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H. 3269 -- Reps. Richardson, P. Harris, Waldrop, Neilson, J. Brown, Inabinett,
Kelley, Rhoad and Shissias: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
1976, BY ADDING SECTION 44-69-77 SO AS TO ALLOW A LICENSED CONTINUING CARE
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY THAT OPERATES A HOME HEALTH AGENCY AND A NURSING
HOME TO
SHARE CERTAIN SERVICES BETWEEN THE HOME HEALTH AGENCY AND THE NURSING HOME;
AND
TO AMEND SECTION 44-69-75, RELATING TO REQUIRING A HOME HEALTH AGENCY TO
OBTAIN
A CERTIFICATE OF NEED BEFORE BEING LICENSED, SO AS TO EXEMPT CERTAIN CONTINUING
CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES WHICH PROVIDE HOME HEALTH SERVICES TO ITS
RESIDENTS.
Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs.
H. 3270 -- Reps. Richardson, McKay, J. Brown, Cromer, Harvin, Bailey, Lloyd,
Stuart, Chamblee, J. Harris, Cain, Moody-Lawrence, Witherspoon and Keyserling:
A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 12-7-435, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
1976, RELATING TO DEDUCTIONS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA TAXABLE INCOME FOR PURPOSES
OF
THE STATE INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX, SO AS TO ELIMINATE THE RETIREMENT INCOME
EXCLUSION ELECTION AND PROVIDE FOR THE DEDUCTION OF
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
H. 3271 -- Reps. Richardson, Vaughn, McKay, Harvin, Limbaugh, Lloyd, Bailey,
Cain, Sandifer, Walker, Baxley, Chamblee, Wofford, A. Young, Shissias, Stuart,
Dantzler, Thomas, Keyserling, Jennings, Wells, Tucker, Harrison and Spearman: A
BILL TO AMEND SECTION 16-9-340, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
1976, RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF INTIMIDATING COURT OFFICIALS, JURORS, OR
WITNESSES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
H. 3272 -- Reps. Richardson, J. Brown, Harvin, Moody-Lawrence, Scott, Lloyd,
Canty, Cobb-Hunter and Keyserling: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 11-35-5010, CODE OF
LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ASSISTANCE TO MINORITY BUSINESS FOR
PURPOSES OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONSOLIDATED PROCUREMENT CODE, SO AS TO
PROVIDE
THAT A BUSINESS THAT BY WRITTEN AGREEMENT WILL MEET OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENTS
WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF A CONTRACT AWARD DATE QUALIFIES AS AN ECONOMICALLY
DISADVANTAGED SMALL BUSINESS AND REQUIRE INCREMENTAL INCREASE IN QUALIFYING
OWNERSHIP IN EACH OF THE FIVE YEARS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 12-27-1320, AS
AMENDED, RELATING TO GOALS FOR AWARDING STATE SOURCE HIGHWAY FUND
CONTRACTS TO
DISADVANTAGED MINORITIES AND WOMEN, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A BUSINESS THAT BY
WRITTEN AGREEMENT WILL MEET THE OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENTS WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF
A
CONTRACT AWARD DATE MUST BE CERTIFIED AS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE AND REQUIRE
INCREMENTAL INCREASE IN QUALIFYING OWNERSHIP IN EACH OF THE FIVE YEARS.
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry.
