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The House assembled at 10:00 A.M.
Deliberations were opened with prayer by the Chaplain of the House of Representatives, the Rev. Dr. Alton C. Clark, as follows:
On this National Day of Prayer, we welcome, Lord God, the privilege to join our fellow citizens throughout the Country in prayer. We pray not just because You have promised to hear us, but more so because of our need. And we confidently believe You are the sufficiency for our needs. First of all, we would pray in praise and thanksgiving for You to open Your hand to satisfy the desire of all. Then we pray in asking Your continual blessings, for life often becomes demanding with problems beyond our ability to solve alone. So teach us to pray; teach us to pray without ceasing. 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.
Rep. PHILLIPS moved that when the House adjourns, it adjourn in memory of former Representative Newton C. Taylor of Gaffney, which was agreed to.
Rep. HARRISON, from the Committee on Judiciary, submitted a favorable report with amendments on:
S. 277 (Word version) -- Senators Thomas, Giese and Wilson: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 16-3-1080 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT SELLING URINE WITH THE INTENT TO DEFRAUD A DRUG
Rep. TOWNSEND, from the Committee on Education and Public Works, submitted a favorable report on:
H. 3430 (Word version) -- Reps. Rodgers, Knotts, Clyburn, Gourdine, McGee, McKay, Woodrum, Lloyd, Ott, Townsend and Gilham: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-2585, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EXEMPTION OF DISABLED VETERANS FROM PAYMENT OF MUNICIPAL PARKING METER FEES, SO AS TO INCLUDE PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS IN THE EXEMPTION.
Ordered for consideration tomorrow.
The Senate sent to the House the following:
S. 797 (Word version) -- Senators Waldrep and O'Dell: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF FORMER STATE LAWMAKER WILLIAM LAW WATKINS, OF ANDERSON, WHO SERVED HIS NATIVE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN NUMEROUS OUTSTANDING WAYS THROUGHOUT HIS LONG AND PRODUCTIVE LIFE.
Whereas, the members of the General Assembly were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Mr. William Law Watkins on April 11, 1999; and
Whereas, Mr. Watkins was born on December 26, 1910, in Anderson, South Carolina, the son of T. Frank Watkins and Agnes Law Watkins; and
Whereas, Mr. Watkins attended the public schools in Anderson and in 1927 entered Wofford College, where after only three years he received his A.B. degree and was admitted to the University of Virginia School of Law; and
Whereas, Mr. Watkins began practicing law upon graduation and continued virtually without interruption until his retirement in 1992, except for a period of four years' military service in World War II; and
Whereas, Mr. Watkins attained the rank of major in the United States Army, where he served in the 24th Infantry Division in the campaign liberating the Philippine Islands in World War II; and
Whereas, Mr. Watkins served Anderson County in the South Carolina General Assembly from 1935 to 1936, and he also served on the South Carolina Probation, Parole and Pardon Board from 1954 to 1969; and
Whereas, Mr. Watkins has served his local community in numerous ways as a leader, including terms as president of his Rotary Club, the Anderson Chamber of Commerce, the Anderson County Hospital Association, and the Anderson YMCA; and
Whereas, Mr. Watkins served as a life trustee of the Gambrill Foundation, as a trustee of Presbyterian College from 1966 to 1975, and as the first president of the South Carolina Bar Association; and
Whereas, Mr. Watkins served various tenures as a trustee or director of numerous outstanding businesses and industries; and
Whereas, Mr. Watkins was awarded the Order of the Palmetto by Governor David Beasley at the time his 64 years of Rotary membership was observed in 1997; and
Whereas, Mr. Watkins wrote and published a brief history of Anderson County titled "Anderson County: The Things That Made It Happen," and Mr. Watkins recently completed a history of Central Presbyterian Church in honor of his church's 100th birthday to be observed next year; and
Whereas, Mr. Watkins and his wife, Frances Cyton Watkins, parented four daughters, Sally (Mrs. Allen S. Marshall of Columbia, S.C.), Anna (Mrs. A.C. Hattaway III of Raleigh, N.C.), Betsy (Mrs. A.M.
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly recognize the long productive life of Mr. William Law Watkins, who in numerous admirable ways served his community and State as a fine gentleman, citizen and leader.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Mrs. William Law (Frances Cyton) Watkins.
The Concurrent Resolution was agreed to and ordered returned to the Senate with concurrence.
The following Bill was introduced, read the first time, and referred to appropriate committee:
S. 770 (Word version) -- Senators Bauer and Thomas: A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 11, TITLE 50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PROTECTION OF GAME, BY ADDING SECTION 50-11-1925 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANYONE TO IMPORT FROM OUT-OF-STATE, AND TO OWN, POSSESS, CONTROL, SELL, CONSUME, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF VENISON AND ALLIGATOR JERKY PRODUCTS WITHIN THIS STATE ONLY IF THE VENISON AND ALLIGATOR JERKY PRODUCT IS PREPARED FROM NONNATIVE, FARM-RAISED DEER AND ALLIGATOR AND IS PROCESSED THROUGH GOVERNMENT-APPROVED FACILITIES AS A FOOD ITEM FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION, TO PROVIDE FOR PERMITS FOR THE IMPORTATION AND SALE OF VENISON AND ALLIGATOR JERKY IN THIS STATE, TO PROVIDE THAT OUT-OF-STATE PRODUCERS AND VENDORS, AND IMPORTERS AND SELLERS OF VENISON AND ALLIGATOR JERKY IN THIS STATE MUST MAINTAIN RECORDS ADEQUATE TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES INFORMATION AS TO THE SOURCE OF THE DEER AND ALLIGATOR USED TO PRODUCE VENISON
The roll call of the House of Representatives was taken resulting as follows:
Allen Allison Altman Askins Bailey Bales Barfield Barrett Battle Beck Bowers Breeland Brown G. Brown H. Brown T. Campsen Carnell Cato Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Cooper Cotty Dantzler Delleney Easterday Edge Emory Fleming Gamble Gilham Gourdine Hamilton Harrell Harris Harrison Harvin Haskins Hawkins Hayes Hines J. Hines M. Hinson Howard Keegan Kelley Kennedy Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Law Leach Lee Littlejohn Lloyd Lourie Lucas Mack Maddox Martin Mason McCraw McGee McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Meacham Miller Neilson Ott Parks Phillips Rice Riser Robinson Rodgers Sandifer Scott Sharpe Sheheen Simrill Smith D. Smith F. Smith J. Smith R. Stille Stuart Taylor Townsend Vaughn Walker Webb Whatley
Whipper Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Woodrum Young-Brickell
I came in after the roll call and was present for the Session on Thursday, May 6.
Converse Chellis Ralph Davenport Jerry Govan Curtis Inabinett Douglas Jennings Steve Lanford H.B. "Chip" Limehouse Dwight Loftis Woodrow McKay Bessie Moody-Lawrence Joseph Neal Clementa Pinckney Richard Quinn Thomas Rhoad Todd Rutherford Lynn Seithel Daniel Tripp William Witherspoon
The SPEAKER granted Rep. CANTY a leave of absence due to personal reasons.
The SPEAKER granted Rep. MOODY-LAWRENCE a temporary leave of absence.
The SPEAKER granted Rep. TROTTER a leave of absence for the day.
Rep. LOURIE presented to the House Richland Northeast High School's Model United Nations Team and other school officials.
Rep. HARRISON presented to the House the Hammond School Boys Basketball Team, winners of the 1998-99 South Carolina Independent Schools' Association Championship, their coaches and other school officials.
The following Bill and Joint Resolution were taken up, read the third time, and ordered sent to the Senate:
H. 4029 (Word version) -- Rep. Hayes: A JOINT RESOLUTION TO DISSOLVE THE DILLON COUNTY APPLIED TECHNOLOGY CENTER BOARD AND PROVIDE THAT ALL ITS POWERS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE DEVOLVED UPON THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION OF DILLON COUNTY.
H. 3894 (Word version) -- Rep. D. Smith: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 9-8-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CREDITED SERVICE AND TRANSFER OF CREDITED SERVICE FOR PURPOSES OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR JUDGES AND SOLICITORS, SO AS TO CONFORM THE VESTING REQUIREMENT FOR TRANSFERRING CREDITED SERVICE TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR A JUDGE OR SOLICITOR WHO ON TERMINATION DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR A BENEFIT UNDER THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM FROM TWELVE YEARS TO THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT FOR VESTING UNDER THE JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEN YEARS FOR JUDGES AND EIGHT YEARS FOR SOLICITORS.
Rep. NEAL moved to adjourn debate upon the following Joint Resolution, which was adopted:
H. 4012 (Word version) -- Reps. Neal, J. Brown, Quinn, Bales, Cotty, Harrison, Lourie, Rutherford, F. Smith, J. Smith and Scott: A JOINT RESOLUTION TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ESTABLISH FORTY-FIVE MILE AN HOUR SPEED ZONES AND INSTALL FLASHING TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT CHURCHES LOCATED ON HIGHWAY 601 FROM THE KERSHAW COUNTY LINE TO HIGHWAY 378.
The following Bill was taken up:
H. 3928 (Word version) -- Rep. Cato: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 38-33-50, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE POWERS OF HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THOSE POWERS INCLUDE THE OFFERING OF AN OUT-OF NETWORK COVERAGE UNDER A POINT OF SERVICE OPTION, AND PROVIDE FOR THE PROMULGATION OF REGULATIONS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 38-33-80, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE PROVISION THAT EVERY ENROLLEE IN A HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION IS ENTITLED TO EVIDENCE OF COVERAGE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT FOR A POINT OF SERVICE OPTION OFFERED JOINTLY BY A HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION AND AN INSURER, ONLY ONE EVIDENCE OF COVERAGE IS REQUIRED.
The Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee proposed the following Amendment No. 1 (Doc Name NBD\AMEND\11340JM99), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, page 1, by striking SECTION 1 and inserting:
/SECTION 1. Section 38-33-50(A) of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"(8) the offering of an out-of-network coverage under a point of service option; the Director of the Department of Insurance shall, by regulations and/or policy bulletin, implement the provisions of this item."/
Amend title to conform.
Rep. MASON explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Rep. MASON explained the Bill.
The Bill, as amended, was read the second time and ordered to third reading.
On motion of Rep. MASON, with unanimous consent, it was ordered that H. 3928 (Word version) be read the third time tomorrow.
The following Bills were taken up, read the second time, and ordered to a third reading:
H. 3865 (Word version) -- Reps. Cato, Mason, Cobb-Hunter, Knotts, Scott, Trotter, Cooper, Allison, Breeland, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Brown, Davenport, Emory, Fleming, Harrison, Kelley, Kirsh, Klauber, Lanford, Lee, Littlejohn, Martin, M. McLeod, Meacham, Miller, Neilson, Rhoad, Riser, Robinson, Sandifer, Sharpe, R. Smith, Stille, Stuart, Townsend, Tripp, Walker, Whipper, Witherspoon, Simrill and Harvin: A BILL TO AMEND SECTIONS 34-26-300, 34-26-310, 34-26-500, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO FORMATION OF CREDIT UNIONS AND PERSONS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE MEMBERS THEREOF SO AS TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THOSE PERSONS WHO MAY FORM A CREDIT UNION AND WHO MAY BE MEMBERS OF A CREDIT UNION; AND TO AMEND SECTION 34-26-860, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO LOANS MADE BY CREDIT UNIONS SECURED BY REAL ESTATE SO AS TO ADD VACATION HOMES TO THE AUTHORIZED LIST OF HOMES ON WHICH SECURED LOANS MAY BE MADE.
Rep. GAMBLE explained the Bill.
H. 3810 (Word version) -- Rep. Sheheen: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 2-15-61, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ACCESS OF THE LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COUNCIL TO STATE AGENCY RECORDS, SO AS TO GRANT SUBPOENA POWERS TO THE COUNCIL AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE COUNCIL'S INFORMATION REQUESTS BE SENT TO THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF THE AGENCY BEING EXAMINED AND THAT WILFUL NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THAT REQUEST IS MISFEASANCE IN OFFICE; TO AMEND SECTION 2-15-120, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS OF THE LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COUNCIL, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AUDIT WORKING
On motion of Rep. GAMBLE, with unanimous consent, it was ordered that H. 3865 (Word version) be read the third time tomorrow.
On motion of Rep. SHEHEEN, with unanimous consent, it was ordered that H. 3810 (Word version) be read the third time tomorrow.
The following Bill was taken up:
H. 3735 (Word version) -- Rep. Bailey: A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 79, TITLE 40, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA REGULATION OF BURGLAR AND FIRE ALARM SYSTEM BUSINESSES ACT, SO AS TO CONFORM THIS CHAPTER TO THE STATUTORY ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK ESTABLISHED FOR PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL BOARDS UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION AND TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF THE ALARM SYSTEM INDUSTRY.
The Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee proposed the following Amendment No. 1 (Doc Name BBM\9333SOM99), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Section 40-79-100(E), page 14, line 30, by adding after the /./:
/ Unless otherwise provided for by law or unless otherwise agreed to by the parties involved, a hearing to review a final ruling of the board must occur within thirty days of the final ruling of the board./
Rep. BAILEY explained the Bill.
The Bill, as amended, was read the second time and ordered to third reading.
On motion of Rep. BAILEY, with unanimous consent, it was ordered that H. 3735 (Word version) be read the third time tomorrow.
The following Bill was taken up:
H. 3908 (Word version) -- Rep. Bailey: A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 29, TITLE 40, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO UNIFORM STANDARDS CODE FOR MANUFACTURED HOUSING, SO AS TO CONFORM THIS CHAPTER TO THE STATUTORY ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK ESTABLISHED FOR PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS ADMINISTERED UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF MANUFACTURED HOME MANUFACTURERS, RETAIL DEALERS, SALES PERSONS, CONTRACTORS, INSTALLERS, AND REPAIRERS.
The Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee proposed the following Amendment No. 1 (Doc Name BBM\9332SOM99), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Section 40-29-10(A)(8), page 21, lines 4-5, by striking / other than as a minority stockholder / so that when amended the subsection reads:
/ (8) one member of the general public who must not be associated with any of the industries represented on the board; /
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Section 40-29-90(C), page 26, line 21, by adding after / . /:
Rep. BAILEY explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
The Bill, as amended, was read the second time and ordered to third reading.
On motion of Rep. BAILEY, with unanimous consent, it was ordered that H. 3908 (Word version) be read the third time tomorrow.
The following Bill was taken up:
S. 398 (Word version) -- Senator Setzler: A BILL TO AMEND TITLE 40, CHAPTER 22 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS, SO AS TO CONFORM THIS CHAPTER TO THE STATUTORY ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK OF TITLE 40, CHAPTER 1 FOR BOARDS UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION AND TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AUTHORIZING THE BOARD TO REGULATE CROSS-BORDER ENGINEERING.
Rep. CATO made the Point of Order that the Bill was improperly before the House for consideration since its number and title have not been printed in the House Calendar at least one statewide legislative day prior to second reading.
The SPEAKER sustained the Point of Order.
The following Bill was taken up:
S. 337 (Word version) -- Senators McConnell, Matthews, Courtney, Patterson, Reese, Hayes, Jackson and Passailaigue: A BILL TO AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 29 OF TITLE 34 AND CHAPTERS 1, 2, 3, AND 4 OF TITLE 37 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CONSUMER CREDIT TRANSACTIONS, SO AS TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, REQUIRE THAT THE AMOUNT OF LIFE INSURANCE COVERAGE BE BASED UPON NET COVERAGE PLUS SIX MONTHLY PAYMENTS FOR LOANS WITH A TERM IN EXCESS OF SIXTY MONTHS; REQUIRE THE DEFINITION OF DISABILITY TO BE BASED UPON THE INSURED'S OWN OCCUPATION ON THE DATE OF DISABILITY FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND AN OCCUPATION WITH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT REMUNERATION THEREAFTER; LOWER THE RATES FOR CREDIT LIFE INSURANCE; ADD A PROVISION
Rep. CATO made the Point of Order that the Bill was improperly before the House for consideration since its number and title have not been printed in the House Calendar at least one statewide legislative day prior to second reading.
The SPEAKER sustained the Point of Order.
The following Bill was taken up:
S. 454 (Word version) -- Senator Land: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 40-36-260, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LICENSURE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANTS, SO AS TO CLARIFY AND REVISE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR REINSTATEMENT OF INACTIVE LICENSES IN THE PRACTICE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY.
Rep. PARKS explained the Bill.
Rep. YOUNG-BRICKELL made the Point of Order that the Bill was improperly before the House for consideration since its number and title have not been printed in the House Calendar at least one statewide legislative day prior to second reading.
The SPEAKER sustained the Point of Order.
The following Bill was taken up:
S. 333 (Word version) -- Senator Setzler: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 40-30-180, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LICENSE RENEWAL FOR MASSAGE/BODY WORK THERAPISTS SO AS TO EXEMPT FROM CONTINUING EDUCATION THERAPISTS WHO HAVE BEEN IN PRACTICE FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS CONTINUOUSLY; TO AMEND SECTION 40-30-190 RELATING TO PROMULGATION OF REGULATIONS CONCERNING CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS SO AS TO CLARIFY THESE REQUIREMENTS.
Rep. YOUNG-BRICKELL made the Point of Order that the Bill was improperly before the House for consideration since its number and title have not been printed in the House Calendar at least one statewide legislative day prior to second reading.
The SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE sustained the Point of Order.
The following Joint Resolution was taken up:
S. 679 (Word version) -- Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee: A JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION, OFFICE OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL, RELATING TO FIRE PREVENTION AND LIFE SAFETY REGARDING BUILDINGS, USE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, EXPLOSIVES, SERVICE STATIONS, LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS, TENTS, GRANDSTANDS AND AIR-SUPPORTED STRUCTURES, FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, LOCAL DETENTION FACILITIES, AND PROXIMATE AUDIENCE PYROTECHNICS DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 2410, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.
Rep. YOUNG-BRICKELL made the Point of Order that the Joint Resolution was improperly before the House for consideration since its number and title have not been printed in the House Calendar at least one statewide legislative day prior to second reading.
The SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE sustained the Point of Order.
The following Bill was taken up:
S. 199 (Word version) -- Senators J. Verne Smith, Wilson, Giese and Reese: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 20-7-2915 SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO ISSUE A REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR A RELIGIOUS DAY CARE CENTER WHEN REQUIREMENTS ARE MET AND TO REQUIRE THE CENTER OPERATOR TO DISPLAY THE REGISTRATION AND USE ITS REGISTRATION NUMBER IN ADVERTISEMENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-2700, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS UNDER DAY CARE LICENSING, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITIONS OF "CHILD DAY CARE FACILITIES", "GROUP DAY CARE HOME", AND "FAMILY DAY CARE HOME", AND TO ADD DEFINITIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-2780, RELATING TO LICENSES OF CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS AND GROUP DAY CARE HOMES, SO AS TO REQUIRE STATING THE LICENSE NUMBER IN ADVERTISEMENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-2860, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO FAMILY DAY CARE HOME REGISTRATIONS, SO AS TO REQUIRE STATING THE REGISTRATION NUMBER IN ADVERTISEMENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-2900, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CHURCH OR RELIGIOUS DAY CARE CENTERS, SO AS TO REQUIRE THEM TO COMPLY WITH INSPECTION PROCEDURES AND WITH REQUIREMENTS FOR FLOOR SPACE, CHILD-STAFF RATIOS, AND STAFF TRAINING; TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-2910, RELATING TO REGISTRATION AND INSPECTIONS OF CHURCH OR RELIGIOUS DAY CARE CENTERS, SO AS TO REQUIRE INSPECTIONS TO BE CONDUCTED BEFORE RENEWAL RATHER THAN ANNUALLY; TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-2920, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO INJUNCTIONS AGAINST CHILD
Rep. YOUNG-BRICKELL made the Point of Order that the Bill was improperly before the House for consideration since its number and title have not been printed in the House Calendar at least one statewide legislative day prior to second reading.
The SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE sustained the Point of Order.
Rep. PHILLIPS moved to adjourn debate upon the following Bill until Tuesday, May 25, which was adopted:
H. 3826 (Word version) -- Rep. Battle: A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 17, TITLE 16, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY, BY ADDING SECTION 16-17-505, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE OFFENSE OF SELLING OR HOLDING FOR SALE A PACKAGE OF CIGARETTES THAT VIOLATES FEDERAL LAW IN REGARD TO LABELS, PACKAGING, OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS, TO PROVIDE THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY SEIZE AND DESTROY THE ILLEGAL PACKAGE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE MAY REVOKE THE LICENSE TO SELL TOBACCO OF A PERSON WHO SELLS ILLEGAL CIGARETTE PACKAGES, TO PROVIDE THAT SELLING CIGARETTE PACKAGES IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION IS AN UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICE, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.
The following Bill was taken up:
H. 4000 (Word version) -- Reps. Hamilton, Wilkins, Townsend, Altman, Bales, Battle, Barrett, Beck, G. Brown, H. Brown, Canty, Carnell, Clyburn, Cooper, Cotty, Dantzler, Davenport, Easterday, Emory, Gilham, Gourdine, Harrell, Hayes, J. Hines, M. Hines, Hinson, Jennings, Keegan, Kelley, Kirsh, Klauber, Law, Leach, Lee, Limehouse, Littlejohn, Maddox, Martin, Mason, McCraw, McGee, Miller, Parks, Phillips, Rodgers, Sandifer, D. Smith, J. Smith, R. Smith, Stille, Stuart, Taylor, Vaughn, Young-Brickell and Simrill: A BILL TO AMEND TITLE 59, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EDUCATION, BY ADDING CHAPTER 75 SO AS TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATION FLEXIBILITY PARTNERSHIP ACT OF 1999" WHICH AUTHORIZES THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO GRANT WAIVERS TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM SPECIFIED STATE STATUTORY AND REGULATORY EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Rep. HAMILTON explained the Bill.
Rep. SHEHEEN made the Point of Order that the Bill was improperly before the House for consideration since its number and title have not been printed in the House Calendar at least one statewide legislative day prior to second reading.
The SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE sustained the Point of Order.
Rep. CLYBURN withdrew his request for debate on H. 4017; however, other requests for debate remained on the Bill.
Reps. SIMRILL and KEEGAN withdrew their objection and request for debate on H. 3641; however, other objections and requests for debate remained on the Bill.
Reps. LLOYD and BALES withdrew their requests for debate on H. 4017; however, other requests for debate remained on the Bill.
Rep. JENNINGS withdrew his request for debate on H. 3216; however, other requests for debate remained on the Bill.
Rep. COBB-HUNTER asked unanimous consent to recall S. 60 (Word version) from the Committee on Judiciary.
Rep. HARRISON objected.
Rep. VAUGHN asked unanimous consent to recall S. 749 (Word version) from the Committee on Ways and Means.
Rep. HOWARD objected.
Rep. W. MCLEOD asked unanimous consent to recall H. 3827 (Word version) from the Committee on Ways and Means.
Rep. TRIPP objected.
On motion of Rep. QUINN, with unanimous consent, the following Bill was ordered recalled from the Committee on Ways and Means:
H. 3963 (Word version) -- Rep. Quinn: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 12-43-217, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE SCHEDULE OF COUNTYWIDE REASSESSMENT AND EQUALIZATION PROGRAM, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR A DELAY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REVISED VALUES RESULTING FROM SUCH A PROGRAM IN JURISDICTIONS WHICH CROSS COUNTY LINES EXCEPT WHERE ALL COUNTIES IN WHICH THE JURISDICTIONS LOCATED SIMULTANEOUSLY IMPLEMENT SUCH A PROGRAM.
Rep. HARRISON asked unanimous consent to recall S. 351 (Word version) from the Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry.
Rep. HOWARD objected.
Rep. HASKINS asked unanimous consent to recall H. 3827 (Word version) from the Committee on Ways and Means.
Rep. ROBINSON objected.
Rep. LIMEHOUSE asked unanimous consent to recall H. 3883 (Word version) from the Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs.
Rep. KELLEY objected.
Rep. RODGERS asked unanimous consent to recall H. 3077 (Word version) from the Committee on Ways and Means.
Rep. SHEHEEN objected.
Rep. HARRISON asked unanimous consent to recall S. 749 (Word version) from the Committee on Ways and Means.
Rep. HOWARD objected.
The Senate amendments to the following Bill were taken up for consideration:
H. 3002 (Word version) -- Reps. Wilkins, Hawkins, Altman, J. Brown, Loftis, Leach, Kelley, Harvin, Walker, D. Smith, Campsen, Stille, Davenport, Rice, Barrett, Cotty, Lanford, Wilder, Sharpe, Delleney, Littlejohn, Tripp, Witherspoon, Harris, Carnell, Kirsh, Vaughn, Webb, McKay, Riser, Sandifer, Cato, Simrill, Allison, Harrison, Barfield, McGee, Meacham, Hamilton, Koon, Fleming, Martin, Mason, Gilham, Edge, Robinson, Emory, McCraw, W. McLeod and J. Smith: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 16-19-170, ENACTING THE GAMBLING CRUISE PROHIBITION ACT, SO AS TO PROHIBIT GAMBLING ON A CRAFT THAT EMBARKS AND DISEMBARKS FROM ANY
Rep. RICE made the Point of Order that the Senate amendments were improperly before the House for consideration since its number and title have not been printed in the House Calendar at least one statewide legislative day prior to second reading.
The SPEAKER sustained the Point of Order.
The motion period was dispensed with on motion of Rep. RICE.
The following Bill was taken up:
H. 3131 (Word version) -- Reps. Cobb-Hunter and Moody-Lawrence: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING CHAPTER 105 TO TITLE 59 SO AS TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT INFORMATION ACT" WHICH REQUIRES INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING TO DEVELOP, PUBLISH, AND IMPLEMENT POLICIES AND PRACTICES TO PROMOTE PREVENTION, AWARENESS, AND REMEDIES FOR CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT.
Rep. HASKINS moved to adjourn debate on the Bill.
Rep. SCOTT moved to table the motion, which was rejected.
The question then recurred to the motion to adjourn debate, which was agreed to.
The following Bill was taken up:
S. 379 (Word version) -- Senators Bryan, Setzler, Giese, Drummond, Martin, McGill, J. Verne Smith, Ravenel, Anderson, O'Dell, Passailaigue, Moore, Branton, Courtney, Wilson, Hutto, Fair, Hayes, Washington,
The Ways and Means Committee proposed the following Amendment No. 1 (Doc Name DKA\AMEND\3458MM99), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/SECTION 1. Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
Section 59-146-10. This chapter may be cited as the 'Public School Facilities Improvement Fund Act of 1999'.
Section 59-146-20. The General Assembly finds that:
(1) For the next five years, there is a need in the amount of $3,998,975,400 for the building and renovation of public school facilities in this State;
(2) There is scheduled or planned funding of these needs in the sum of only $1,424,957,400;
(3) There is a statewide funding shortfall of $2,574,018,000 to meet these public school facility needs;
(4) It is necessary and desirable to provide state assistance for construction and renovation of public school facilities.
