Journal of the Senate
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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Short, Linda H.
Smith, Greg
Waldrep, Robert L.
Alexander, Thomas C.
Boan, O. Samuel, Jr.
Fair, Michael

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS OF THE SENATE

1996

ALEXANDER, THOMAS C.
General
Labor, Commerce and Industry
Medical Affairs
Transportation

BOAN, O. SAMUEL, JR.
Corrections and Penology
General
Medical Affairs
Transportation

BRYAN, JAMES E., JR.
Corrections and Penology
Education
Judiciary
Medical Affairs
Rules

CORK, HOLLY A.
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Education
Fish, Game and Forestry
Judiciary
Medical Affairs

COURSON, JOHN
Banking and Insurance
Education
Ethics
Finance

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General
Invitations, Chairman
Medical Affairs

COURTNEY, C. TYRONE
Banking and Insurance
Fish, Game and Forestry
General
Judiciary
Labor, Commerce and Industry

DRUMMOND, JOHN
Finance, Chairman
Fish, Game and Forestry
Interstate Cooperation
Labor, Commerce and Industry
Rules

ELLIOTT, DICK
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Banking and Insurance
Fish, Game and Forestry
Labor, Commerce and Industry
Transportation

FAIR, MICHAEL L.
Corrections and Penology
General
Rules
Transportation

FORD, ROBERT
Corrections and Penology
Fish, Game and Forestry
Judiciary
Labor, Commerce and Industry
Medical Affairs

GIESE, WARREN K.
Corrections and Penology
Education

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Ethics
Finance
Fish, Game and Forestry
Medical Affairs

GLOVER, MAGGIE W.
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Corrections and Penology
Education
Judiciary

GREGORY, GREG
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Corrections and Penology
Fish, Game and Forestry
Judiciary
Rules

HAYES, ROBERT W., JR.
Banking and Insurance
Corrections and Penology
Education
Finance
Medical Affairs

HOLLAND, DONALD H.
Ethics
Fish, Game and Forestry
General
Interstate Cooperation
Judiciary, Chairman
Rules

JACKSON, DARRELL
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Banking and Insurance
Judiciary
Medical Affairs

LAND, JOHN C., III
Agriculture and Natural Resources

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Corrections and Penology
Ethics
Finance
Fish, Game and Forestry
Transportation, Chairman

LANDER, JAMES A. "JIM"
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Corrections and Penology
Education
Judiciary
Labor, Commerce and Industry

LEATHERMAN, HUGH K.
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Banking and Insurance
Ethics, Chairman
Finance
Interstate Cooperation
Rules
Transportation

LEVENTIS, PHIL
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Chairman
Ethics
Finance
Fish, Game and Forestry
Labor, Commerce and Industry
Transportation

MARTIN, LARRY A.
Banking and Insurance
Corrections and Penology
General
Judiciary
Rules

MATTHEWS, JOHN W., JR.
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Banking and Insurance
Education

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Finance
Invitations
Rules

McCONNELL, GLENN F.

Banking and Insurance
Corrections and Penology
Ethics
Judiciary
Labor, Commerce and Industry
Rules, Chairman

McGILL, YANCEY
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Finance
Fish, Game and Forestry
Invitations
Rules
Transportation

MESCHER, WILLIAM
Education
Fish, Game and Forestry
General
Judiciary
Labor, Commerce and Industry

MOORE, THOMAS L.
Fish, Game and Forestry
General
Judiciary
Labor, Commerce and Industry
Medical Affairs, Chairman

O'DELL, WILLIAM H.
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Finance
General
Invitations
Labor, Commerce and Industry
Transportation

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PASSAILAIGUE, ERNIE
Banking and Insurance
Finance
Fish, Game and Forestry
Invitations
Labor, Commerce and Industry
Transportation

PATTERSON, KAY
Banking and Insurance
Corrections and Penology
Education
Finance
Invitations
Transportation

PEELER, HARVEY S., JR.
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Ethics
Finance
Fish, Game and Forestry, Chairman
Invitations
Medical Affairs
Rules

RANKIN, LUKE
Banking and Insurance
Education
Judiciary
Rules
Transportation

REESE, GLENN G.
Banking and Insurance
Finance
General
Labor, Commerce and Industry
Rules

RICHTER, LAWRENCE E., JR.
Agriculture and Natural Resources

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Corrections and Penology
Labor, Commerce and Industry
Medical Affairs
Rules

