View Amendment Current Amendment: 30 to Bill 897 Rep. PITTS proposes the following Amendment No. 30 to S. 897 (COUNCIL\MS\897C017.MS.AHB15):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting SECTION 2 in its entirety and inserting:

/ SECTION      2.      (A)      The South Carolina Infantry Battle Flag of the Confederate States of America [the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia (General Robert E. Lee's Army) the South Carolina, Georgia, Florida Department version] shall be permanently removed from its location on the south side of the Confederate Soldier Monument. The South Carolina Infantry Battle Flag of the Confederate States of America shall be permanently removed from its location on the Capitol Complex Grounds within twenty-four hours of the effective date of this act. The flagpole on which the flag is flown must be removed and replaced with a granite monument bearing a bronze casting of the First South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment Flag as provided in subsection (B).
     (B)      Upon the flag's removal from its current location, the Division of General Services is directed to erect in its place a granite monument bearing a bronze casting of the First South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment Flag. This monument must be constructed of a solid block of polished granite eleven feet wide, eight feet five inches tall, and five feet eight inches deep on top of a granite base consisting of three steps constructed of the same material as the block. A four foot tall, six foot wide bronze casting of the flag must be mounted on the granite block. /

Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.