Bill 291

                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               Senate
Bill Number:                    291
Primary Sponsor:                Rose
Committee Number:               06
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        State property, naming of after
                                individual
Residing Body:                  Senate
Current Committee:              Finance
Computer Document Number:       291
Introduced Date:                Jan 08, 1991
Last History Body:              Senate
Last History Date:              Jan 08, 1991
Last History Type:              Introduced and read first time,
                                referred to Committee
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Rose
Type of Legislation:            General Bill

 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
 ----  ------  ------------  ------------------------------  ---
 291   Senate  Jan 08, 1991  Introduced and read first       06
                             time, referred to Committee
 291   Senate  Nov 05, 1990  Prefiled, referred to           06
                             Committee

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 10-1-180 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE NAMING OF PUBLIC PROPERTY PURCHASED OR CONSTRUCTED WITH STATE FUNDS OR OWNED BY THE STATE FOR A LIVING PERSON OR A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN DECEASED FOR LESS THAN FIVE YEARS; TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION; AND TO EXEMPT PROPERTY ALREADY NAMED FOR THE PERSON ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT.

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 10-1-180. No public property, including, but not limited to, a park, a bridge, a highway or a building, or an addition to any of them, purchased or constructed with state funds or otherwise acquired or owned by the State, may be named for a living person or a person who has been deceased for less than five years; provided, however, public property may be named for a living person who has served the public in an elected capacity for at least twenty-five years upon the approval of all county and local governments in which the named property is located."

SECTION 2. The provisions of Section 1 of this act do not affect property already named for a living person or a person who has been deceased for less than five years on the effective date of this act.

SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 1992.