Journal of the House of Representatives
of the First Session of the 111th General Assembly
of the State of South Carolina
being the Regular Session Beginning Tuesday, January 10, 1995

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APPENDIX A: ACT 402 to Create a Permanent Committee
(R 420, H.3247)(Code 2-51-10)

An Act to create a Permanent Committee to conduct continuing Studies of Public and Private Services, Programs and Facilities for the Aging.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Section 1. The General Assembly finds that the Committee to Study Public and Private Services, Programs and Facilities for the Aging, originally created H.1286 of 1969 and continued by concurrent resolution through 1977, fulfills a necessary and continuing legislative need and the functions of the committee can be more properly fulfilled by a permanent committee.

Section 2. There is created a permanent committee to conduct continuing studies of public and private services, programs and facilities for the aging in South Carolina and report its findings and recommendations annually to the General Assembly.

Three members shall be appointed from the Senate by the President thereof, three members shall be appointed from the House of Representative by the Speaker and three member shall be appointed by the Governor. Terms of legislative members shall be coterminous with their terms as members of the General Assembly and terms of members appointed by the Governor shall be coterminous with the term of the appointing Governor.

Members of the Committee shall be provided by an annual appropriation in the general Appropriation Act.

The Legislative Council shall provide such legal services as the Committee may require in the performance of its duties.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.

Approved the 14th day of February 1978.

APPENDIX B: COUNTY COUNCILS ON AGING 1995
County Service Providers. . . . .Telephone
Abbeville Abbeville Senior Center. . . . .459-9666
Aiken Aiken Council on Aging. . . . .648-5447
Allendale Allendale Council on Aging. . . . .584-4350
Anderson Anderson/Oconee Council on Aging. . . . .225-3370
Bamberg Bamberg Co. Office on Aging. . . . .245-3021
Barnwell Barnwell Co. Office on Aging. . . . .541-1249

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Beaufort Beaufort Council on Aging. . . . .524-1787

Neighborhood Legal Assist. Prog., Inc.. . . . .838-5001
Berkeley Berkeley County Senior Citizens. . . . .761-6900
Calhoun Calhoun Co. Agy. for Senior Citizens. . . . .874-1270
Charleston Charleston Area Senior Citizens, Inc.. . . . .722-4127

American Red Cross - Low Country. . . . .566-9965

Neighborhood Legal Assist. Prog., Inc.. . . . .722-0107

Sea Island Com. Health Ctr., Inc.. . . . .559-4137

South Santee Community Center. . . . .546-2789
Cherokee Cherokee Co. Services to the Aging. . . . .488-0476
Chester Senior Services Inc. of Chester Co.. . . . .385-3810
Chesterfield Chesterfield Council on Aging. . . . .623-2280
Clarendon Clarendon Council on Aging. . . . .435-8593
Colleton Colleton Council on Aging. . . . .549-7642

Neighborhood Legal Assist. Prog., Inc.. . . . .549-9581
Darlington Darlington Council on Aging. . . . .393-8521
Dillon Dillon Council on Aging. . . . .774-0089
Dorchester Dorchester Human Development Bd.. . . . .871-5053
Edgefield Edgefield Senior Citizens Council. . . . .637-5326
Fairfield Fairfield Council on Aging. . . . .635-3015
Florence Florence Council on Aging. . . . .669-6761
Georgetown Georgetown Council on Aging. . . . .546-8539
Greenville Senior Action Inc.. . . . .467-3660

Greenville Transit Authority. . . . .467-5000

Greenville Urban League. . . . .244-3862

Legal Services of Western Carolina. . . . .467-3232
Greenwood Piedmont Agency on Aging. . . . .223-0164
Hampton Hampton Council on Aging. . . . .943-7555
Horry Horry Council on Aging. . . . .248-6361
Jasper Jasper Council on Aging. . . . .726-5601
Kershaw Kershaw Council on Aging. . . . .432-8173
Lancaster Lancaster Council on Aging. . . . .285-6956
Laurens Seniors Options, Inc.. . . . .984-2438
Lee Lee Council on Aging. . . . .484-6212
Lexington Lexington Co. Rec. & Aging Comm.. . . . .356-5111

