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| (b) one-third must be distributed on a per capita basis for the use of county transportation committees and used for the same purposes that "C" funds are used; and
(c) one-third must be used to provide scholarships for residents of this State attending public and private institutions of higher education, including technical colleges, located in this State with the eligibility for these scholarships to be provided by the General Assembly by law.
The game of bingo, when conducted by charitable, religious, or fraternal organizations exempt from federal income taxation or when conducted at recognized annual state and county fairs, shall is not be deemed considered a lottery prohibited by this section./
Amend further, Section 2, page 2, by striking the question and inserting:
/Must Section 7, Article XVII of the Constitution of this State be amended so as to authorize lotteries to be conducted only by the State as provided for by the General Assembly with the revenues each year used one-third for public school construction and renovation, one-third for road construction and maintenance as determined by county transportation committees, and one-third to provide scholarships for qualifying South Carolina residents attending South Carolina public and private institutions of higher education, including technical colleges, with the General Assembly to establish eligibility requirements by law?/
Amend title to conform.
Rep. COTTY explained the amendment.
Rep. CROMER moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to by a division vote of 58 to 20.
Rep. SCOTT proposed the following Amendment No. 4 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\JIC\6034HTC.95), which was tabled.
Amend the joint resolution, as and if amended, page 1, by striking lines 32 through 36 and inserting:
/remaining revenues each year must be used to provide scholarship grants to South Carolina residents attending public and independent
Amend further, Section 2, page 2, by striking lines 9 through 13 and inserting:
/used to provide scholarship grants to South Carolina residents attending public and independent institutions of higher learning and technical colleges in this State who meet eligibility requirements that the General Assembly shall provide by law?/
Amend title to conform.
Rep. SCOTT explained the amendment.
Rep. LITTLEJOHN moved to table the amendment.
Rep. SCOTT demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as
follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Anderson Askins Bailey Baxley Cain Cato Chamblee Cooper Cotty Cromer Dantzler Davenport Delleney Easterday Fair Fleming Fulmer Gamble Hallman Harrell Harris, J. Harvin Howard Huff Hutson Jennings Keegan Kelley Keyserling Kirsh Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Limbaugh Limehouse Littlejohn Marchbanks Mason McCraw McKay McMahand Meacham Phillips Rice Richardson Riser Robinson Rogers Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Sheheen Shissias Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Spearman Stille Stoddard Stuart Thomas Townsend Trotter Vaughn Waldrop Walker Wells
Whatley Wilder Wilkins Witherspoon Wofford Worley Wright Young, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Brown, G. Byrd Cave Clyburn Herdklotz Inabinett Jaskwhich Kennedy Lloyd McTeer Moody-Lawrence Neilson Scott Whipper, S. White Wilkes Williams
So, the amendment was tabled.
Rep. KLAUBER proposed the following Amendment No. 5 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\GJK\22017SD.95), which was tabled.
Amend the resolution, as and if amended, by striking the last sentence of the first paragraph of Section 7 of Article XVII of the Constitution as contained in SECTION 1 and inserting:
/The remaining revenues each year must be used for higher education in the
manner the General Assembly shall provide by law, and lottery tickets must be
available for sale on the campus of each educational institution which receives
lottery revenues in any year./
Amend the resolution further, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 2 and
inserting:
/SECTION 2. The proposed amendment must be submitted to the qualified electors at the next general election for representatives. Ballots must be provided at the various voting precincts with the following words printed or written on the ballot:
"Must Section 7, Article XVII of the Constitution of this State be
amended so as to allow lotteries to be conducted only by the State as provided
for by the General Assembly with the revenues each year used for higher
education in the manner the General Assembly shall provide by law with the
requirement that lottery tickets must be available for sale on the campus of
each educational institution which receives lottery revenues in any year?
No []
Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word `Yes', and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word `No'."/
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and title to conform.
Rep. KLAUBER explained the amendment.
Rep. KNOTTS moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.
I introduced this amendment solely for the purpose of demonstrating the fact that if this Joint Resolution were enacted we would be subsidizing education through a gambling operation that I cannot support.
Rep. JAMES S. KLAUBER
Debate was resumed on Amendment No. 1, by Rep. SCOTT.
Rep. SCOTT moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. McMAHAND spoke against the Joint Resolution and moved to table the Joint Resolution.