Section 59-146-30. As used in this chapter:
(1) 'Department' means the State Department of Education.
(2) 'Coin-operated device' means the nonpayout electronic machine which is licensed pursuant to Section 12-21-2720(A)(3).
(3) 'Education Lottery Account' means any funds deposited in an account created and funded for education as a result of the authorization for operation of a statewide lottery.
(4) 'Local school district' means a public body corporate and politic operating as a school district pursuant to Section 59-1-160.
(5) 'Net machine income' means the amount of money that goes into a coin-operated device, less winnings.
(6) 'Value engineering' means a systematic approach of seeking the best functional balance between cost, reliability, and performance of a building design.
Section 59-146-40. There is created in the state treasury an account, separate and distinct from the general fund, titled the 'Public School Facilities Improvement Fund of 1999'. Funds deposited in the account must be allocated as provided in this chapter for the funding of construction and renovation of public school facilities. Any interest earned by the funds in the account must remain in the account and must be allocated to the several school districts of the State with cash balances in the fund, each to the extent the interest is attributable to each of their balances.
Section 59-146-50. (A) The account described in Section 59-146-40 must be funded by the revenues collected from a fifteen percent tax hereby imposed on the net machine income of coin-operated devices. In the alternative, should the tax rate otherwise imposed on the net machine income of coin-operated devices exceed fifteen percent, the account must be funded by the revenues representing the collection of the first twenty percent of the tax otherwise imposed.
(B) Beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2008, the State Treasurer must transfer annually one hundred twenty-five million dollars of revenues derived from the tax on net machine income as described in subsection (A) to the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund.
(C) If revenues derived from the tax on net machine income do not amount to one hundred twenty-five million dollars in any one fiscal year, the State Treasurer must transfer from the Educational Lottery Account to the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund, as the first priority, a sum sufficient to attain the total transfer amount of one hundred twenty-five million dollars.
Section 59-146-60. (A)(1) Monies in the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund must be allocated annually to the state's several local school districts based on a district's second preceding year 135-day average daily membership, divided by the statewide second preceding year 135-day average daily membership times the funds available.
(2) In making the annual allocation pursuant to this chapter, the department shall ensure that each local school district
(B) A local school district may use monies from the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund to meet its current construction and renovation needs or to retire its existing debt incurred by reason of facilities improvement.
Section 59-146-70. The department shall ensure that the local school district facility plan utilizes value engineering to achieve optimum cost effectiveness."
SECTION 2. This section takes effect July 1, 1999. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and title to conform.
Rep. HARRELL explained the amendment.
Rep. HAYES spoke against the amendment.
Rep. SHEHEEN spoke against the amendment.
Rep. GOVAN spoke against the amendment.
Rep. J. SMITH spoke against the amendment.
Rep. W. MCLEOD spoke against the amendment.
Rep. SHARPE moved to reconsider the vote whereby debate was adjourned on H. 3826 (Word version) until Tuesday, May 25 and the motion was noted.
Rep. W. MCLEOD continued speaking.
Rep. KENNEDY spoke against the amendment.
Rep. SCOTT spoke against the amendment.
Rep. G. BROWN spoke against the amendment.
Rep. BAILEY spoke against the amendment.
Rep. HASKINS moved cloture on the entire matter.
Rep. HASKINS demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Allison Altman Barfield Barrett Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cooper Cotty Dantzler Easterday Edge Gilham Hamilton Harrell Harrison Haskins Hinson Keegan Kelley Knotts Koon Lanford Law Leach Loftis Lucas Martin McGee Meacham Quinn Rice Riser Rodgers Sandifer Seithel Simrill Smith D. Smith F. Smith R. Townsend Vaughn Walker Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allen Askins Bailey Bales Beck Bowers Breeland Brown G. Carnell Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Delleney Emory Fleming Gamble Gourdine Govan Harris Harvin Hawkins Hayes Hines J. Howard Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Kirsh Klauber Lee Littlejohn Lloyd Lourie Mack Maddox Mason McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Miller Neal Neilson Ott Parks Phillips Pinckney Rhoad Robinson Rutherford Scott Sharpe Sheheen Smith J. Stille Stuart Taylor Tripp Whipper
Wilder Wilkes
So, cloture was not ordered.
Rep. JENNINGS spoke against the amendment.
Rep. COBB-HUNTER moved that the House do now adjourn.
Rep. FLEMING demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allen Bailey Bales Bowers Breeland Brown G. Carnell Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Delleney Edge Emory Gamble Gourdine Govan Harris Harvin Hayes Hines J. Howard Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Klauber Lanford Lee Lloyd Lourie Mack Maddox McCraw McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Neal Neilson Ott Parks Phillips Pinckney Rhoad Rutherford Scott Smith F. Smith J. Stuart Taylor Whatley Whipper Wilder Wilkes
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Altman Barfield Barrett Beck Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cooper Cotty Dantzler Davenport Easterday Fleming
Gilham Hamilton Harrell Harrison Haskins Hawkins Hinson Keegan Kelley Kirsh Knotts Koon Law Leach Limehouse Littlejohn Loftis Lucas Martin Mason McGee Meacham Miller Quinn Rice Riser Robinson Rodgers Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Sheheen Simrill Smith D. Smith R. Stille Townsend Tripp Vaughn Walker Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
So, the House refused to adjourn.
Rep. JENNINGS continued speaking.
Rep. JENNINGS continued speaking.
Rep. JENNINGS spoke against the amendment.
Rep. G. BROWN moved that the House do now adjourn.
Rep. WILKINS demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allen Askins Bailey Bowers Breeland Brown G. Carnell Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Delleney Emory Gamble Gourdine Govan Harris Harvin Hayes Hines J. Howard Inabinett Jennings
Kennedy Klauber Lanford Lee Lloyd Lourie Mack Maddox McCraw McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Neal Neilson Ott Parks Phillips Pinckney Rhoad Rutherford Scott Simrill Smith F. Smith J. Stuart Whipper Wilder Wilkes
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Altman Bales Barfield Barrett Beck Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cooper Cotty Dantzler Davenport Easterday Edge Fleming Gilham Hamilton Harrell Harrison Haskins Hawkins Hinson Keegan Kelley Kirsh Koon Law Leach Limehouse Littlejohn Loftis Lucas Martin Mason McGee Meacham Miller Quinn Rice Riser Rodgers Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Sheheen Smith D. Smith R. Stille Taylor Townsend Tripp Vaughn Walker Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
So, the House refused to adjourn.
Rep. JENNINGS continued speaking.
Rep. HARVIN spoke against the amendment.
Rep. HARVIN continued speaking.
Rep. WILKES moved that the House do now adjourn.
Rep. FLEMING 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. FLEMING demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allen Askins Bailey Bales Bowers Breeland Brown G. Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Delleney Emory Gamble Gourdine Govan Harris Harvin Hayes Hines J. Howard Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Klauber Lanford Lee Lloyd Lourie Mack Maddox McCraw McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Miller Neal Neilson Ott Parks Phillips Pinckney Rhoad Rutherford Scott Smith F. Smith J. Stuart Whipper Wilder Wilkes
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Altman Barfield Barrett Beck Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cooper Cotty Dantzler
Davenport Easterday Edge Fleming Gilham Hamilton Harrell Harrison Haskins Hawkins Hinson Keegan Kelley Kirsh Koon Law Leach Limehouse Littlejohn Loftis Lucas Martin Mason McGee Meacham Quinn Rice Riser Rodgers Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Sheheen Simrill Smith D. Smith R. Stille Taylor Townsend Vaughn Walker Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
So, the House refused to adjourn.
Rep. HARVIN continued speaking.
Rep. HARVIN continued speaking.
Rep. KNOTTS moved that the House recede until 3:00 P.M.
Rep. HARRELL demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allen Askins Bales Breeland Carnell Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Delleney Emory Govan Harvin Howard Jennings Kennedy Lee Littlejohn Mack McGee McMahand Miller Neal Ott Pinckney Rhoad
Sheheen Smith F. Smith J. Whipper
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Altman Bailey Barfield Beck Bowers Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cooper Cotty Dantzler Davenport Easterday Edge Fleming Gamble Gilham Hamilton Harrell Harris Harrison Haskins Hayes Hinson Inabinett Keegan Kelley Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Leach Limehouse Lloyd Loftis Lourie Lucas Martin Mason McCraw McLeod M. McLeod W. Meacham Neilson Parks Phillips Quinn Rice Riser Rodgers Rutherford Sandifer Scott Seithel Sharpe Simrill Smith D. Smith R. Stille Stuart Taylor Townsend Tripp Vaughn Walker Whatley Wilder Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
So, the House refused to recede.
Rep. OTT spoke against the amendment.
Rep. G. BROWN moved that the House do now adjourn.
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allen Askins Bailey Bales Bowers Breeland Brown G. Carnell Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Davenport Delleney Emory Gamble Govan Harris Harvin Hayes Hines J. Howard Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Klauber Knotts Lanford Lee Lloyd Lourie Mack Maddox McCraw McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Miller Neal Neilson Ott Parks Phillips Pinckney Rhoad Rutherford Scott Sheheen Smith F. Smith J. Stuart Whatley Whipper Wilder Wilkes
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Altman Barfield Beck Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cooper Cotty Dantzler Easterday Edge Gilham Hamilton Harrell Harrison Haskins Hawkins Hinson Keegan Kelley Kirsh Koon Law Leach Limehouse Littlejohn Loftis Lucas Martin Mason McGee Meacham Quinn Rice Riser Robinson Rodgers Sandifer Seithel Sharpe
Simrill Smith D. Smith R. Stille Taylor Townsend Tripp Vaughn Walker Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
So, the House refused to adjourn.
Rep. SEITHEL moved cloture on the entire matter.
The yeas and nays were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Altman Barfield Barrett Beck Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cooper Cotty Dantzler Easterday Edge Fleming Gilham Hamilton Harrell Harrison Haskins Hawkins Hinson Keegan Kelley Koon Law Leach Limehouse Littlejohn Loftis Lucas Martin Mason McGee Meacham Quinn Rice Riser Rodgers Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Simrill Smith D. Smith R. Taylor Townsend Vaughn Walker Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allen Askins Bailey Bales Bowers Breeland Brown G. Carnell Clyburn
Cobb-Hunter Davenport Delleney Emory Gamble Govan Harris Harvin Hayes Hines J. Howard Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Kirsh Knotts Lee Lloyd Lourie Mack McCraw McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Miller Neal Neilson Ott Parks Phillips Pinckney Rhoad Rutherford Scott Sheheen Smith F. Smith J. Stille Stuart Whatley Whipper Wilder Wilkes
So, having failed to receive the necessary vote, cloture was rejected.
Rep. KNOTTS moved that Rule 3.9 be invoked. The motion was seconded by ten members and the SPEAKER ordered that the absent members be sent for.
Rep. COOPER moved to rescind Rule 3.9.
Rep. FLEMING demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Altman Barfield Barrett Beck Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cooper Cotty Dantzler Delleney Easterday Edge Fleming Gilham Hamilton Harrell Haskins Hawkins Hinson Keegan Kelley
Kirsh Koon Law Leach Limehouse Littlejohn Loftis Lucas Martin Mason McGee Meacham Quinn Riser Robinson Rodgers Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Simrill Smith D. Smith R. Stille Townsend Tripp Vaughn Walker Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allen Askins Bailey Bales Bowers Breeland Brown G. Carnell Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Davenport Emory Gamble Govan Harris Harrison Harvin Hayes Hines J. Howard Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Klauber Knotts Lee Lloyd Lourie Mack Maddox McCraw McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Miller Neal Neilson Ott Parks Phillips Pinckney Rhoad Rice Rutherford Scott Sheheen Smith F. Smith J. Stuart Taylor Whatley Whipper Wilder Wilkes
So, Rule 3.9 was rescinded.
Rep. HOWARD moved that Rule 3.9 be invoked.
Rep. EASTERDAY raised a Point of Order that under House Rule 8.3, no dilatory motion shall be entertained by the Speaker.
Rep. COBB-HUNTER argued contra.
Rep. HOWARD argued contra.
SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE HASKINS stated that based on the current circumstances that the vote having been by one vote and that this was only the second time that Rule 3.9 had been raised, he overruled the Point of Order.
Rep. QUINN moved to rescind Rule 3.9.
Rep. GAMBLE moved that the House do now adjourn.
Rep. YOUNG-BRICKELL demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allen Askins Bailey Bales Bowers Breeland Brown G. Carnell Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Delleney Emory Gamble Gourdine Govan Harris Harvin Hawkins Hayes Hines J. Howard Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Klauber Knotts Lee Lloyd Lourie Mack Maddox McCraw McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Miller Neal Neilson Ott Parks Phillips Pinckney Rhoad Rutherford Scott Sheheen Simrill Smith F. Smith J. Stuart Whatley Whipper Wilder Wilkes
Allison Altman Barfield Barrett Beck Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cooper Cotty Dantzler Davenport Easterday Edge Fleming Gilham Hamilton Harrell Harrison Haskins Hinson Keegan Kelley Kirsh Koon Law Leach Limehouse Loftis Lucas Martin Mason McGee Meacham Quinn Rice Riser Robinson Rodgers Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Smith D. Smith R. Stille Taylor Townsend Tripp Vaughn Walker Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
So, the House refused to adjourn.
Rep. QUINN moved to rescind Rule 3.9.