Chapin Aging Dept.. . . . .345-1310

Irmo/Chapin Rec. Commission . . . . .731-0047
Marion Marion Co. Council on Aging. . . . .423-4391

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Marlboro Marlboro Council on Aging. . . . .479-9951
McCormick McCormick Council on Aging. . . . .465-2626
Newberry Newberry Council on Aging. . . . .276-8266
Oconee Anderson/Oconee Council on Aging. . . . .882-1673
Orangeburg Orangeburg Council on Aging. . . . .531-4663
Pickens Pickens Co. Seniors Unlimited. . . . .843-2275
Richland Council on Aging of the Midlands. . . . .252-7734
Saluda Saluda Council on Aging. . . . .445-2175
Spartanburg Senior Centers of Spartanburg Co., Inc.. . . . .596-3910
Sumter Santee Senior Services. . . . .773-5508
Union Union Council on Aging. . . . .429-1682
Williamsburg Santee Senior Services. . . . .354-5496

Neighborhood Legal Assist. Prog., Inc.. . . . .354-7475
York York Council on Aging. . . . .327-6694

APPENDIX C: AREA AGENCIES ON AGING 1995
REGION SERVICE PROVIDERS. . . . .NUMBER
I SC Appalachian Council of Govn'ts. . . . .242-9733
Appalachia Dr. Michael Stogner, Aging Unit Director

Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville,

Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg

II Upper Savannah Council of Govn'ts. . . . .941-8050
Upper Ms. Sandra Johnson, Aging Unit Director. . . . .(800)
Savannah Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood,. . . . .922-7729

Laurens, McCormick, Saluda

III Catawba Area Agency on Aging. . . . .329-9670
Catawba Ms. Sherron Marshall, Aging Unit Director

Chester, Lancaster, York, Union

IV Central Midlands Reg. Planning Council. . . . .771-0887
Central Ms. Sherri Burriss, Human Services Manager
Midlands Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland

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REGION SERVICE PROVIDERS. . . . .NUMBER
V Lower Savannah Council of Govn'ts. . . . .649-7981
Lower Linda Holmes, Aging Unit Director
Savannah Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg,

Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg

VI Santee-Lynches Regional Council. . . . .773-6628
Santee on Governments
Lynches Ms. Connie D. Munn, Aging Unit Director

Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter

VII Pee Dee Community Health Services. . . . .373-3632
Pee Dee Ms. Earlene Mark, Aging Unit Director

Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon

Florence, Marion, Marlboro

VIII Waccamaw Area Agency on Aging. . . . .349-2130
Waccamaw Ms. Barbara Blain, Aging Unit Director

Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg

IX ElderLink, Incorporated. . . . .745-1710
Trident Mr. James D. Dubs, Executive Director

Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester

X Lowcountry Council of Governments. . . . .726-5536
Lowcountry Ms. Yolanda Abram, Aging Unit Director

Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper

APPENDIX D: COUNTY/MUNICIPALITIES HOMESTEAD TAX EXEMPTION REIMBURSEMENTS TAX YEAR 1993
COUNTY NUMBER AMOUNT
Abbeville 3,226 454,402.85
Aiken 11,648 1,349,317.93
Allendale 1,394 194,332.61
Anderson 15,931 2,029,254.67
Bamberg 1,928 280,255.82
Barnwell 2,294 242,995.29
Beaufort 8,913 962,990.84