Rep. CROMER demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as
follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Boan Brown, H. Cain Canty Cato Cooper Davenport Delleney Easterday Fair Harris, J. Harvin Haskins Herdklotz Hodges Huff Hutson Jaskwhich Kirsh Klauber Koon Limbaugh Littlejohn Marchbanks McCraw McElveen McKay McMahand McTeer Meacham Moody-Lawrence Neal
Neilson Phillips Quinn Rice Robinson Sandifer Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Stille Tripp Trotter Vaughn Walker Wells Whipper, L. Whipper, S. Wilkins Witherspoon Young, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Anderson Askins Bailey Baxley Breeland Brown, G. Brown, J. Byrd Cave Chamblee Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Cotty Cromer Dantzler Elliott Fleming Fulmer Gamble Govan Hallman Harrell Harris, P. Harrison Howard Inabinett Jennings Keegan Kelley Kennedy Keyserling Kinon Knotts Lanford Law Limehouse Lloyd Martin Mason McAbee Rhoad Richardson Riser Rogers Scott Seithel Sheheen Shissias Spearman Stoddard Stuart Thomas Townsend Tucker Waldrop Whatley White Wilder Wilkes Williams Wofford Worley Wright Young, A.
So, the House refused to table the Joint Resolution.
Rep. QUINN moved to continue the Joint Resolution.
Rep. SCOTT moved to table the motion.
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Askins Bailey Baxley Breeland Brown, G. Byrd Cave Chamblee Cobb-Hunter Cotty Cromer Dantzler Elliott Fleming Fulmer Gamble Govan Hallman Harrell Harris, P. Harrison Howard Hutson Inabinett Jennings Keegan Kelley Kennedy Keyserling Kinon Knotts Lanford Law Limehouse Lloyd Martin McAbee McTeer Neal Rhoad Richardson Riser Rogers Scott Seithel Sheheen Shissias Spearman Stoddard Stuart Townsend Tucker Whatley White Wilder Wilkes Williams Wofford Worley Wright Young, A.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Allison Anderson Boan Brown, H. Cain Canty Cato Clyburn Cooper Davenport Delleney Easterday Fair Harris, J. Harvin Herdklotz Jaskwhich Kirsh Klauber Koon Limbaugh Littlejohn Marchbanks Mason McCraw McElveen McKay McMahand Meacham Phillips Quinn Rice Robinson
Sandifer Sharpe Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Stille Thomas Tripp Trotter Vaughn Waldrop Walker Wells Whipper, S. Witherspoon Young, J.
So, the motion to continue was tabled.
Rep. ROBINSON moved that the House recede until 12:00 Noon.
Rep. SCOTT demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as
follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Boan Cain Canty Cato Cooper Davenport Delleney Easterday Harris, J. Harvin Haskins Herdklotz Hodges Jaskwhich Kinon Kirsh Klauber Koon Limbaugh Littlejohn Marchbanks Mason McCraw McElveen McKay Meacham Moody-Lawrence Neal Neilson Quinn Rhoad Rice Robinson Sandifer Sharpe Simrill Smith, D. Tripp Trotter Vaughn Waldrop Walker Wells Wilkins Witherspoon Young, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Anderson Askins Bailey Baxley Breeland Brown, J. Brown, T. Byrd Carnell
Cave Chamblee Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Cotty Cromer Dantzler Fair Fleming Fulmer Gamble Govan Hallman Harrell Harris, P. Harrison Howard Hutson Inabinett Jennings Keegan Kelley Kennedy Keyserling Knotts Lanford Law Limehouse Lloyd McAbee Phillips Richardson Riser Rogers Scott Seithel Sheheen Shissias Spearman Stille Stoddard Stuart Thomas Townsend Tucker Whatley Whipper, S. White Wilkes Williams Wofford Worley Wright Young, A.
So, the House refused to recede until 12:00 Noon.
During the votes on the Lottery I was speaking to a High School group from my district. Had I been present during those votes I would have voted against the Lottery.
Rep. RICHARD M. QUINN, JR.
Rep. SIMRILL moved to recommit the Joint Resolution to the Committee on Judiciary.
Rep. HASKINS raised the Point of Order that 12:00 Noon having arrived, the House should proceed to the Joint Assembly in accordance with the resolutions adopted.
The SPEAKER sustained the Point of Order.
Further proceedings were interrupted for the Joint Assembly, the pending
question being the motion to recommit the Joint Resolution to the Judiciary
Committee.
At 12:00 Noon the Senate appeared in the Hall of the House.
The President of the Senate called the Joint Assembly to order and announced that it had convened under the terms of a Concurrent Resolution adopted by both Houses.
The Reading Clerk of the House read the following Concurrent Resolution:
H. 4160 -- Reps. Wilkins, Harrison, Delleney, Huff, Thomas and D. Smith: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO FIX 12:00 NOON ON THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1995, AS THE TIME FOR ELECTING A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHOSE UNEXPIRED TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30, 2000; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 1, WHOSE UNEXPIRED TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30, 1998; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 1, WHOSE UNEXPIRED TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30, 1998; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 2, WHOSE UNEXPIRED TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30, 1998; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 1, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30, 1995; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 2, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30, 1995; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 2, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30, 1995; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 3, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30, 1995; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 2, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30, 1995; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, SEAT 2, WHOSE TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30, 1995; TO ELECT A SUCCESSOR TO A CERTAIN JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT OF THE FIFTH
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