H. 3273 -- Rep. Townsend: A BILL TO AMEND SECTIONS 56-3-3310 AND 56-3-3320,
BOTH AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SPECIAL
LICENSE PLATES FOR RECIPIENTS OF THE PURPLE HEART, SO AS TO
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
H. 3274 -- Rep. Hodges: A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION
15, ARTICLE V, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO
QUALIFICATIONS FOR JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT AND JUDGES OF THE COURT OF
APPEALS AND THE CIRCUIT COURT, SO AS TO INCREASE FROM TWENTY-SIX TO THIRTY-TWO
THE AGE REQUIREMENT FOR ELECTION TO THESE OFFICES, TO INCREASE FROM FIVE TO
TEN
THE NUMBER OF YEARS WHICH A PERSON MUST HAVE BEEN A LICENSED ATTORNEY AT
LAW IN
ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ELECTION TO THESE OFFICES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT ANY
JUSTICE OR JUDGE SERVING IN OFFICE ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS SECTION REQUIRING A JUSTICE OR JUDGE TO BE THIRTY-TWO YEARS OF AGE AND TO
HAVE TEN YEARS OF SERVICE AS A LICENSED ATTORNEY AT LAW WHO IS NOT OF THAT
AGE
OR WHO HAS NOT BEEN LICENSED FOR THIS REQUIRED PERIOD OF TIME MAY CONTINUE TO
SERVE FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS THEN CURRENT TERM AND IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE
THE
REQUISITE AGE AND YEARS OF SERVICE AS A LICENSED ATTORNEY FOR PURPOSES OF
FUTURE
REELECTIONS TO THAT JUDICIAL OFFICE, AND PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V
OF
THE CONSTITUTION, RELATING TO THE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT BY ADDING SECTION 27 SO
AS
TO PROVIDE THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY LAW SHALL ESTABLISH A JUDICIAL MERIT
SELECTION PANEL TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION TO JUDICIAL POSITIONS ON
THE
COURTS OF THIS STATE WHICH ARE FILLED BY ELECTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TO
PROVIDE THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MUST ELECT THESE JUDGES AND JUSTICES FROM
AMONG THESE NOMINEES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT NO PERSON MAY BE ELECTED TO THESE
JUDICIAL POSITIONS WHO HAS BEEN FOUND NOT QUALIFIED BY THE PANEL.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
H. 3276 -- Rep. Hodges: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
1976, BY ADDING CHAPTER 4 TO TITLE 14 SO AS TO CREATE THE JUDICIAL MERIT
SELECTION PANEL TO ASSIST THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN THE SELECTION OF JUSTICES AND
JUDGES FOR VACANCIES IN THE SUPREME COURT, COURT OF APPEALS, CIRCUIT COURT,
FAMILY COURT, AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE DIVISION, TO PROVIDE FOR THE
MEMBERSHIP OF THE PANEL, AND TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURES FOR THE NOMINATION
AND
ELECTION OF CANDIDATES FOR THESE JUDICIAL VACANCIES; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 2-19-70
AND 2-19-80 OF THE 1976 CODE RELATING TO PLEDGING AND OTHER PROCEDURAL MATTERS
REGARDING JUDICIAL ELECTIONS; AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE ABOVE
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
S. 334 -- Senators McGill, Glover and Leatherman: A BILL TO AMEND ARTICLE 1,
CHAPTER 31, TITLE 33, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO
NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS LOCATED IN FLORENCE COUNTY, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE
FORMER
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF A DISSOLVED NONPROFIT CORPORATION OR ELEEMOSYNARY
ORGANIZATION TO DISTRIBUTE THE REMAINING ASSETS OF THE ORGANIZATION AND TO
PROVIDE THAT EFFECTIVE TWO YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, IF SUCH
DISTRIBUTION IS NOT ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF DISSOLUTION, THE
REMAINING
ASSETS ESCHEAT TO THE STATE.
On motion of Rep. HARWELL, with unanimous consent, the Bill was ordered placed on the Calendar without reference.
The roll call of the House of Representatives was taken resulting as
follows.
Allison Anderson Askins Bailey Baxley Beatty Boan Breeland Brown, G. Brown, H. Brown, J. Brown, T. Byrd Canty Carnell Cato Cave Chamblee Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Cooper Cotty Cromer Dantzler Davenport Delleney Easterday Elliott Fair Felder Fleming Fulmer Gamble Govan Hallman Harrell Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harwell Haskins Herdklotz
Hines Hodges Howard Huff Hutson Inabinett Jaskwhich Jennings Keegan Kelley Kennedy Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Limbaugh Limehouse Littlejohn Lloyd Marchbanks Martin Mason McAbee McCraw McKay McTeer Meacham Moody-Lawrence Neal Neilson Phillips Rhoad Rice Richardson Riser Robinson Sandifer Scott Seithel Sharpe Sheheen Shissias Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Spearman Stille Stoddard Stuart Thomas Townsend Tripp Trotter Tucker Vaughn Waldrop Walker Wells Whatley Whipper, L. Whipper, S. White Wilder Wilkes Wilkins Williams Witherspoon Wofford Worley Wright Young, A. Young, J.STATEMENT OF ATTENDANCE I came in after the roll call and was present for the Session on Tuesday, January 17. Timothy F. Rogers Bradley D. Cain Richard M. Quinn, Jr. C. Alex Harvin, III Joseph T. McElveen, Jr.
The SPEAKER granted Rep. McMAHAND a leave of absence for the week.
