Current Status Bill Number:291 Type of Legislation:Concurrent Resolution CR Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19950110 Primary Sponsor:Lander All Sponsors:Lander, Leventis, Elliott, Hayes, Martin, Waldrep, Wilson, O'Dell, Rankin Drafted Document Number:RES9505.JAL Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Invitations Committee 10 SI Subject:Federal mandates, unfunded
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 19950110 Introduced, referred to Committee 10 SI Senate 19941114 Prefiled, referred to Committee 10 SIView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
INVITING THE SOUTH CAROLINA DELEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO ADDRESS A JOINT SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE REGARDING UNFUNDED FEDERAL MANDATES.
Whereas, the number of unfunded federal mandates imposed upon the states by the United States Congress has alarmingly increased in recent years; and
Whereas, this continuing imposition places South Carolina and her sister states in the precarious position of either attempting to fund the federal requirements with diminishing amounts of available revenue or jeopardizing eligibility for certain federal funds; and
Whereas, states and the United States Congress should engage in earnest discussions regarding the difficult posture in which the states have been cast and the urgent necessity of the states to receive monetary assistance for these mandates or relief from the enforcement of these unfunded decrees; and
Whereas, the members of the Legislature of South Carolina desire to personally communicate with the South Carolina Delegation to the United States Congress concerning this critical problem so that our representatives may be completely cognizant of the effect the action of the federal government have at the state legislative level and may be more sensitive to the difficulties unfunded federal mandates create. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, both houses thereof concurring, that all members of the South Carolina Delegation to the United States Congress are respectfully requested to appear before a joint session of the Legislature of South Carolina to discuss the problems related to unfunded federal mandates.
Be it further resolved that the Clerk of the House of Representatives, by copy of this resolution, advise each member of the South Carolina Congressional Delegation of this invitation and of our hopeful anticipation of their acceptance.