Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Section 1-10-10(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 1-10-10.
(A) As of 12:00 noon on the
effective date of this act, and permanently thereafter,
the The only flags authorized to be flown atop
the dome of the State House, in the chambers of the Senate and
House of Representatives, and on the grounds of the Capitol
Complex shall be as authorized in this section.
The flags authorized to be flown atop the
dome of the State House and in the chambers of the Senate and
House of Representatives are the United States Flag and the
South Carolina State Flag. As of 12:00 noon on the
effective date of this act, the flag authorized to be flown at a
designated location on the grounds of the Capitol Complex
is 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].
This flag The First National Flag of the
Confederacy must be flown on the grounds of the Capitol Complex
except that this flag must be replaced with regimental, rifle
company, and battalion flags on a rotating basis as provided in
this section. The Division of General Services is directed to
determine appropriate regimental, rifle company, and battalion
flags under which South Carolina soldiers fought. This
list may not contain any flag which includes any illustration
of, or similar representation, of the South Carolina Infantry
Battle Flag of the Confederate States of America. The Division
of General Services is directed to provide the proposed list for
review by the General Assembly by January 1, 2016, along with a
proposed schedule for rotation of the flags selected. After
approval of the General Assembly, these flags must be flown
on a flagpole located at a point on the south side of the
Confederate Soldier Monument, centered on the monument, ten feet
from the base of the monument at a height of thirty feet. The
flagpole on which the flag is flown and the area adjacent to the
monument and flagpole must be illuminated at night and an
appropriate decorative iron fence must be erected around the
flagpole.
The South Carolina Infantry Battle
Flag of the Confederate States of America is square measuring
fifty-two inches on each side, inclusive of the white border,
with a St. Andrews Cross of blue, edged with white, with
thirteen equal five-pointed stars, upon a red field, with the
whole banner bordered in white. The blue arms of the cross are
7.5 inches wide and the white border around the flag proper is
1.5 inches wide. The stars are five-pointed, inscribed within a
circle six inches in diameter, and are uniform in size. From any funds appropriated to the
Budget and Control Board Department of
Administration, the Division of General Services of
the Budget and Control Board, or its successor in
interest, shall ensure that the flags authorized above shall be
placed at all times as directed in this section and shall
replace the flags at appropriate intervals as may be necessary
due to wear."
SECTION 2. 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 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 removed from its location on the Capitol Complex Grounds within twenty-four hours of the effective date of this act. Upon its removal, the flag shall be transported to the Confederate Relic Room for appropriate display.
SECTION 3. This act may be cited as "The Linsky Act".
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.