Rep. GOVAN demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Altman Barfield Barrett Beck Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cooper Cotty Easterday Edge Fleming Gilham Hamilton Harrell Haskins Hawkins Hinson Keegan Kelley Kirsh Koon
Lanford Leach Limehouse Littlejohn Loftis Lucas Martin Mason McGee Meacham Quinn Riser Rodgers Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Simrill Smith D. Smith R. Townsend Tripp Vaughn Walker Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allen Askins Bailey Bales Bowers Breeland Brown G. Carnell Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Dantzler Davenport Delleney Emory Gamble Gourdine Govan Harris Harvin Hayes Hines J. Howard Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Klauber Knotts Law Lee Lloyd Lourie Mack McCraw McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Miller Neal Neilson Ott Parks Phillips Pinckney Rhoad Rice Rutherford Sheheen Smith F. Smith J. Stille Stuart Taylor Whatley Whipper Wilder Wilkes
So, Rule 3.9 was not rescinded.
Rep. OTT continued speaking.
Rep. OTT spoke against the amendment.
Rep. OTT continued speaking.
Rep. G. BROWN moved that the House do now adjourn.
Rep. YOUNG-BRICKELL demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allen Askins Bailey Bales Bowers Breeland Brown G. Carnell Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Delleney Emory Gamble Gourdine Govan Harris Harvin Hawkins Hayes Hines J. Howard Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Klauber Knotts Lee Lloyd Lourie Mack Maddox McCraw McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Miller Neal Neilson Ott Parks Phillips Pinckney Rhoad Rutherford Scott Sheheen Simrill Smith F. Smith J. Stille Stuart Whatley Whipper Wilder Wilkes
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Altman Barfield Barrett Beck Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cooper Cotty Dantzler Davenport Easterday Edge Fleming Gilham Hamilton Harrell Harrison Haskins
Hinson Keegan Kelley Kirsh Koon Law Leach Limehouse Littlejohn Loftis Lucas Martin Mason McGee Meacham Quinn Rice Riser Robinson Rodgers Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Smith D. Smith R. Taylor Townsend Tripp Vaughn Walker Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
So, the House refused to adjourn.
Rep. HOWARD spoke against the amendment.
Rep. HOWARD continued speaking.
Rep. HOWARD spoke against the amendment.
Rep. G. BROWN moved that the House do now adjourn.
Rep. ROBINSON demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allen Askins Bailey Bales Bowers Breeland Brown G. Carnell Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Delleney Emory Gamble Gourdine Govan Harris Harvin Hayes Hines J. Howard Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Lee
Lloyd Lourie Mack Maddox McCraw McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Miller Neal Neilson Ott Parks Pinckney Rhoad Rutherford Scott Sheheen Smith F. Smith J. Stille Stuart Whipper Wilder Wilkes
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Altman Barfield Barrett Beck Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cooper Cotty Dantzler Davenport Easterday Edge Fleming Gilham Hamilton Harrell Harrison Haskins Hinson Keegan Kelley Kirsh Koon Law Leach Limehouse Littlejohn Loftis Lucas Martin Mason McGee Meacham Quinn Rice Riser Robinson Rodgers Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Simrill Smith D. Smith R. Townsend Tripp Vaughn Walker Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
So, the House refused to adjourn.
Rep. HOWARD continued speaking.
Rep. HOWARD moved to adjourn debate on the Bill until Tuesday, May 11.
Rep. ROBINSON moved to table the motion.
Rep. HOWARD demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Altman Barfield Barrett Beck Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cooper Cotty Dantzler Easterday Edge Fleming Gilham Hamilton Harrell Harrison Haskins Hawkins Hinson Keegan Kelley Kirsh Knotts Koon Law Leach Limehouse Littlejohn Loftis Lucas Martin Mason McGee Meacham Quinn Rice Riser Robinson Rodgers Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Simrill Smith D. Smith R. Taylor Townsend Tripp Vaughn Walker Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allen Askins Bailey Bales Bowers Breeland Brown G. Carnell Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Davenport Delleney Emory Gamble Gourdine Govan Harris Harvin
Hayes Hines J. Howard Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Klauber Lee Lloyd Lourie Mack Maddox McCraw McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Miller Neal Neilson Ott Parks Pinckney Rhoad Rutherford Scott Sheheen Smith F. Smith J. Stille Stuart Whatley Whipper Wilder Wilkes
So, the motion to table was agreed to.
Rep. EASTERDAY moved cloture on the entire matter.
Rep. HARRELL demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Altman Barfield Barrett Beck Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cooper Cotty Dantzler Easterday Edge Fleming Gilham Hamilton Harrell Harrison Haskins Hawkins Hinson Keegan Kelley Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Leach Limehouse Littlejohn Loftis Lucas Martin Mason McGee Meacham Phillips Quinn Rice Riser Rodgers Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Simrill Smith D. Smith R. Taylor Townsend
Tripp Vaughn Walker Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allen Askins Bailey Bales Bowers Breeland Brown G. Carnell Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Davenport Delleney Emory Gamble Gourdine Govan Harris Harvin Hayes Hines J. Howard Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Kirsh Lee Lloyd Lourie Mack Maddox McCraw McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Miller Neal Neilson Ott Parks Pinckney Rhoad Rutherford Scott Sheheen Smith F. Smith J. Stille Stuart Whipper Wilder Wilkes
So, cloture was ordered.
Rep. SCOTT moved that the House do now adjourn.
Rep. ALLISON demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allen Askins Bailey Bales Bowers Breeland Brown G. Carnell Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Davenport Delleney Emory Gamble Gourdine
Govan Harris Harvin Hayes Hines J. Howard Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Klauber Lee Lloyd Lourie Mack Maddox McCraw McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Miller Neal Neilson Ott Parks Phillips Pinckney Rhoad Rutherford Scott Sheheen Smith F. Smith J. Stille Stuart Whipper Wilder Wilkes
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Altman Barfield Barrett Beck Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cooper Cotty Dantzler Easterday Edge Fleming Gilham Hamilton Harrell Harrison Haskins Hawkins Hinson Keegan Kelley Kirsh Knotts Koon Lanford Law Leach Limehouse Littlejohn Loftis Lucas Martin Mason McGee Meacham Quinn Rice Riser Robinson Rodgers Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Simrill Smith D. Smith R. Taylor Townsend Tripp Vaughn Walker Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
So, the House refused to adjourn.
Rep. GOVAN demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allen Askins Bailey Bowers Breeland Cobb-Hunter Emory Govan Hamilton Kennedy Lee Lloyd Lourie Mack Maddox McLeod M. Miller Neal Parks Pinckney Rhoad Scott Smith F. Smith J. Whipper
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Altman Bales Barfield Barrett Beck Brown H. Campsen Carnell Cato Chellis Cooper Cotty Dantzler Davenport Delleney Easterday Edge Fleming Gamble Gilham Gourdine Harrell Harris Harrison Harvin Haskins Hawkins Hinson Howard Inabinett Keegan Kelley Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Leach Limehouse Littlejohn Loftis Lucas Martin Mason McCraw McGee McLeod W. Meacham Neilson Ott Phillips Quinn Rice Riser Robinson Rodgers Rutherford Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Sheheen
Simrill Smith D. Smith R. Stille Stuart Taylor Townsend Tripp Vaughn Walker Whatley Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
So, the House refused to recede until 4:30 P.M.
Rep. PINCKNEY spoke against the amendment.
Rep. CARNELL spoke against the amendment.
Rep. HARRELL spoke in favor of the amendment.
Rep. SCOTT moved to table the amendment.
Rep. H. BROWN demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allen Askins Bailey Bales Bowers Breeland Brown G. Carnell Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Delleney Emory Gamble Gourdine Govan Harris Harvin Hayes Hines J. Howard Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Klauber Lee Lloyd Lourie Lucas Mack Maddox McCraw McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Miller Neal Neilson Ott Parks Phillips Pinckney Rhoad Rutherford Scott Sheheen Smith F. Smith J. Stille Stuart Taylor Whipper Wilder Wilkes
Allison Altman Barfield Barrett Beck Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cooper Cotty Dantzler Davenport Easterday Edge Fleming Gilham Hamilton Harrell Harrison Haskins Hawkins Hinson Keegan Kelley Kirsh Knotts Koon Lanford Law Leach Limehouse Littlejohn Loftis Martin Mason McGee Meacham Quinn Rice Riser Robinson Rodgers Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Simrill Smith D. Smith R. Townsend Tripp Vaughn Walker Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
So, the House refused to table the amendment.
Rep. JENNINGS moved that the House do now adjourn.
Rep. EASTERDAY demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allen Askins Bailey Bales Bowers Breeland Brown G. Carnell Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Delleney Emory Gamble Gourdine Govan Harris Harvin Hayes Hines J. Howard Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Klauber
Lee Lloyd Lourie Mack Maddox McCraw McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Miller Neal Neilson Ott Parks Phillips Pinckney Rhoad Rutherford Scott Sheheen Smith F. Smith J. Stille Stuart Taylor Whipper Wilder Wilkes
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Altman Barfield Barrett Beck Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cooper Cotty Dantzler Davenport Easterday Edge Fleming Gilham Hamilton Harrell Harrison Haskins Hawkins Hinson Keegan Kelley Kirsh Knotts Koon Lanford Law Leach Limehouse Littlejohn Loftis Lucas Martin Mason McGee Meacham Quinn Rice Riser Robinson Rodgers Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Simrill Smith D. Smith R. Townsend Tripp Vaughn Walker Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
So, the House refused to adjourn.
The question then recurred to the adoption of the amendment.
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Altman Barfield Barrett Beck Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cooper Cotty Dantzler Davenport Easterday Edge Fleming Gilham Hamilton Harrell Harrison Haskins Hawkins Hinson Keegan Kelley Kennedy Kirsh Knotts Koon Lanford Law Leach Limehouse Littlejohn Loftis Lourie Martin Mason McGee Meacham Quinn Rice Riser Robinson Rodgers Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Simrill Smith D. Smith J. Smith R. Townsend Tripp Vaughn Walker Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allen Askins Bailey Bales Bowers Breeland Brown G. Carnell Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Delleney Emory Gamble Gourdine Govan Harris Harvin Hayes Hines J. Howard Inabinett Jennings Klauber Lee Lloyd Lucas Mack Maddox McCraw McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Miller
Neal Ott Parks Phillips Pinckney Rhoad Rutherford Scott Sheheen Smith F. Stille Stuart Taylor Whipper Wilder Wilkes
So, the amendment was adopted.
Rep. RICE moved to reconsider the vote whereby Amendment No. 1 was adopted.
Rep. HARRELL moved to table the motion to reconsider.
Rep. J. SMITH demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Altman Bales Barfield Barrett Beck Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cooper Cotty Dantzler Easterday Edge Fleming Gilham Hamilton Harrell Harrison Harvin Haskins Hawkins Hinson Keegan Kelley Kirsh Koon Lanford Law Leach Limehouse Littlejohn Loftis Lourie Martin Mason McGee Meacham Quinn Rice Riser Robinson Rodgers Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Simrill Smith D. Smith J. Smith R. Stille Townsend Tripp
Vaughn Walker Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allen Askins Bailey Bowers Breeland Brown G. Carnell Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Davenport Delleney Emory Gamble Gourdine Govan Harris Hayes Hines J. Howard Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Klauber Knotts Lee Lloyd Lucas Mack Maddox McCraw McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Miller Neal Neilson Ott Parks Phillips Pinckney Rhoad Rutherford Scott Sheheen Smith F. Stuart Taylor Whipper Wilder Wilkes
So, the motion to reconsider was tabled.
Rep. HARRELL proposed the following Amendment No. 2 (Doc Name DKA\AMEND\3484MM99):
Amend the report of the Committee on Ways and Means, as and if amended, page 379-1, beginning on line 33, by deleting Section 59-146-20, as contained in SECTION 1, in its entirety.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. HARRELL explained the amendment.
Rep. J. SMITH moved to adjourn debate on the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. HARRELL proposed the following Amendment No. 3 (Doc Name DKA\AMEND\3500HTC99):
Amend the report of the Committee on Ways and Means, as and if amended, page 379-3, line 21, by deleting SECTION 2 in its entirety and inserting:
/ SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 1999. /
Amend title to conform.
Rep. HARRELL moved to adjourn debate on the amendment, which was agreed to.
Reps. SIMRILL, RICE, ROBINSON, HASKINS, VAUGHN, CATO, BECK, MASON and D. SMITH proposed the following Amendment No. 4 (Doc Name GGS\AMEND\22323MM99), which was adopted.
Amend the report of the Committee on Ways and Means, as and if amended, page 379-2, Section 59-146-50, SECTION 1, by inserting after line 42:
/ (D) In addition to, and notwithstanding the amounts otherwise allocated pursuant to this section, surplus general fund revenues in excess of those officially recognized by the Board of Economic Advisors annually must be transferred to and deposited in the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund. These funds must be allocated in the manner as provided in Section 59-146-60(A). This transfer expires when the amount of monies in the Public School Facilities Fund reaches the sum of one billion dollars. /
Reletter subsections to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. EASTERDAY explained the amendment.
Rep. JENNINGS moved that the House do now adjourn.
Rep. YOUNG-BRICKELL demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allen Askins Bailey Bales Barfield Bowers Breeland Brown G. Carnell
Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Delleney Edge Emory Gourdine Govan Harris Harvin Hayes Hines J. Howard Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Klauber Lee Lourie Mack Maddox McCraw McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Miller Neal Ott Parks Phillips Pinckney Rhoad Rutherford Scott Sheheen Simrill Smith F. Smith J. Stille Whipper Wilder
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Altman Barrett Beck Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cooper Cotty Dantzler Davenport Easterday Fleming Gamble Gilham Hamilton Harrell Harrison Haskins Hawkins Hinson Keegan Kelley Kirsh Knotts Koon Lanford Law Leach Limehouse Littlejohn Loftis Lucas Martin Mason McGee Meacham Quinn Rice Riser Robinson Rodgers Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Smith D. Smith R. Stuart Taylor Townsend Tripp Vaughn Walker Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
The amendment was then adopted.
