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Rep. CLYBORNE explained the amendment.
Rep. BOAN moved to table the amendment.
Rep. CLYBORNE demanded the yeas and nays, which was not ordered.
The amendment was then tabled by a division vote of 77 to 32.
Rep. ROBINSON proposed the following Amendment No. 110 (Doc Name L:\h- wm\legis\amend\DC.018), which was tabled.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 17G, B&CB-Div. of Budget and Analysis, Page 536, Paragraph 39, Line 30, by inserting a new line after /position./ to read: /Employees reassigned based on this provision shall be paid at the salary of the new position rather than the salary of their prior position./
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The SPEAKER granted Rep. CANTY a leave of absence for the remainder of the day.
Rep. BOAN moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.
Reps. WILKINS and HODGES proposed the following Amendment No. 30 (Doc Name L:\h- wm\legis\amend\DC.SCS), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 17G, Division of Budget and Analyses, Page 536, Paragraphs 39 and 40, Line 23, by deleting the paragraph in its entirety.
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Rep. WILKINS explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Rep. McABEE proposed the following Amendment No. 281 (Doc Name L:\h- wm\legis\amend\CJ.060), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IA, Section 17G, Page 530, Paragraph 6, Line 26, by striking the Amendment number /148/ and inserting /however, that whenever the Clemson University Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources is required by law or legislative intent to grant a salary increase to its employees, the State Budget shall include such additional funds as may be necessary to fully fund such a salary increase, regardless of the source of the employee's base salary. Provided however, that education and general employees (excluding federal and auxiliary funded employees) of the colleges, universities and technical colleges will be exempted from this ratio requirement./
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Rep. McABEE explained the amendment.
Rep. BEATTY spoke against the amendment.
Rep. MOODY-LAWRENCE moved to table the amendment.
Rep. J. BROWN demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as
follows:
Allison Anderson Beatty Breeland Brown, J. Byrd Cato Cobb-Hunter Davenport Farr Govan Harrelson Hines Huff Inabinett Kelley Keyserling Kirsh Lanford Littlejohn Martin McElveen McMahand Meacham Moody-Lawrence Neal Quinn Richardson Rudnick Scott Sheheen Simrill Smith, R. Stille Walker Whipper White Williams Wofford Worley Young, A.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Alexander, T.C. Askins Bailey, G. Baker Barber Baxley Boan Brown, H. Carnell Chamblee Clyborne Cooper Corning Delleney Elliott Fair Felder Fulmer Gamble Graham Hallman Harrell Harris, J. Harris, P. Harvin Harwell Haskins Houck Jennings Keegan Kennedy Kinon Koon Law Marchbanks Mattos McAbee McCraw McKay McLeod McTeer Phillips Rhoad Riser Robinson Rogers Shissias Snow Spearman Stone Townsend Trotter Tucker Vaughn Wells Wilder, D. Wilder, J.
Wilkes Wilkins Witherspoon Wright
So, the House refused to table the amendment.
The question then recurred to the adoption of the amendment.
Rep. BEATTY demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander, M.O. Alexander, T.C. Askins Bailey, G. Bailey, J. Baker Barber Baxley Boan Brown, H. Carnell Cato Chamblee Clyborne Cooper Corning Cromer Elliott Fair Felder Fulmer Gamble Graham Harrell Harrelson Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harvin Harwell Haskins Holt Hutson Jennings Keegan Kennedy Kinon Koon Law Marchbanks Mattos McAbee McCraw McKay McLeod McTeer Meacham Neilson Rhoad Richardson Riser Robinson Rogers Shissias Snow Spearman Stone Stuart Sturkie Townsend Trotter Tucker Vaughn Wells Wilder, D. Wilder, J. Wilkins Witherspoon Worley Wright
Anderson Beatty Breeland Brown, J. Byrd Delleney Farr Govan Hines Inabinett Kelley Keyserling Kirsh Lanford Littlejohn McMahand Moody-Lawrence Neal Phillips Rudnick Scott Sheheen Simrill Smith, R. Stille Walker Whipper Williams Wofford Young, A.
So, the amendment was adopted.
Reps. GAMBLE, PHILLIPS, STUART, CROMER, SHISSIAS and McCRAW proposed the following Amendment No. 70 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\GJK\20583SD.94), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, by adding the following immediately after Section 17G, which begins on page 529:
/Section 17L. - Office of Insurance Services
The Budget and Control Board shall direct the Office of Insurance Services to develop a prevention component to the health insurance plan for state employees, retirees, and teachers./
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Rep. GAMBLE explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Section 17G as amended was adopted.
Debate resumed on Section 18A.
Section 18A was adopted.
Debate was resumed on Section 18B.
Section 18B was adopted.
Debate was resumed on Section 18K.
Section 18K was adopted.
Debate was resumed on Section 18M.
Section 18M was adopted.
Debate was resumed on Section 18N.
Section 18N was adopted.
Debate was resumed on Section 19.
Reps. GAMBLE, PHILLIPS, CROMER, STUART and SHISSIAS proposed the following Amendment No. 73 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\GJK\20584SD.94), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, SECTION 19, which begins on page 544, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/ . A school district, in its discretion, may use Critical Teaching Needs (CTN) funds for the purpose of training teachers in Conflict Resolution Methods Appropriate for classroom instruction./
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Rep. GAMBLE explained the amendment.