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Berkeley 5,768 686,228.90
Calhoun 1,297 166,422.64
Charleston 23,893 2,907,751.19
Cherokee 4,807 634,971.22
Chester 3,797 634,900.36
Chesterfield 4,062 390,166.69
Clarendon 2,631 429,893.95
Colleton 3,462 464,355.52
Darlington 6,380 731,146.44
Dillon 2,556 275,279.71
Dorchester 4,808 625,722.16
Edgefield 1,768 286,582.10
Fairfield 2,039 299,531.26
Florence 10,231 1,081,030.00
Georgetown 4,938 703,520.60
Greenville 27,698 4,067,602.93
Greenwood 7,118 992,631.80
Hampton 2,355 429,400.67
Horry 15,081 1,665,256.64
Jasper 1,342 215,655.80
Kershaw 4,373 565,236.91
Lancaster 5,041 795,721.56
Laurens 5,931 672,095.74
Lee 1,781 257,356.03
Lexington 13,111 2,098,233.31
McCormick 849 117,148.08
Marion 3,427 470,895.19
Marlboro 3,280 308,529.95
Newberry 4,894 714,287.81
Oconee 6,019 674,589.00
Orangeburg 7,798 1,272,441.48
Pickens 9,973 1,036,938.00
Richland 20,296 2,987,725.76
Saluda 1,847 241,608.44
Spartanburg 21,131 3,560,531.54
Sumter 7,293 961,211.53
Union 4,157 549,113.17
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Williamsburg 2,981 447,968.28
York 11,304 1,368,388.16

STATE TOTALS 316,851* $42,301,620.53

* Unduplicated count 228,885 persons

APPENDIX E: SOUTH CAROLINA ELDERLY POPULATION (AGE 65 YEARS+) FOR 1980, 1990 AND PROJECTED 2000

April 1, April 1, July 1,
COUNTY 1980 1990 2000
Abbeville 2,821 3,499 3,330
Aiken 10,023 13,735 19,300
Allendale 1,281 1,478 1,800
Anderson 14,348 19,592 23,200
Bamberg 2,005 2,143 2,300
Barnwell 2,111 2,462 2,800
Berkeley 4,583 7,336 13,400
Calhoun 1,411 1,767 1,500
Charleston 21,442 29,548 39,200
Cherokee 4,280 5,759 6,500
Chester 3,550 4,258 5,300
Chesterfield 4,027 4,888 6,600
Clarendon 2,978 3,716 4,600
Colleton 3,546 4,377 5,000
Darlington 5,946 7,370 9,100
Dillon 2,928 3,540 4,200
Dorchester 3,669 6,088 12,600
Edgefield 1,789 2,219 2,600
Fairfield 2,441 3,021 3,800
Florence 9,482 12,638 15,000
Georgetown 3,871 5,920 7,400
Greenville 27,391 37,862 44,400
Greenwood 6,585 8,221 8,600
Hampton 2,044 2,221 3,000
Horry 9,395 18,147 34,700
Jasper 1,535 1,915 1,700

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Kershaw 3,835 5,238 7,000
Lancaster 5,182 6,657 8,200
Laurens 6,015 7,752 8,900
Lee 1,865 2,232 2,100
Lexington 9,581 14,846 19,900
McCormick 858 1,154 1,100
Marion 3,435 4,192 4,700
Marlboro 3,333 3,733 4,100
Newberry 4,458 5,108 5,100
Oconee 5,291 7,896 8,800
Orangeburg 8,359 10,427 11,500
Pickens 7,044 10,441 11,200
Richland 20,542 26,889 30,600
Saluda 2,022 2,332 2,700
Spartanburg 21,350 28,571 31,000
Sumter 6,795 9,534 11,200
Union 3,659 4,470 5,100
Williamsburg 3,674 4,369 4,500
York 9,245 13,924 17,000

TOTAL 287,328 394,049 495,500

APPENDIX F: SC ELECTION STATISTICS VOTER ACTIVITY BREAKDOWN 65 AND OVER COUNTY FOR 1994

TOTAL TOTAL %
COUNTY REGISTERED VOTED VOTED
Abbeville 2,456 1,702 69.29
Aiken 10,591 7,412 69.98
Allendale 1,098 739 67.30
Anderson 12,100 8,654 71.52
Bamberg 1,639 1,079 65.83
Barnwell 1,915 1,278 66.73
Beaufort 10,766 8,117 75.39
Berkeley 6,066 4,412 72.73
Calhoun 1,318 917 69.57
Charleston 23,039 16,564 71.89
Cherokee 3,937 2,801 71.14
Chester 2,940 1,993 67.78

