Part IA, Section 30, Department of Health and Environmental Control, page 202, line 3, Other Operating, $44,703
Veto 63 Part IA, Section 30, Department of Health and Environmental Control, page 202, line 15, Other Operating, $260,662
Veto 64 Part IA, Section 30, Department of Health and Environmental Control, page 203, line 13, Other Operating, $152,513
Veto 65 Part IA, Section 31, Department of Mental Health, page 206, line 3, Other Personal Service, $61,495
Veto 66 Part IA, Section 31, Department of Mental Health, page 205, line 12, Other Operating, $1,423,347
Veto 67 Part IA, Section 31, Department of Mental Health, page 206, line 8, Project Stride, $46,416
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