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EXPLANATION:
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 117, GENERAL
PROVISIONS, page 506, after line 2, by adding an appropriately
numbered paragraph to read:
/ 117.___. (GP:
Prohibition of Discriminatory Practices)
(A) In the
current fiscal year and from the funds appropriated to public
colleges and universities, when reviewing, investigating, or
deciding whether there has been a violation of a college or
university policy prohibiting discriminatory practices on the
basis of religion, South Carolina public colleges and
universities shall take into consideration the definition of
anti-Semitism for purposes of determining whether the alleged
practice was motivated by anti-Semitic intent.
(B)
Nothing in this proviso may be construed to diminish or
infringe upon any right protected under the First Amendment to
the Constitution of the United States or Section 2, Article I of
the South Carolina Constitution, 1895.
(C)
For purposes of this proviso, the term 'definition of
anti-Semitism' includes:
(1)
the definition of anti-Semitism set forth
by the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism of the
Department of State in the fact sheet issued on June 8, 2010;
and
(2)
the examples set forth under the headings
'Contemporary Examples of Anti-Semitism' and 'What is
Anti-Semitism Relative to Israel?' in the fact sheet.
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Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.