Rep. TRIPP moved to rescind Rule 3.9, which was rejected by a division vote of 32 to 40.
The Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee proposed the following Amendment No. 5 (Doc Name KGH\AMEND\15672DC99):
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 48 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 48-1-83. (A) The department shall not allow a depression in dissolved oxygen concentration greater than 0.10 mg/l in a naturally low dissolved oxygen waterbody unless the requirements of this section are all satisfied. The provisions of this section apply in addition to any standards for a dissolved oxygen depression in a naturally low dissolved oxygen waterbody promulgated by the department by regulation.
(B) A party seeking a site specific effluent limit related to dissolved oxygen pursuant to this section must notify the department in writing of its intent to obtain the depression. Upon receipt of the written notice of this intent, the department shall within thirty days publish a public notice indicating the party seeking the dissolved oxygen depression and the specific site for which the dissolved oxygen depression is sought in addition to the department's usual public notice procedures. The notice shall be in the form of an advertisement in a newspaper of statewide circulation and in the local newspaper with the greatest general circulation in the affected area. If within thirty days of the publication of the public notice the department receives a request to hold a public hearing from at least twenty citizens or residents of the county or counties affected, the department shall conduct such a hearing. The hearing must be conducted at an appropriate location near the specific site for which the dissolved oxygen depression is sought and must be held within ninety days of the publication of the initial public notice by the department.
(C) The party seeking a site specific effluent limit related to dissolved oxygen must conduct a study:
(1) to determine natural dissolved oxygen conditions at the specific site for which the depression is sought. The study must use an appropriate reference site. The reference site is not restricted to the State but must have similar geography, environmental setting, and climatic conditions. However, if an appropriate reference site cannot be located, the party may use a site-specific dynamic water quality model. If available, a multi-dimensional dynamic water quality model may be used.
(2) to assess the ability of aquatic resources at the specific site for which the dissolved oxygen depression is sought to tolerate the proposed dissolved oxygen depression.
(D) The department, the Department of Natural Resources, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency must approve the methodology employed in the study required by subsection (C).
(E) The department shall provide the following agencies sixty thirty days in which to review and provide comments on the design of the scientific study required in (C):
(1) the United States Fish & Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the Interior;
(2) the United States Geological Survey of the United States Department of the Interior; and
(3) the National Ocean Service of the United States Department of Commerce and the National Marine Fisheries Service of the United States Department of Commerce.
The department and the Department of Natural Resources shall select and convene a science peer review committee to review the design of the study as required by subsection (C). After consideration of these comments, the department, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Environmental Protection Agency must concur on the final design before initiation of a study. Justification of any objection to the study design must be based solely on the greater weight of scientific considerations.
(F) The department shall provide the following agencies sixty days to review and comment on the results of the studies required in (C):
(1) the United States Fish & Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the Interior;
(2) the United States Geological Survey of the United States Department of the Interior; and
(3) the National Ocean Service of the United States Department of Commerce and the National Marine Fisheries Service of the United States Department of Commerce.
In order for a site specific effluent limit related to dissolved oxygen to be implemented pursuant to this section, the department, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Environmental Protection Agency must concur that the results of the study required in subsection (C) justify its implementation. In reaching a decision on the study results, the department, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Environmental Protection Agency must base their decisions on the greater weight of the scientific evidence taken as a whole."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and title to conform.
Rep. COBB-HUNTER moved to adjourn debate on the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. FLEMING proposed the following Amendment No. 6 (Doc Name DKA\AMEND\3518MM99):
Amend the report of the Committee on Ways and Means, as and if amended, page 379-3, by inserting after line 20:
/ Section 59-146-80. A school district is ineligible to receive funds pursuant to this chapter unless it has put in place and submitted to the Department of Education an acceptable maintenance program addressing all district facilities and has had the program approved by the department. The department shall promulgate regulations setting acceptable maintenance standards./
Amend and title to conform.
Rep. FLEMING moved to adjourn debate on the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. HINSON proposed the following Amendment No. 7 (Doc Name GJK\AMEND\20651SD99):
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding a new Section 59-146-80 immediately following Section 59-146-70 to read:
/Section 59-146-80. The Education Oversight Committee as defined in Section 59-18-120(1) shall annually report to the General Assembly and the Governor beginning July 1, 2000, the amount of allocations to the several school districts during the previous fiscal year, the manner in which such funds were used, and any
Rep. HINSON moved to adjourn debate on the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. HINSON proposed the following Amendment No. 8 (Doc Name GJK\AMEND\20650SD99):
Amend the bill, as and if amended, in Section 59-146-70 of the 1976 Code, as contained in SECTION 1, by adding at the end:
/The State Department of Education shall cause to have developed by architects experienced in school building design sets of model school plans for elementary, middle, and high schools that shall be available for use by local school district boards without charge when undertaking school building projects. These plans must be developed and made available by July 1, 2000./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and title to conform.
Rep. HINSON moved to adjourn debate on the amendment, which was agreed to.
Reps. COBB-HUNTER and KNOTTS proposed the following Amendment No. 9 (Doc Name KGH\AMEND\15675AC99), which was adopted.
Amend the committee report, as and if amended, Page 379-3, by deleting Section 59-146-60 and inserting:
/ Section 59-146-60. (A) Monies in the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund must be allocated annually to the State's several local school districts pursuant to the formula provided for in Section 59-144-100.
(B) A local school district may use monies from the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund to meet its current construction and renovation needs or to retire its existing debt incurred by reason of facilities improvement. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and title to conform.
Rep. KENNEDY demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Altman Campsen Cato Cooper Dantzler Davenport Easterday Gilham Haskins Hawkins Kirsh Klauber Leach Lee Limehouse Littlejohn Loftis McMahand Quinn Rice Robinson Rodgers Simrill Tripp Vaughn
Those who voted in the negative are:
Askins Bailey Bales Barfield Barrett Beck Bowers Breeland Brown G. Brown H. Carnell Chellis Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Cotty Delleney Edge Emory Fleming Gamble Gourdine Govan Harrell Harris Harrison Harvin Hayes Hines J. Hinson Howard Inabinett Jennings Keegan Kelley Kennedy Knotts Koon Law Lloyd Lourie Lucas Mack Maddox Martin Mason McCraw McGee McLeod M.
McLeod W. Meacham Miller Neal Neilson Ott Parks Phillips Pinckney Rhoad Riser Rutherford Sandifer Scott Seithel Sharpe Sheheen Smith D. Smith F. Smith J. Smith R. Stille Stuart Taylor Townsend Walker Whatley Whipper Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
So, the House refused to table the amendment.
Rep. ROBINSON moved that the House do now adjourn.
Rep. ROBINSON demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allen Altman Carnell Cooper Davenport Easterday Hawkins Inabinett Lee Loftis Lourie McMahand Rice Riser Robinson Simrill Smith J. Tripp Vaughn
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Askins Bales Barfield Barrett Beck Bowers Breeland Brown G. Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Clyburn Cobb-Hunter
Cotty Dantzler Delleney Edge Emory Fleming Gamble Gilham Gourdine Govan Harrell Harris Harrison Harvin Haskins Hayes Hinson Howard Jennings Keegan Kelley Kennedy Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Leach Limehouse Littlejohn Lloyd Lucas Mack Martin Mason McCraw McGee McLeod M. McLeod W. Meacham Miller Neal Ott Parks Phillips Pinckney Quinn Rhoad Rodgers Rutherford Sandifer Scott Seithel Sharpe Sheheen Smith D. Smith F. Smith R. Stille Stuart Taylor Townsend Whatley Whipper Wilder Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
So, the House refused to adjourn.
The question then recurred to the adoption of the amendment, which was agreed to.
Reps. WALKER, TOWNSEND, KNOTTS, OTT, SANDIFER and STILLE proposed the following Amendment No. 10 (Doc Name PT\1525DW99):
Amend the report of the Committee on Ways and Means, as and if amended, page 379-3, beginning on line 1, by deleting Section 59-146-60(A)(1) as contained in SECTION 1, and inserting:
/ (1) Monies in the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund Act
Rep. WALKER explained the amendment.
Rep. WALKER moved to adjourn debate on the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. WALKER moved to reconsider the vote whereby Amendment No. 9 was adopted.
Rep. KENNEDY moved to table the motion to reconsider.
Rep. GAMBLE demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allen Askins Bailey Bales Barfield Bowers Breeland Brown G. Brown H. Campsen Carnell Chellis Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Cotty Dantzler Davenport Delleney Easterday Emory Fleming Gamble Gilham Gourdine Govan Hamilton Harris Harvin Hayes Hines J. Hinson Howard Inabinett Jennings Kelley Kennedy Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Leach Lee Limehouse Lloyd Loftis Lourie Lucas Mack Maddox Martin McCraw McGee McLeod M. McLeod W. Neal Neilson Ott Parks Phillips
Pinckney Rice Riser Robinson Rodgers Rutherford Sandifer Scott Seithel Sharpe Smith F. Smith J. Smith R. Stille Taylor Townsend Tripp Vaughn Whatley Whipper Wilder Wilkes Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Barrett Beck Cato Cooper Edge Haskins Keegan Kirsh Littlejohn Mason Meacham Miller Quinn Rhoad Simrill Walker
So, the motion to reconsider was tabled.
Reps. WALKER, HAWKINS, LITTLEJOHN, ALLISON and TOWNSEND proposed the following Amendment No. 11 (Doc Name KGH\AMEND\15676AC99), which was adopted.
Amend the committee report, as and if amended, page 379-3, line 17, before the /./ by inserting /or incurred through a lease purchase agreement/.
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and title to conform.
Rep. WALKER explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Rep. Harrell proposed the following Amendment No. 12 (Doc Name DKA\AMEND\3514MM99), which was adopted.
Amend the report of the Committee on Ways and Means, as and if amended, page 379-2, by deleting Section 59-146-50 and inserting:
(1) Beginning fiscal year 1999-2000, and thereafter, any funds appropriated to the State Department of Education for school building aid for school districts must be deposited in the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund of 1999.
(2) Beginning fiscal year 2000-2001, and annually each fiscal year until the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, the General Assembly must appropriate one hundred twenty-five million dollars to the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund of 1999. /
Amend title to conform.
Rep. HARRELL explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Reps. ALLISON, SIMRILL, WALKER, HAWKINS, LEE and LITTLEJOHN proposed the following Amendment No. 13 (Doc Name PT\AMEND\1526DW99):
Amend the report of the Committee on Ways and Means, as and if amended, page 379-2, line 9, by inserting after /59-1-160/,
/ For purposes of this chapter, the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind is considered a local school district. /
Amend title to conform.
Rep. ALLISON explained the amendment.
Rep. KNOTTS raised a Point of Order that Amendment No. 13 was out of order in that it was not germane to the Bill in that the School for the Deaf and the Blind was not defined as being in a South Carolina Public School District.
SPEAKER WILKINS stated that the amendment further defined school districts to include the School for the Deaf and the Blind and was germane to the Bill. He therefore overruled the Point of Order.
Rep. ALLISON moved to adjourn debate on the amendment, which was agreed to.
Reps. KNOTTS, WALKER, SANDIFER and HAYES proposed the following Amendment No. 14 (Doc Name PT\1531DW99), which was tabled.
Rep. KNOTTS moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. GOVAN proposed the following Amendment No. 15 (Doc Name NBD\AMEND\11385JM99):
Amend the report of the Committee on Ways and Means, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
Public School Facilities Improvement Fund Act of 1999
Section 59-146-10. This chapter may be cited as the 'Public School Facilities Improvement Fund Act of 1999'.
Section 59-146-20. The General Assembly finds that:
(1) For the next five years, there is a need in the amount of $3,998,975,400 for the building and renovation of public school facilities in this State;
(2) There is scheduled or planned funding of these needs in the sum of only $1,424,957,400;
(3) There is a statewide funding shortfall of $2,574,018,000 to meet these public school facility needs;
(4) It is necessary and desirable to provide state assistance for construction and renovation of public school facilities.
Section 59-146-30. As used in this chapter:
(1) 'Department' means the State Department of Education.
(2) 'Local school district' means a public body corporate and politic operating as a school district pursuant to Section 59-1-160.
(3) 'Value engineering' means a systematic approach of seeking the best functional balance between cost, reliability, and performance of a building design.
Section 59-146-40. There is created in the state treasury an account, separate and distinct from the general fund, titled the 'Public School Facilities Improvement Fund of 1999'. Funds deposited in the
Section 59-146-50. (A) The account described in Section 59-146-40 must be funded by the revenues collected from an additional one-cent sales tax over a period of two years.
(B) Beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2002, the State Treasurer must transfer annually the revenues derived from the tax in subsection (A) to the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund.
Section 59-146-60. (A)(1) Monies in the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund must be allocated annually to the state's several local school districts based on a district's second preceding year 135-day average daily membership, divided by the statewide second preceding year 135-day average daily membership times the funds available.
(2) In making the annual allocation pursuant to this chapter, the department shall ensure that each local school district receives an amount no less than one-eighth of the allocation the district would receive pursuant to a total statewide allocation of seven hundred fifty million dollars as provided by the Public School Facilities Assistance Program of the Children's Education Endowment Fund of 1996.
(B) A local school district may use monies from the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund to meet its current construction and renovation needs or to retire its existing debt incurred by reason of facilities improvement.
Section 59-146-70. The department shall ensure that the local school district facility plan utilizes value engineering to achieve optimum cost effectiveness."
SECTION 2. This section takes effect July 1, 1999. /
Amend title to conform.