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Chesterfield 3,154 2,151 68.19
Clarendon 2,994 2,088 69.73
Colleton 3,076 2,195 71.35
Darlington 4,879 3,537 72.49
Dillon 2,454 1,621 66.05
Dorchester 5,105 3,346 65.54
Edgefield 1,721 1,303 75.71
Fairfield 1,928 1,396 72.40
Florence 8,790 6,145 69.90
Georgetown 4,987 3,535 70.88
Greenville 25,269 18,910 74.83
Greenwood 5,196 3,597 69.22
Hampton 1,989 1,658 83.35
Horry 16,560 11,808 71.30
Jasper 1,513 1,005 66.42
Kershaw 4,147 3,202 77.21
Lancaster 4,534 3,472 76.57
Laurens 4,842 3,439 71.02
Lee 1,887 1,297 68.73
Lexington 11,941 9,003 75.39
McCormick 994 718 72.23
Marion 3,088 1,919 62.14
Marlboro 2,457 1,507 61.33
Newberry 3,671 2,580 70.28
Oconee 5,757 4,318 75.00
Orangeburg 8,318 5,749 69.11
Pickens 6,419 4,512 70.29
Richland 20,287 14,903 73.46
Saluda 1,730 1,233 71.27
Spartanburg 16,945 11,243 66.34
Sumter 6,684 4,680 70.01
Union 3,257 2,319 71.20
Williamsburg 3,633 2,498 68.75
York 9,576 6,965 72.73

TOTALS 287,647 205,520 71.44%

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The following Bill was taken up, read the third time, and ordered sent to the Senate.

H. 4226 -- Reps. Stuart, Cobb-Hunter, Sharpe, Felder and Govan: A BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE MEMBERS OF THE ORANGEBURG COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TO BE REIMBURSED MILEAGE FROM FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF THE COMMITTEE AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ALLOWABLE RATE.

ADJOURNMENT

At 10:15 A.M. the House in accordance with the motion of Rep. SHISSIAS adjourned in memory of Richard W. Wildman of Columbia, to meet at 12:00 Noon, Tuesday, May 23.

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Tuesday, May 23, 1995

(Statewide Session)

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

The House assembled at 12:00 Noon.

Deliberations were opened with prayer by the Chaplain of the House of Representatives, the Rev. Dr. Alton C. Clark as follows:

We thank You, Heavenly Father, for Your providential guardianship over this great State, giving to Her illustrious leaders both in the past and in the present. We especially thank You on this day for Your servant and the friend of many, the Honorable Robert J. Sheheen - Mr. Speaker - whose portrait is about to be unveiled in this hallowed Hall. We thank You for the quality of his service as Speaker of this august Body: for his fairness, his straightforwardness, for the depth of his durability, the keenness of his mind, the completeness of his dedication.

And as his portrait hangs here in perpetuity, may Your blessings continue to be upon this place and may Your goodness and mercy follow Your people throughout all ages. Amen.

Pursuant to Rule 6.3, the House of Representatives was led in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America by the SPEAKER.

After corrections to the Journal of the proceedings of Friday, the SPEAKER ordered it confirmed.

MOTION ADOPTED

Rep. CROMER moved that when the House adjourns, it adjourn in memory of Mayor Lewis Nathaniel Scott of Eastover, which was agreed to.

REPORT RECEIVED

REPORT BY CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF SALE OF 1994

SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATIVE MANUAL

 In accordance with the action taken by the General Assembly on April 9, 1963 and Act No. 764, 1964, authorizing the sale of the South Carolina Legislative Manual, I wish to report the following:

Cash on Hand $. . . . .10.00

Total number of Manuals sold from

January 28, 1994 to May 23, 1995,

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