Announcement was made that Dr. Steve Imbeau of Florence is the Doctor of the Day for the General Assembly.
The following Bill was taken up, read the third time, and ordered sent to the Senate.
H. 3217 -- Reps. Neilson, Hines and Baxley: A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 7-7-210, AS
AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO VOTING PRECINCTS
IN
DARLINGTON COUNTY, SO AS TO DELETE THE PHILADELPHIA PRECINCT AND REVISE THE
MAP
DOCUMENT NUMBER ON WHICH SUCH PRECINCTS ARE SHOWN.
The following Bill was taken up.
H. 3238 -- Judiciary Committee: TRUTH IN SENTENCING BILL. (Abbreviated
Title)
Rep. HARRISON made the Point of Order that the Bill was improperly before the House for consideration since printed copies of the Bill have not been upon the desks of the members for one statewide day.
The SPEAKER sustained the Point of Order.
The veto on the following Act was taken up.
(R609) H. 4820 -- THE 1994-95 APPROPRIATIONS ACT. (Abbreviated Title)
Part I, Section 16, Election Commission, page 53, line 24, Aid to County Boards of Registration - $220,300
The question was put, shall the item become a part of the law, the veto of his
Excellency, the Governor to the contrary notwithstanding, the yeas and nays were
taken resulting as follows:
Askins Baxley Beatty Boan Breeland Brown, G. Canty Carnell Cave Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Govan Hines Hodges Howard Jennings Martin McAbee McCraw Moody-Lawrence Phillips Scott Spearman White Wilder Williams
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Bailey Brown, H. Brown, J. Brown, T. Byrd Cain Cato Chamblee Cooper Cotty Cromer Dantzler Davenport Delleney Easterday Elliott Fair Felder Fleming Fulmer Gamble Hallman Harrell Harris, J. Harrison Harwell Haskins Herdklotz Huff Hutson Inabinett Jaskwhich Keegan Kelley Kennedy Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Knotts Koon Lanford Law Limbaugh Limehouse Littlejohn Lloyd Marchbanks Mason McKay McTeer Meacham Neilson Quinn Rhoad Rice Richardson Riser Robinson Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Sheheen Shissias Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Stille Stoddard Stuart Townsend Tripp Trotter Tucker Vaughn Waldrop Walker Wells Whatley Whipper, L. Whipper, S.
Wilkes Wilkins Wofford Worley Wright Young, A. Young, J.
So, the veto of the Governor was sustained and a message was ordered sent to the
Senate accordingly.
I was inadvertently called away from the House Chamber during the vote on Veto 1. It is my position that, had I been present, I would have voted to override the Governor's veto on Part 1, Section 16, for the South Carolina Election Commission, County Boards of Voter Registration.
Rep. C. ALEX HARVIN, III
Part I, Section 20, Educational Television Commission, page 210, line 26, Reception Match $250,000
The question was put, shall the item become a part of the law, the veto of his
Excellency, the Governor to the contrary notwithstanding, the yeas and nays were
taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Cave Clyburn Elliott Hodges Howard Inabinett Keyserling Lloyd Martin McAbee McCraw McTeer Moody-Lawrence Phillips Rhoad Scott Sheheen Tucker Whipper, L. Whipper, S. White Wilder Wilkes Williams
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Anderson Askins Bailey Baxley Boan Breeland Brown, G. Brown, H.
Brown, J. Brown, T. Byrd Cain Carnell Cato Chamblee Cooper Cotty Cromer Dantzler Davenport Delleney Easterday Fair Felder Fleming Fulmer Gamble Hallman Harrell Harris, J. Harris, P. Harrison Harwell Haskins Herdklotz Hines Huff Hutson Jaskwhich Jennings Keegan Kelley Kennedy Kinon Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Limbaugh Limehouse Littlejohn Marchbanks Mason McKay Meacham Neilson Quinn Rice Richardson Riser Robinson Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Shissias Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Spearman Stoddard Stuart Thomas Tripp Trotter Vaughn Waldrop Walker Wells Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Wofford Worley Wright Young, A. Young, J.
So, the veto of the Governor was sustained and a message was ordered sent to the
Senate accordingly.
I was inadvertently called away from the House Chamber during the vote on Veto 2. It is my position that, had I been present, I would have voted to override the Governor's veto on Item 2, Section 20, for the South Carolina Educational Television Commission.
Rep. C. ALEX HARVIN, III
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