Rep. GOVAN moved to adjourn debate on the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. GOVAN proposed the following Amendment No. 16 (Doc Name BD\AMEND\11386JM99):
Amend the report of the Committee on Ways and Means, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
Public School Facilities Improvement Fund Act of 1999
Section 59-146-10. This chapter may be cited as the 'Public School Facilities Improvement Fund Act of 1999'.
Section 59-146-20. The General Assembly finds that:
(1) For the next five years, there is a need in the amount of $3,998,975,400 for the building and renovation of public school facilities in this State;
(2) There is scheduled or planned funding of these needs in the sum of only $1,424,957,400;
(3) There is a statewide funding shortfall of $2,574,018,000 to meet these public school facility needs;
(4) It is necessary and desirable to provide state assistance for construction and renovation of public school facilities.
Section 59-146-30. As used in this chapter:
(1) 'Department' means the State Department of Education.
(2) 'Local school district' means a public body corporate and politic operating as a school district pursuant to Section 59-1-160.
(3) 'Value engineering' means a systematic approach of seeking the best functional balance between cost, reliability, and performance of a building design.
Section 59-146-40. There is created in the state treasury an account, separate and distinct from the general fund, titled the 'Public School Facilities Improvement Fund of 1999'. Funds deposited in the account must be allocated as provided in this chapter for the funding of construction and renovation of public school facilities. Any interest earned by the funds in the account must remain in the account and must be allocated to the several school districts of the State with cash balances in the fund, each to the extent the interest is attributable to each of their balances.
Section 59-146-50. (A) The account described in Section 59-146-40 must be funded by the revenues collected from the additional one-half percent sales tax provided for in Section 12-36-915 over a period of four years.
(B) Beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2004, the State Treasurer must transfer annually the revenues derived from the tax in subsection (A) to the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund.
Section 59-146-60. (A)(1) Monies in the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund must be allocated annually to the state's several local school districts based on a district's second preceding year
(2) In making the annual allocation pursuant to this chapter, the department shall ensure that each local school district receives an amount no less than one-eighth of the allocation the district would receive pursuant to a total statewide allocation of seven hundred fifty million dollars as provided by the Public School Facilities Assistance Program of the Children's Education Endowment Fund of 1996.
(B) A local school district may use monies from the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund to meet its current construction and renovation needs or to retire its existing debt incurred by reason of facilities improvement.
Section 59-146-70. The department shall ensure that the local school district facility plan utilizes value engineering to achieve optimum cost effectiveness."
SECTION 2. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 12-36-915. In addition to the tax provided for in Section 12-36-910, an additional sales tax equal to one-half of one percent of the gross proceeds of sales of tangible personal property at retail is hereby imposed and shall be collected in the same manner the sales tax in Section 12-36-910 is imposed and collected and shall be used as provided by law."
SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided by this act, this act takes effect July 1, 1999./
Amend title to conform.
Rep. GOVAN moved to adjourn debate on the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. J. SMITH proposed the following Amendment No. 17 (Doc Name COUNCIL\GJK\AMEND\20662SD99), which was tabled.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
Section 59-146-10. This chapter may be cited as the 'State School Facilities Bond Act'.
Section 59-146-20. It is declared that, for the benefit of the people of the State, the increase of their commerce, welfare and prosperity, and
Section 59-146-30. As used in this chapter:
(1) 'Department' means the State Department of Education.
(2) 'School district' means a public body corporate and politic operating as a school district under the provisions of Chapter 17, Title 59.
(3) 'School facilities' means only those facilities defined as 'school facilities' in Section 59-144-30.
(4) 'State Board' means the State Board of Education.
(5) 'State school facilities bonds' means general obligation bonds of the State of South Carolina issued under the authority of this chapter.
Section 59-146-40. In order to obtain funds for allocation to school districts for school facilities, there shall be issued from time to time state school facilities bonds under the conditions prescribed by this chapter.
Section 59-146-50. The maximum principal amount of state school facilities bonds that may be issued pursuant to this chapter shall not exceed seven hundred fifty million dollars except that this limitation shall not apply to any state school facilities bonds issued for the purpose of refunding prior issues of state school facilities bonds. It is the intent of the General Assembly for the Department of Education to allocate seven hundred fifty million dollars pursuant to Section 59-144-100 and to inform each school district of their individual allocation. Further, it is the intent of the General Assembly that not more than two hundred fifty million dollars of state school facilities bonds shall be issued in fiscal year 1999-2000. The authority to issue bonds under this chapter shall expire four years from the effective date of this chapter. The four-year limitation, however, does not apply to bonds issued to retire bond anticipation notes.
Section 59-146-60. The State Board of Education, by resolution, shall notify the State Budget and Control Board of the following:
(1) the amount then required for allocation to local school districts for school facilities for the next fiscal year;
(2) a tentative time schedule setting forth the period of time during which the sum requested will be expended;
(3) a debt service table showing the annual principal and interest requirements for all state school facilities bonds then outstanding; and
(4) the total amount of all state school facilities bonds issued.
This notification shall be presented to the Budget and Control Board by March first of each year.
Section 59-146-70. Following the receipt of the notification presented pursuant to Section 59-146-60, the State Budget and Control Board shall, by resolution duly adopted, effect the issuance of state school facilities bonds, or pending the issuance thereof, effect the issuance of bond anticipation notes pursuant to Chapter 17 of Title 11.
Section 59-146-80. In order to effect the issuance of state school facilities bonds, the State Budget and Control Board shall adopt a resolution providing for the issuance of state school facilities bonds pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The authorizing resolution must include:
(1) schedules setting forth the aggregate of all general obligation debt of the State (excluding highway bonds, state institution bonds, tax anticipation notes, and bond anticipation notes) together with certificates of the State Treasurer and State Auditor evidencing compliance with the provisions of paragraph 6(c) of Section 13 of Article X of the South Carolina Constitution;
(2) a schedule showing the aggregate of state school facilities bonds issued, the purposes for which they were issued, the annual payments required to retire the state school facilities bonds, the interest thereon, and the amount of any special funds applicable to the retirement of the outstanding state school facilities bonds;
(3) the amount of state school facilities bonds to be issued; and
(4) a schedule showing future annual principal requirements and estimated annual interest requirements on the state school facilities bonds to be issued.
Section 59-146-90. The state school facilities bonds must bear the date and mature at the time that the resolution provides, except that no state school facilities bonds may mature more than thirty years from its date of issue. The state school facilities bonds may be in the denominations, be payable in the medium of payment, be payable at
Section 59-146-100. All state school facilities bonds issued under this chapter are exempt from taxation as provided in Section 12-2-50.
Section 59-146-110. All state school facilities bonds issued under this chapter must be signed by the Governor and the State Treasurer. The Governor and the State Treasurer may sign these obligations by a facsimile of their signatures. The Great Seal of the State must be affixed to, impressed, or reproduced upon each of them and each must be attested by the Secretary of State. The delivery of the state school facilities bonds executed and authenticated is valid notwithstanding changes in officers or seal occurring after the execution or authentication.
Section 59-146-120. For the payment of the principal and interest on all state school facilities bonds issued and outstanding pursuant to this chapter there is pledged the full faith, credit, and taxing power of the State of South Carolina, and in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (4) of Section 13 of Article X of the South Carolina Constitution, the General Assembly hereby allocates on an annual basis sufficient tax revenues to provide for the punctual payment of the principal and interest on the debt authorized by this chapter.
Section 59-146-130. State school facilities bonds must be sold by the Governor and the State Treasurer upon sealed proposals, after publication of notice of the sale one or more times at least seven days before the sale, in a financial paper published in New York City which regularly publishes notices of sale of state or municipal bonds. The state school facilities bonds may be awarded only to the lowest interest cost bidder, but the right is reserved to reject all bids and to readvertise the state school facilities bonds for sale. For the purpose of bringing about successful sales of the bonds, the State Budget and Control Board may do all things ordinarily and customarily done in connection with the sale of state or municipal bonds. All expenses incident to the sale of the bonds must be paid from the proceeds of the sale of the bonds.
Section 59-146-140. The proceeds of the sale of state school facilities bonds shall be received by the State Treasurer and applied by him to the purposes for which issued, except that the accrued interest, if any, shall be used to discharge in part the first interest to become due
Section 59-146-150. It is lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, and other fiduciaries to invest any monies in their hands in bonds issued pursuant to this chapter.
Section 59-146-160. The proceeds received from the issuance of state school facilities bonds, after deducting the costs of issuance, must be allocated to the school districts in the same manner and for the same purposes as provided in Section 59-144-100 and the first paragraph of Section 59-144-30.
Section 59-146-170. The responsibilities and duties of the State Department of Education and State Board of Education shall be as outlined in Sections 59-144-120, 59-144-130, and 59-144-140.
Section 59-146-180. To qualify for the funds under this chapter, each school district shall meet the requirements of this chapter and any guidelines promulgated hereunder. Funds must be withheld from districts when inappropriate reporting of facilities' needs is found or when appropriate use of funds is documented."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and title to conform.
Rep. J. SMITH moved to adjourn debate on the amendment.
Rep. HARRELL moved to table the amendment.
Rep. KENNEDY demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Altman Barfield Barrett Beck Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cotty Dantzler Davenport Easterday Edge Fleming Gilham Hamilton Harrell Harrison Haskins Hawkins
Hinson Keegan Kelley Kirsh Knotts Koon Lanford Law Leach Limehouse Littlejohn Martin Mason McGee Meacham Quinn Rice Riser Robinson Rodgers Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Simrill Smith D. Smith R. Stille Townsend Tripp Walker Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allen Askins Bailey Bales Bowers Breeland Brown G. Carnell Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Delleney Emory Gamble Gourdine Govan Harris Harvin Hayes Hines J. Howard Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Klauber Lee Lloyd Lourie Lucas Mack Maddox McCraw McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Miller Neal Neilson Ott Parks Phillips Pinckney Rhoad Rutherford Scott Sheheen Smith F. Smith J. Stuart Taylor Whipper Wilder Wilkes
So, the amendment was tabled.
Rep. EASTERDAY moved to reconsider the vote whereby Amendment No. 17 was tabled.
Rep. SIMRILL moved to table the motion to reconsider, which was agreed to.
Reps. CARNELL, COBB-HUNTER, WEBB, G. BROWN, M. MCLEOD, F. SMITH, GOVAN, WILKES and MILLER proposed the following Amendment No. 18 (Doc Name PT\AMEND\1528DW99), which was ruled out of order.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:
/SECTION ___. 1. Item (f) of Section 3 of Act 1377 of 1968, as last amended by Section 1, Act 139 of 1997, is further amended by adding:
A. Colleges and Universities
(a) Commission on Higher Education
University Center
-McAlister Square 7,500,000
(b) The Citadel
Padget-Thomas Hall
Replacement 8,000,000
(c) Clemson University
Long Hall 4,000,000
Littlejohn Coliseum 9,000,000
(d) University of Charleston
Physical Education Center 12,000,000
Simons Center for the Arts 3,000,000
(e) Coastal Carolina University
Humanities and Fine Arts
Building 5,601,500
(f) Francis Marion University
Energy Facility Upgrade 525,000
(g) Lander University
Renovation of Campus
Electronic Communications infrastructure 988,000
Student Center Facility 7,000,000
(h) South Carolina State University
Hodge Hall Science
Building 10,000,000
Lowman Hall 6,000,000
Deferred Maintenance
- Phase One 7,500,000
-Phase Two 4,000,000
(i) University of South Carolina
Columbia (including Medical School)
School of Public Health 3,500,000
Arena 7,500,000
Wellness and Fitness Center 2,000,000
School of Law
-New Building 5,000,000
(j) USC - Aiken Campus
Student Activities Center 3,000,000
(k) USC - Beaufort Campus
New River Facility 1,000,000
(l) USC - Spartanburg Campus
Def. Maint. 2,000,000
(m) USC Sumter Campus
Alice Drive Baptist Church
-Acquisition 1,500,000
(n) Winthrop University
Sciences Equipment 1,900,000
(o) Medical University of South Carolina
Hollings Cancer Center
-Expansion 10,000,000
Oncology Center 7,000,000
B. State Technical and Comprehensive Education
(a) Technical System
Education and Training
Equipment 13,000,000
(b) Aiken Technical College
Health and Sciences
Building 5,325,000
(c) Central Carolina Techinical College
EF Dubose Career Center 9,611,309
(d) Denmark Technical College
Library 2,000,000
(e) Horry-Georgetown Technical College
Library/Student Center 7,136,224
(f) Midlands Technical College
Information Tech Center NE Campus 5,280,000
(g) Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College
Library, Cafeteria, and
Student Service Area 4,256,000
(h) Piedmont Technical College
Laurens County Higher
Education Center 4,000,000
Edgefield County Center Renovation 900,000
(i) Spartanburg Technical College
Student Services Building 5,700,000
(j) Trident Technical College
Industrial/Economic
Development Center 3,000,000
Electro Mech Lab 800,000
(k) York Technical College
Building C Expansion 2,100,000
Machine Tools Technology
Center 1,000,000
(l) Williamsburg County Technical College
Roof Replacement
- Buildings A & B 600,000
Computer Equipment
and Software 599,723
C. OTHER EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES
(a) Governor's School for Science and Math
Renovation of Facility 6,000,000
(b) School for the Deaf and Blind
Walker Hall Renovation 11,920,000
Building Repairs 4,132,550
(c) Wil Lou Gray
Roof System 1,000,000
Flooring 1,000,000
D. OTHER AGENCIES
(a) Budget and Control Board
Deferred Maintenance 4,281,193
(b) Clemson PSA
Agriculture and Life Science Complex 10,000,000
Edisto Center 4,000,000
(c) Department of Commerce
Lake Marion Water
Agency 8,000,000
Spartanburg Renaissance
Center 4,000,000
(d) Departmental Mental Health
Greenville Mental Health
Center 5,985,000
Kershaw/Santee/Wateree
Center 2,300,000
Greenwood Beckman Health Center 4,700,000
(e) Department of Natural Resources
Florence HQ Building 500,000
Greenwood HQ Building 500,000
(f) State Library
Cherokee County Library 500,000
Clinton Public Library 200,000
Dillon County Library 1,000,000
Florence County -
Lake City Library 850,000
(g) Williamsburg County
Greeleyville Senior
Citizens Center 150,000
(h) Richland County
Lower Richland High
School
Sheriff's Substation 100,000
(i) Darlington County
Lamar Library 200,000
2. The Code Commissioner is directed to conform the aggregate principal indebtedness on state capital improvement bonds authorized to be issued as provided by law to reflect the amount of such bonds authorized by the provisions of this section./
Renumber section to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. CARNELL explained the amendment.
