South Carolina General Assembly
113th Session, 1999-2000

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Bill 476

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COMMITTEE REPORT

February 17, 1999

S. 476

Introduced by Senator Ford

S. Printed 2/17/99--S.

Read the first time February 9, 1999.

THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

To whom was referred a Bill (S. 476), to amend Chapter 1, Title 10, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to public buildings and property, etc., respectfully

REPORT:

That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass:

GLENN F. McCONNELL, for Committee.

A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY, BY ADDING SECTION 10-1-210, SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE REMOVAL OR RENAMING OF CERTAIN MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS LOCATED ON PUBLIC PROPERTY WITHOUT A TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF EACH BRANCH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 10 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 10-1-210. No monument, marker, painting, sculpture, memorial, street, highway, bridge, or park located on public property of the State or its political subdivisions which honors the memory of the Confederacy or individuals who served in the Confederate Army, Navy, or Marine Corps or the Women of the Confederacy or the memory of the civil rights struggle or individuals who participated in the civil rights struggle may be removed or renamed without two-thirds vote of each branch of the General Assembly, or the political subdivision, as appropriate."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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