ROSE, MICHAEL T.
Banking and Insurance
Fish, Game and Forestry
Invitations
Judiciary
Medical Affairs
Transportation

RUSSELL, JOHN R.
Banking and Insurance
Education
General
Invitations
Judiciary
Rules

RYBERG, GREG
Corrections and Penology
General
Labor, Commerce and Industry
Rules
Transportation

SALEEBY, EDWARD E.
Banking and Insurance, Chairman
Corrections and Penology
Education
Ethics
Judiciary
Labor, Commerce and Industry

SETZLER, NIKKI G.
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Banking and Insurance
Education, Chairman
Finance

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Interstate Cooperation
Labor, Commerce and Industry

SHORT, LINDA
Education
General
Medical Affairs
Rules
Transportation

SMITH, GREG
Agriculture and Natural Resources
General
Medical Affairs
Transportation

SMITH, J. VERNE
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Ethics
Finance
Interstate Cooperation
Labor, Commerce and Industry, Chairman
Medical Affairs
Rules

THOMAS, DAVID L.
Banking and Insurance
Corrections and Penology, Chairman
Finance
General
Medical Affairs

WALDREP, ROBERT L.
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Education
Fish, Game and Forestry
Transportation

WASHINGTON, McKINLEY, JR.
Education
Fish, Game and Forestry

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Finance
General
Medical Affairs

WILSON, JOE

Corrections and Penology

Education

General, Chairman

Invitations

Judiciary

Transportation

ELECTION OF CHAIRMEN OF STANDING COMMITTEES

The Senate proceeded to the election of Chairmen of Standing Committees as follows:

Chairman, Committee on Judiciary

Senator DRUMMOND nominated Senator HOLLAND as Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary.

The nomination was seconded.

Senator J. VERNE SMITH moved that the nominations be closed and that Senator HOLLAND be elected by acclamation.

The PRESIDENT announced that Senator HOLLAND was elected Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary by acclamation.

Chairman, Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry

Senator LEVENTIS nominated Senator PEELER as Chairman of the Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry.

The nomination was seconded.

Senator HOLLAND moved that the nominations be closed and that Senator PEELER be elected by acclamation.

The PRESIDENT announced that Senator PEELER was elected Chairman of the Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry by acclamation.

Remarks by the PRESIDENT

On motion of Senator DRUMMOND, with unanimous consent, the PRESIDENT was granted leave to address the Senate.

The PRESIDENT called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand Juries and such like papers.

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Motion Adopted

Senator DRUMMOND asked unanimous consent to make a motion that all prefiled Bills, as listed in the document placed on our desks by the Clerk, be introduced and given a first reading at this time, en masse, and referred to the respective committees as indicated unless a different reference is otherwise ordered by a majority of the Senate. The motion was adopted.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

The following were introduced:

S. 912 -- Senators Passailaigue, Courson, Rose, Ford and Wilson: A BILL TO AMEND ARTICLE 3, CHAPTER 37, TITLE 12, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS, BY ADDING SECTION 12-37-224 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT REAL PROPERTY SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM AD VALOREM TAXATION TO THE EXTENT THAT THE VALUE OF THE REAL PROPERTY HAS INCREASED SINCE THE REASSESSMENT IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE MOST RECENT REASSESSMENT, UNLESS THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED AND TO PROVIDE IF THE REAL PROPERTY HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED THEN THE VALUE FOR THE PURPOSES OF AD VALOREM TAXATION IS THE HIGHER OF THE FAIR MARKET VALUE AT THE TIME OF THE MOST RECENT TRANSFER AS ESTABLISHED BY THE SALE OR TRANSFER OR THE VALUE ESTABLISHED BY A REASSESSMENT PRECEDING THE MOST RECENT SALE OR TRANSFER AND TO PROVIDE FOR EXCEPTIONS; AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 20, TITLE 59 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE EDUCATION FINANCE ACT, BY ADDING SECTION 59-20-85 TO HOLD DISTRICTS HARMLESS FOR CHANGES IN WEALTH OR PUPIL NUMBERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPUTING STATE AID.

Read the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.

S. 913 -- Senators Passailaigue, Ford and McConnell: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 12-7-20, AS AMENDED, OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF THE STATE INCOME TAX, SO AS TO UPDATE THE REFERENCE DATE WHEREBY THIS STATE ADOPTS

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VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.

Read the first time and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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