Rep. KIRSH raised a Point of Order that Amendment No. 18 was out of order in that it was not germane to the Bill.
SPEAKER WILKINS sustained the Point of Order and ruled the amendment out of order.
Rep. LITTLEJOHN proposed the following Amendment No. 19 (Doc Name \BBM\AMEND\9337HTC99), which was tabled.
Amend the report, as and if amended, beginning on page 379-1, by striking the report and inserting:
/SECTION 1. A. Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
Public School Facilities Improvement Fund Act of 1999
Section 59-146-10. This chapter may be cited as the 'Public School Facilities Improvement Fund Act of 1999'.
Section 59-146-20. The General Assembly finds that:
(1) For the next five years, there is a need in the amount of $3,998,975,400 for the building and renovation of public school facilities in this State;
(2) There is scheduled or planned funding of these needs in the sum of only $1,424,957,400;
(3) There is a statewide funding shortfall of $2,574,018,000 to meet these public school facility needs;
(4) It is necessary and desirable to provide state assistance for construction and renovation of public school facilities.
Section 59-146-30. As used in this chapter:
(1) 'Department' means the State Department of Education.
(2) 'Local school district' means a public body corporate and politic operating as a school district pursuant to Section 59-1-160.
(3) 'Value engineering' means a systematic approach of seeking the best functional balance between cost, reliability, and performance of a building design.
Section 59-146-40. There is created in the state treasury an account, separate and distinct from the general fund, titled the 'Public School Facilities Improvement Fund'. Funds deposited in the account must be allocated as provided in this chapter for the funding of construction and renovation of public school facilities. Any interest
Section 59-146-50. The account described in Section 59-146-40 must be funded by the revenues collected from the tax imposed pursuant to Section 12-36-935.
Section 59-146-60. (A)(1) Monies in the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund must be allocated annually to the state's several local school districts based on the distribution method provided in Section 59-144-100(A).
(B) A local school district may use monies from the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund to meet its current construction and renovation needs or to retire its existing debt incurred by reason of facilities improvement.
Section 59-146-70. The department shall ensure that the local school district facility plan utilizes value engineering to achieve optimum cost effectiveness."
B. SECTION 2. This section takes effect July 1, 2000 and is repealed July 1, 2005. /
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding:
/SECTION 2. Article 9, Chapter 36, Title 12 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 12-36-935. (A) Beginning July 1, 2000, and ending after June 30, 2005, an additional tax equal to one percent is added to the taxes imposed pursuant to Articles 9, 13, and 17 of this chapter. For all purposes of this title, this additional tax is considered a tax levied pursuant to the South Carolina Sales and Use Tax Act. The department shall prescribe tables establishing the total amount that may be added to the sales price to reflect all tax levied pursuant to this chapter.
(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter providing for the distribution of sales, use, and casual excise tax revenues, beginning July 1, 2000 and ending after June 30, 2005, the revenue from the tax imposed by this section must be credited to the Public Schools Facilities Improvement Fund provided in Section 59-146-40.
SECTION 3. Article 5, Chapter 6, Title 12 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 12-6-525. In addition to the adjustment provided pursuant to Section 12-6-520, and for taxable years beginning in 2000
Rep. LITTLEJOHN explained the amendment.
Rep. FLEMING moved to adjourn debate on the amendment, which was rejected by a division vote of 20 to 63.
Rep. HARRELL spoke against the amendment.
Rep. M. MCLEOD raised a Point of Order that Amendment No. 19 was out of order in that it was not germane to the Bill.
SPEAKER WILKINS stated that the amendment was germane to the Bill and he overruled the Point of Order.
Rep. CARNELL moved to table the amendment.
Rep. LITTLEJOHN demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allen Altman Askins Bailey Barfield Barrett Beck Bowers Breeland Brown G. Brown H. Campsen Carnell Cato Chellis Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Cooper Cotty Dantzler Delleney Easterday Edge Emory Fleming Gamble Gilham Gourdine Hamilton Harrell Harris Harrison Harvin
Haskins Hawkins Hayes Hinson Howard Inabinett Jennings Keegan Kelley Kennedy Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Law Leach Limehouse Lloyd Lourie Lucas Martin Mason McCraw McGee McLeod M. McLeod W. Meacham Miller Moody-Lawrence Neilson Ott Parks Phillips Quinn Rhoad Rice Riser Rodgers Rutherford Sandifer Scott Seithel Sharpe Simrill Smith F. Smith J. Smith R. Taylor Townsend Whatley Whipper Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Witherspoon Young-Brickell
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Bales Davenport Govan Lanford Lee Littlejohn Loftis Robinson Sheheen Stille Stuart Vaughn Walker Woodrum
So, the amendment was tabled.
Rep. HARRELL proposed the following Amendment No. 2 (Doc Name DKA\AMEND\3484MM99), which was adopted.
Amend the report of the Committee on Ways and Means, as and if
Rep. HARRELL explained the amendment.
Rep. J. SMITH spoke against the amendment.
Rep. KENNEDY spoke against the amendment.
Rep. KENNEDY moved to table the amendment.
Rep. COBB-HUNTER demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allen Askins Bailey Bales Bowers Breeland Brown G. Carnell Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Cotty Davenport Emory Fleming Gamble Gourdine Govan Harris Harvin Hayes Hines J. Howard Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Lee Lloyd Loftis Lourie Mack Maddox McCraw McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Neal Neilson Ott Parks Phillips Pinckney Rhoad Robinson Rutherford Scott Seithel Smith F. Smith J. Stuart Vaughn Whipper Wilder Wilkes
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Altman Barfield Barrett Beck Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cooper Dantzler Delleney Easterday Edge Gilham
Hamilton Harrell Harrison Haskins Hawkins Hinson Keegan Kelley Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Leach Limehouse Littlejohn Lucas Martin Mason McGee Meacham Miller Moody-Lawrence Quinn Rice Riser Rodgers Sandifer Sharpe Sheheen Simrill Smith D. Smith R. Stille Taylor Townsend Tripp Walker Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
So, the House refused to table the amendment.
The question then recurred to the adoption of the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. HARRELL proposed the following Amendment No. 3 (Doc Name DKA\AMEND\3500HTC99), which was adopted.
Amend the report of the Committee on Ways and Means, as and if amended, page 379-3, line 21, by deleting SECTION 2 in its entirety and inserting:
/ SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 1999. /
Amend title to conform.
Rep. HARRELL explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Rep. COBB-HUNTER proposed the following Amendment No. 5 (Doc Name KGH\AMEND\15672HTC99), which was tabled.
Amend the amendment, offered by the Ways and Means Committee, dated April 20, 1999, Document Number \dka\amend\3458MM99, designated amendment No. 1, as and if amended, Section 59-146-60(B), page 7, line 5 of the subsection, by striking /existing/ and inserting before the period at the end of the subsection /for
Rep. COBB-HUNTER moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. FLEMING proposed the following Amendment No. 6 (Doc Name DKA\AMEND\3518MM99), which was rejected.
Amend the report of the Committee on Ways and Means, as and if amended, page 379-3, by inserting after line 20:
/ Section 59-146-80. A school district is ineligible to receive funds pursuant to this chapter unless it has put in place and submitted to the Department of Education an acceptable maintenance program addressing all district facilities and has had the program approved by the department. The department shall promulgate regulations setting acceptable maintenance standards./
Amend and title to conform.
Rep. FLEMING explained the amendment.
Rep. KIRSH raised a Point of Order that Amendment No. 6 was out of order in that it was not germane to the Bill.
SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE HASKINS stated that the amendment was germane to the Bill and he overruled the Point of Order.
Rep. FLEMING continued speaking.
The amendment was then rejected by a division vote of 42 to 48.
Rep. HINSON proposed the following Amendment No. 7 (Doc Name GJK\AMEND\20651SD99), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding a new Section 59-146-80 immediately following Section 59-146-70 to read:
/Section 59-146-80. The Education Oversight Committee as defined in Section 59-18-120(1) shall annually report to the General Assembly and the Governor beginning July 1, 2000, the amount of allocations to the several school districts during the previous fiscal year, the manner in which such funds were used, and any improvements in or changes to this School Facilities Improvement Fund Act as it deems appropriate./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and title to conform.
Rep. HINSON explained the amendment.
Rep. WALKER spoke against the amendment.
The question then recurred to the adoption of the amendment.
Rep. WOODRUM demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Altman Bailey Bales Barfield Barrett Beck Brown H. Campsen Cato Chellis Cooper Cotty Dantzler Davenport Edge Fleming Gamble Gilham Gourdine Hamilton Harrell Harris Harrison Haskins Hawkins Hayes Hines J. Hinson Jennings Keegan Kelley Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Leach Limehouse Littlejohn Loftis Lourie Lucas Maddox Martin Mason McCraw McGee Meacham Neilson Ott Phillips Quinn Rice Riser Robinson Rodgers Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Simrill Smith D. Smith R.
Stuart Townsend Tripp Vaughn Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allen Allison Askins Bowers Breeland Brown G. Carnell Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Delleney Emory Govan Harvin Howard Inabinett Kennedy Lee Lloyd Mack McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Miller Moody-Lawrence Neal Parks Pinckney Rhoad Rutherford Scott Sheheen Smith F. Smith J. Stille Taylor Walker Whipper Wilder Wilkes
So, the amendment was adopted.
Rep. HINSON proposed the following Amendment No. 8 (Doc Name GJK\AMEND\20650SD99), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, in Section 59-146-70 of the 1976 Code, as contained in SECTION 1, by adding at the end:
/The State Department of Education shall cause to have developed by architects experienced in school building design sets of model school plans for elementary, middle, and high schools that shall be available for use by local school district boards without charge when undertaking school building projects. These plans must be developed and made available by July 1, 2000./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and title to conform.
Rep. HINSON explained the amendment.
Rep. TOWNSEND spoke against the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Reps. WALKER, TOWNSEND, KNOTTS, OTT, SANDIFER and STILLE proposed the following Amendment No. 10 (Doc Name PT\AMEND\1525DW99), which was tabled.
Amend the report of the Committee on Ways and Means, as and if amended, page 379-3, beginning on line 1, by deleting Section 59-146-60(A)(1) as contained in SECTION 1, and inserting:
/ (1) Monies in the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund Act of 1999 must be allocated annually to the State's several local school districts in the same manner as provided in Section 59-144-100(A). /
Amend title to conform.
Rep. WALKER moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.
Reps. ALLISON, SIMRILL, WALKER, HAWKINS, LEE and LITTLEJOHN proposed the following Amendment No. 13 (Doc Name PT\AMEND\1526DW99), which was tabled.
Amend the report of the Committee on Ways and Means, as and if amended, page 379-2, line 9, by inserting after /59-1-160/,
/ For purposes of this chapter, the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind is considered a local school district. /
Amend title to conform.
Rep. ALLISON moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. GOVAN proposed the following Amendment No. 16 (Doc Name BD\AMEND\11386JM99), which was tabled.
Amend the report of the Committee on Ways and Means, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
Public School Facilities Improvement Fund Act of 1999
Section 59-146-10. This chapter may be cited as the 'Public School Facilities Improvement Fund Act of 1999'.
Section 59-146-20. The General Assembly finds that:
(1) For the next five years, there is a need in the amount of $3,998,975,400 for the building and renovation of public school facilities in this State;
(2) There is scheduled or planned funding of these needs in the sum of only $1,424,957,400;
(3) There is a statewide funding shortfall of $2,574,018,000 to meet these public school facility needs;
(4) It is necessary and desirable to provide state assistance for construction and renovation of public school facilities.
Section 59-146-30. As used in this chapter:
(1) 'Department' means the State Department of Education.
(2) 'Local school district' means a public body corporate and politic operating as a school district pursuant to Section 59-1-160.
(3) 'Value engineering' means a systematic approach of seeking the best functional balance between cost, reliability, and performance of a building design.
Section 59-146-40. There is created in the state treasury an account, separate and distinct from the general fund, titled the 'Public School Facilities Improvement Fund of 1999'. Funds deposited in the account must be allocated as provided in this chapter for the funding of construction and renovation of public school facilities. Any interest earned by the funds in the account must remain in the account and must be allocated to the several school districts of the State with cash balances in the fund, each to the extent the interest is attributable to each of their balances.
Section 59-146-50. (A) The account described in Section 59-146-40 must be funded by the revenues collected from the additional one-half percent sales tax provided for in Section 12-36-915 over a period of four years.
(B) Beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2004, the State Treasurer must transfer annually the revenues derived from the tax in subsection (A) to the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund.
Section 59-146-60. (A)(1) Monies in the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund must be allocated annually to the state's several local school districts based on a district's second preceding year 135-day average daily membership, divided by the statewide second preceding year 135-day average daily membership times the funds available.