Rep. LAW moved to table the amendment.
Rep. GAMBLE demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Davenport Law Littlejohn Vaughn
Alexander, T.C. Anderson Bailey, G. Baker Barber Baxley Boan Breeland Brown, G. Brown, H. Byrd Cato Chamblee Cobb-Hunter Cooper Corning Cromer Delleney Elliott Fair Farr Felder Fulmer Gamble Gonzales Govan Graham Hallman Harrell Harrelson Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harvin Harwell Haskins Hines Hodges Holt Houck Huff Hutson Inabinett Jennings Keegan Kennedy Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Koon Lanford Marchbanks Martin Mattos McCraw McLeod McMahand Meacham Moody-Lawrence Neal Neilson Phillips Quinn Rhoad Richardson Riser Robinson Rudnick Scott Sharpe Sheheen Shissias Simrill Smith, R. Snow Spearman Stille Stone Stuart Sturkie Thomas Townsend Trotter Tucker Waites Walker Whipper White Wilder, J. Wilkes Wilkins Williams Witherspoon Wofford Worley Wright Young, A.
So, the House refused to table the amendment.
The question then recurred to the adoption of the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. RUDNICK moved to reconsider the vote whereby Amendment No. 1 was rejected in Section 17G, Part IB and the motion was noted.
Reps. GAMBLE, SHISSIAS and PHILLIPS proposed the following Amendment No. 149 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\GJK\20599SD.94), which was ruled out of order.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, SECTION 19, which begins on page 544, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/ . School districts may require their employees to share in the cost of enrolling in courses funded through the Critical Teaching Needs Program in an amount not to exceed twenty-five percent of the cost of enrollment./
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Rep. GAMBLE explained the amendment.
Rep. INABINETT raised the Point of Order that Amendment No. 149 was out of order as it was not germane.
Rep. GAMBLE argued contra the Point.
The SPEAKER stated that it did not relate to money and he sustained the Point of Order and ruled the amendment out of order.
Rep. McTEER proposed the following Amendment No. 182 (Doc Name L:\h- wm\legis\amend\TMR.031), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 19, SDE, Page 545, Paragraph 15, Line 44, by striking /contractual services/
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Rep. McTEER explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Rep. WELLS proposed the following Amendment No. 56 (Doc Name L:\h- wm\legis\amend\CJ.ST), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part 1B, Section 19, Education, Page 546, Paragraph 20, Line 39, by adding after /"purchase bus parts."/ the word /of/
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Rep. WELLS explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Rep. McTEER proposed the following Amendment No. 181 (Doc Name L:\h- wm\legis\amend\TMR.030), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 19, SDE, Page 548, Paragraph 26, Line 19, by inserting after /these funds/ the following /for retiree insurance/
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Rep. McTEER explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Reps. TOWNSEND, WALKER, ALLISON, STILLE, LITTLEJOHN, TROTTER, WRIGHT and D. WILDER proposed the following Amendment No. 97 (Doc Name L:\h- wm\legis\amend\FR.003).
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 19, Education, Page 551, Paragraph 54, Line 24, right column, by striking the proviso in its entirety.
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Rep. TOWNSEND explained the amendment.
Rep. McTEER spoke against the amendment.
Rep. TOWNSEND spoke in favor of the amendment.
Rep. HARRELSON raised the Point of Order that Paragraph 54 on page 551 of the Bill was out of order as it was not germane.
Rep McTEER stated that since it was not in Part II, it did not have to refer to a line item but it did refer to other proviso sections which stipulate to meet the southeastern average. He further stated that this proviso was part of ensuring that the southeastern average was met and that it was germane because of the stipulation that the monies provided are to be made available in order to meet the southeastern average. He further stated that the salary schedules at the local districts have to be such to meet that average.
Rep McTEER stated that it was a directive that related to the southeastern average.
The SPEAKER stated that it only dealt with local funds and he sustained the Point of Order and ordered the paragraph stricken from the Bill.
Reps. MEACHAM, A. YOUNG, SIMRILL, KLAUBER, LAW and RICHARDSON proposed the following Amendment No. 52 (Doc Name L:\h-wm\legis\amend\FR.007), which was ruled out of order.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 19, Page 554, Line 28, right column, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read /local school districts are allowed to provide for a moment of voluntary silent prayer at the beginning of each school day/.
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Rep. MEACHAM explained the amendment.
Rep. WHITE raised the Point of Order that Amendment No. 52 was out of order as it was not germane.
Rep. MEACHAM argued contra the Point in stating that all of the local districts were funded by this Bill.
The SPEAKER stated, citing Rule 5.3, that this was not a provision or rule or regulation affecting funds in the Bill and he sustained the Point of Order and ruled the amendment out of order.
Reps. MEACHAM, WELLS, ALLISON, SIMRILL, McMAHAND, STILLE, ANDERSON, RICHARDSON and CROMER proposed the following Amendment No. 90 (Doc Name L:\h-wm\legis\amend\FR.007), which was ruled out of order.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 19, Page 554, Line 28, right column, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read /Any local school district which receives funding from this act is allowed
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