(2) In making the annual allocation pursuant to this chapter, the department shall ensure that each local school district receives an amount no less than one-eighth of the allocation the district would receive pursuant to a total statewide allocation of seven hundred fifty million dollars as provided by the Public School Facilities Assistance Program of the Children's Education Endowment Fund of 1996.
(B) A local school district may use monies from the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund to meet its current construction and
Section 59-146-70. The department shall ensure that the local school district facility plan utilizes value engineering to achieve optimum cost effectiveness."
SECTION 2. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 12-36-915. In addition to the tax provided for in Section 12-36-910, an additional sales tax equal to one-half of one percent of the gross proceeds of sales of tangible personal property at retail is hereby imposed and shall be collected in the same manner the sales tax in Section 12-36-910 is imposed and collected and shall be used as provided by law."
SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided by this act, this act takes effect July 1, 1999./
Amend title to conform.
Rep. GOVAN explained the amendment.
Rep. QUINN moved to table the amendment.
Rep. HARRELL demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allen Allison Altman Askins Bailey Bales Barfield Barrett Beck Brown H. Campsen Carnell Cato Chellis Clyburn Cooper Cotty Dantzler Davenport Delleney Easterday Edge Fleming Gamble Gilham Hamilton Harrell Harris Harrison Harvin Hawkins Hayes Hinson Keegan Kelley Kennedy Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Leach Limehouse Lourie Lucas Martin Mason
McCraw McGee McLeod M. McLeod W. Meacham Neilson Ott Phillips Quinn Rice Riser Robinson Rodgers Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Sheheen Simrill Smith D. Smith J. Smith R. Stille Taylor Townsend Tripp Vaughn Walker Whatley Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
Those who voted in the negative are:
Bowers Breeland Brown G. Cobb-Hunter Emory Govan Hines J. Howard Inabinett Lee Littlejohn Lloyd Mack Moody-Lawrence Neal Parks Pinckney Rhoad Rutherford Scott Smith F. Stuart Whipper
So, the amendment was tabled.
Rep. GOVAN proposed the following Amendment No. 15 (Doc Name NBD\AMEND\11385JM99), which was tabled.
Amend the report of the Committee on Ways and Means, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
Public School Facilities Improvement Fund Act of 1999
Section 59-146-10. This chapter may be cited as the 'Public School Facilities Improvement Fund Act of 1999'.
Section 59-146-20. The General Assembly finds that:
(1) For the next five years, there is a need in the amount of $3,998,975,400 for the building and renovation of public school facilities in this State;
(2) There is scheduled or planned funding of these needs in the sum of only $1,424,957,400;
(3) There is a statewide funding shortfall of $2,574,018,000 to meet these public school facility needs;
(4) It is necessary and desirable to provide state assistance for construction and renovation of public school facilities.
Section 59-146-30. As used in this chapter:
(1) 'Department' means the State Department of Education.
(2) 'Local school district' means a public body corporate and politic operating as a school district pursuant to Section 59-1-160.
(3) 'Value engineering' means a systematic approach of seeking the best functional balance between cost, reliability, and performance of a building design.
Section 59-146-40. There is created in the state treasury an account, separate and distinct from the general fund, titled the 'Public School Facilities Improvement Fund of 1999'. Funds deposited in the account must be allocated as provided in this chapter for the funding of construction and renovation of public school facilities. Any interest earned by the funds in the account must remain in the account and must be allocated to the several school districts of the State with cash balances in the fund, each to the extent the interest is attributable to each of their balances.
Section 59-146-50. (A) The account described in Section 59-146-40 must be funded by the revenues collected from an additional one-cent sales tax over a period of two years.
(B) Beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2002, the State Treasurer must transfer annually the revenues derived from the tax in subsection (A) to the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund.
Section 59-146-60. (A)(1) Monies in the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund must be allocated annually to the state's several local school districts based on a district's second preceding year 135-day average daily membership, divided by the statewide second preceding year 135-day average daily membership times the funds available.
(2) In making the annual allocation pursuant to this chapter, the department shall ensure that each local school district receives an amount no less than one-eighth of the allocation the district would receive pursuant to a total statewide allocation of seven hundred fifty
(B) A local school district may use monies from the Public School Facilities Improvement Fund to meet its current construction and renovation needs or to retire its existing debt incurred by reason of facilities improvement.
Section 59-146-70. The department shall ensure that the local school district facility plan utilizes value engineering to achieve optimum cost effectiveness."
SECTION 2. This section takes effect July 1, 1999. /
Amend title to conform.
Rep. GOVAN explained the amendment.
Rep. HARRELL moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.
The question then recurred to the passage of the Bill, as amended, on second reading.
Pursuant to Rule 7.7 the yeas and nays were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allen Allison Altman Askins Bailey Bales Barfield Barrett Beck Bowers Breeland Brown G. Brown H. Campsen Carnell Cato Chellis Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Cooper Cotty Dantzler Davenport Delleney Easterday Edge Emory Fleming Gamble Gilham Gourdine Govan Hamilton Harrell Harris Harrison Harvin Haskins Hawkins Hayes Hines J. Hinson Howard Inabinett Jennings Keegan Kelley Kennedy
Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Leach Lee Limehouse Littlejohn Lloyd Lourie Lucas Mack Maddox Martin Mason McCraw McGee McLeod M. McLeod W. McMahand Meacham Miller Moody-Lawrence Neal Neilson Ott Parks Phillips Pinckney Quinn Rhoad Rice Riser Rodgers Rutherford Sandifer Scott Seithel Sharpe Simrill Smith D. Smith F. Smith J. Smith R. Stuart Taylor Townsend Tripp Walker Whatley Whipper Wilkes Wilkins Witherspoon Woodrum Young-Brickell
Those who voted in the negative are:
Sheheen Stille Wilder
So, the Bill, as amended, was read the second time and ordered to third reading.
Rep. HARRELL asked unanimous consent that S. 379 (Word version) be read a third time tomorrow.
Rep. COBB-HUNTER objected.
Rep. RICE moved to reconsider the vote whereby the following Bill, as amended, was given a second reading:
Rep. LIMEHOUSE moved to table the motion to reconsider, which was agreed to.
Rep. SHEHEEN moved that the House recur to the morning hour, which was agreed to.
On motion of Rep. ALLEN, with unanimous consent, the following was taken up for immediate consideration:
H. 4060 (Word version) -- Reps. Allen and Maddox: A HOUSE RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO A DELEGATION OF STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND ADMINISTRATORS REPRESENTING T. L. HANNA HIGH SCHOOL OF ANDERSON COUNTY ON THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1999, AT A TIME TO BE DETERMINED BY THE SPEAKER, FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEING RECOGNIZED AND HONORED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR RECEIVING THE PALMETTO FINEST AWARD.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
That the privilege of the floor of the House of Representatives is extended to a delegation of students, faculty, and administrators
The Resolution was adopted.
On motion of Rep. W. MCLEOD, with unanimous consent, the following was taken up for immediate consideration:
H. 4061 (Word version) -- Rep. W. McLeod: A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM, COACHES, AND OFFICIALS OF NEWBERRY ACADEMY OF NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1999, AT A TIME TO BE DETERMINED BY THE SPEAKER FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEING RECOGNIZED AND CONGRATULATED ON WINNING THE 1998-99 CLASS AA SOUTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS' ASSOCIATION BOYS BASKETBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
That the privilege of the floor of the House of Representatives be extended to the varsity boys basketball team, coaches, and officials of Newberry Academy of Newberry, South Carolina, on Wednesday, May 12, 1999, at a time to be determined by the Speaker, for the purpose of being recognized and congratulated on winning the 1998-1999 Class AA Boys Basketball State Championship.
The Resolution was adopted.
The following was introduced:
H. 4062 (Word version) -- Reps. Townsend, Walker, Harrison, Haskins, Quinn, Vaughn, Wilkins, Allison, Altman, Cooper, Hamilton, Harrell, Harris, Kelley, Kirsh, Leach, Littlejohn, Maddox, Martin, Meacham, Robinson, D. Smith, Stille, Stuart and Webb: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO CREATE THE OPEN ENROLLMENT TASK
The Senate sent to the House the following:
S. 798 (Word version) -- Senators Holland and Giese: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE MRS. MARY HAMILTON LOSTETTER OF LUGOFF, A MATH TEACHER AT LUGOFF-ELGIN HIGH SCHOOL, UPON BEING NAMED SOUTH CAROLINA'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR THE 1999-2000 SCHOOL YEAR.
The Concurrent Resolution was agreed to and ordered returned to the Senate with concurrence.
Rep. SHEHEEN moved that the House do now adjourn, which was agreed to.
The Senate returned to the House with concurrence the following:
H. 3978 (Word version) -- Reps. Carnell, W. McLeod, Wilkins, Klauber, Parks and Stille: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO NAME THE BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY 34 AT THE LAKE GREENWOOD DAM OVER THE SALUDA RIVER AT THE GREENWOOD COUNTY - NEWBERRY COUNTY LINE THE "HOLLY SELF DRUMMOND BRIDGE", AND FURTHER REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT TO ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS REFLECTING THIS DESIGNATION.
H. 3982 (Word version) -- Rep. Phillips: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO FIX 12:00 NOON ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1999, AS THE TIME FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE TO MEET IN JOINT SESSION IN THE HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING MEMBERS OF THE BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF THE
H. 3988 (Word version) -- Rep. Cobb-Hunter: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO HONOR THE WORKING MEN AND WOMEN OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA WHO HAVE DIED ON THE JOB AND TO REQUEST THAT THE GOVERNOR DECLARE APRIL 28, 1999, "WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY".
H. 3989 (Word version) -- Reps. Cato, Allen, Allison, Altman, Askins, Bailey, Bales, Barfield, Barrett, Battle, Beck, Bowers, Breeland, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Brown, T. Brown, Campsen, Canty, Carnell, Chellis, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Cooper, Cotty, Dantzler, Davenport, Delleney, Easterday, Edge, Emory, Fleming, Gamble, Gilham, Gourdine, Govan, Hamilton, Harrell, Harris, Harrison, Harvin, Haskins, Hawkins, Hayes, J. Hines, M. Hines, Hinson, Howard, Inabinett, Jennings, Keegan, Kelley, Kennedy, Kirsh, Klauber, Knotts, Koon, Lanford, Law, Leach, Lee, Limehouse, Littlejohn, Lloyd, Loftis, Lourie, Lucas, Mack, Maddox, Martin, Mason, McCraw, McGee, McKay, M. McLeod, W. McLeod, McMahand, Meacham, Miller, Moody-Lawrence, Neal, Neilson, Ott, Parks, Phillips, Pinckney, Quinn, Rhoad, Rice, Riser, Robinson, Rodgers, Rutherford, Sandifer, Scott, Seithel, Sharpe, Sheheen, Simrill, D. Smith, F. Smith, J. Smith, R. Smith, Stille, Stuart, Taylor, Townsend, Tripp, Trotter, Vaughn, Walker, Webb, Whatley, Whipper, Wilder, Wilkes, Wilkins, Witherspoon, Woodrum and Young-Brickell: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE WEEK OF MAY 2-8, 1999, AS "ASSOCIATION WEEK", AS PROCLAIMED BY GOVERNOR JAMES H. HODGES, HONORING THE NONPROFIT NATIONAL, REGIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL TRADE ASSOCIATIONS, PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
H. 4036 (Word version) -- Rep. G. Brown: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO COMMEND BILL PINKNEY, A NATIVE OF DALZELL WHO NOW LIVES IN SUMTER, FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARILY SUCCESSFUL FORTY-SIX YEAR MUSICAL AND ENTERTAINMENT CAREER AS A VOCAL ARTIST AND AS THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE ORIGINAL "DRIFTERS".
H. 4037 (Word version) -- Reps. Scott, Allen, Allison, Altman, Askins, Bailey, Bales, Barfield, Barrett, Battle, Beck, Bowers, Breeland, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Brown, T. Brown, Campsen, Canty, Carnell, Cato, Chellis, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Cooper, Cotty, Dantzler, Davenport, Delleney, Easterday, Edge, Emory, Fleming, Gamble, Gilham, Gourdine, Govan, Hamilton, Harrell, Harris, Harrison, Harvin, Haskins, Hawkins, Hayes, J. Hines, M. Hines, Hinson, Howard, Inabinett, Jennings, Keegan, Kelley, Kennedy, Kirsh, Klauber, Knotts, Koon, Lanford, Law, Leach, Lee, Limehouse, Littlejohn, Lloyd, Loftis, Lourie, Lucas, Mack, Maddox, Martin, Mason, McCraw, McGee, McKay, M. McLeod, W. McLeod, McMahand, Meacham, Miller, Moody-Lawrence, Neal, Neilson, Ott, Parks, Phillips, Pinckney, Quinn, Rhoad, Rice, Riser, Robinson, Rodgers, Rutherford, Sandifer, Seithel, Sharpe, Sheheen, Simrill, D. Smith, F. Smith, J. Smith, R. Smith, Stille, Stuart, Taylor, Townsend, Tripp, Trotter, Vaughn, Walker, Webb, Whatley, Whipper, Wilder, Wilkes, Wilkins, Witherspoon, Woodrum and Young-Brickell: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING MRS. LEOLA BROWN OF RICHLAND COUNTY ON THE OCCASION OF MOTHER'S DAY FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL DEVOTION TO HER FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND CHURCH.
H. 4042 (Word version) -- Reps. McMahand and Wilkins: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING THE PHYLLIS WHEATLEY ASSOCIATION FOR EIGHTY YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE GREENVILLE COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
At 5:05 P.M. the House in accordance with the motion of Rep. PHILLIPS adjourned in memory of former Representative Newton C. Taylor of Gaffney, to meet at 10:00 A.M. tomorrow.
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