Journal of the Senate
of the Second Session of the 111th General Assembly
of the State of South Carolina
being the Regular Session Beginning Tuesday, January 9, 1996

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'92. I have attended forty-four meetings and I have
attended all four of the orientation meetings for the
new commissioners because our staff goes to a lot of
trouble to put those on.
Q: Do you have any comments, plus or minus, concerning the
South Carolina Consumer Affairs Commission? Do you
feel comfortable with what they are doing?
A: Extremely comfortable. I'm very proud of their work.
THE CHAIRMAN: Does anyone have any questions?
MR. BELL: I have one thing.
THE CHAIRMAN: Okay, counsel.
MR. BELL: I need to swear you in.
BARBARA B. LEAGUE, having been duly sworn, testified as
follows:
MS. LEAGUE - EXAMINATION BY MR. BELL:
Q: Do you affirm that the answers you have provided on the
Personal Data Questionnaire and the Statement of
Economic Interest are true and correct?
A: Yes.
Q: Would you have anything else to add to them at this
time?
A: No. I will be glad to answer any other questions?
Q: Okay. Thank you, ma'am.

PERSONAL DATA QUESTIONNAIRE SUMMARY

1. Barbara B. League

Home Address:Business Address:

823 Altamont Road608 Furman Road

Paris MountainP.O. Box 3626

Greenville, SC 29609-4582 Greenville, SC 29608-3626

2. She was born in Laurens, South Carolina, on September 19, 1940. Her age is presently 55 years old.

Social Security Number: *** ** ****

5. She married G. Frank League, III on December 29, 1962. She has three children. George F. League, IV, age 33, occupation: G.F. League Manufacturing Co., Inc. D. Fraser League, age 31, occupation: G.F. League Manufacturing Co., Inc. W. Claude League, age 29, occupation: Mancon International.


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7. She attended Laurens High School from 1954-1958. She then attended Winthrop University from 1958-1960 (two-year Administrative Management). From 1967-1985 she took courses at Greenville Technical College/Furman which prepared her for Manufacturing management.

8. She has served as a Commissioner for the SC Consumer Affairs since 1992.

She also serves on the Private Industry Council appointed by the Greenville County Council.

9. Community Involvement - Board of Directors, Councils and Commissions currently serving on or former member:

. National Federation of Independent Business

SC Guardian Council 1987-1998

. SC Consumer Affairs Commission 1992-1996

Vice Chairman1995-1996

. 4th Congressional District Business

and Industry Council 1993-1997

. Greenville County Private Industry Council 1994-1997

. Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce Board 1988-1990

1993-1995

Executive Committee 1989-1990

Small Business Services Board, Chair 1989-1990

Economic Development Board1988-1989

Leadership Greenville Board of Regents1989-1990

Nominating Committee 1990

Business and Industry Board1991-1992

Public Education Board 1991-1992

Chairman's Task Force 1991-1992

Intercity Visit Committee 1991-1995

TQM Task Force1992-1993

Partners Committee 1992-1993

Governmental/Legislative Committee 1993-1996

Transportation Committee1993-1996

Nominating Committee 1994

GSP Projects Committee 1996

. Northern Area Council1991-1997

Education Board Chair 1991-1992

Northern Connector Committee1991-1995


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Library Task Force Chair 1992-1995

President 1993

President 1995

. Coalition of Women on Boards & Commissions1990-1996

. St. Francis Hospital Development Council 1989-1994

Business & Professional Board1989-1994

President's Breakfast Chair1993-1994

. Metropolitan Arts Council 1990-1994

Personnel Chair1991-1993

Executive Search Chair 1991

Executive Committee 1991-1994

Nominating Chair 1994

Executive Search Chair 1995

. Greenville Hospital System

North Greenville Advisory Board 1995-1996

. St. Joseph's High School Task Force 1994

. RoundTowners Charter-1996

1st Vice President 1986

President 1987

Advisory Council1988-1995

Board of Directors previously served:

. St. Mary's School Board 1975-1983

. Centre Stage SC Theatre 1980/Charter-1988

. River Place Festival1983-1991

Non Profit Chair1987-1989

. YWCA 1984-1988

Finance Chair1985-1987

Executive Search Chair 1986

Personnel Chair1987-1988

Nominating Committee 1991-1993

Executive Search Committee 1996

. Greenville Technical College 1987-1991

Management Advisory Board Chair 1989-1991

. Sertoma Club of Greenville 1985-1992

Director of Retention 1986-1988

Vice President Membership1986-1988

Vice President Public Relations1990-1991


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Vice President Inter Clubs1991-1992

. Freedom Weekend Aloft Festival1990-1992

Fundraising Chair 1992

. 1st Night Greenville Festival Charter-1992

Visual Arts Chair1990-1992

. School District of Greenville County

Business-Education Partnership1990-1992

. Greenville County Library

Executive Search Committee1991-1992

Sargent Branch Chairman 1994-1996

Political Involvement:

. National Republican Congressional Committee

. National Federation of Republican Women

. National Federation of Independent Business

SC Guardian Council

. 4th Congressional District Business & Industry Council

. SC Consumer Affairs Commission

Vice Chairman

. SC Republican Party

Palmetto Elephant Club

. SC Federation of Republican Women

. First Monday State Republican Caucus

. Upstate Republican Women's Club

Charter Member

. Greenville County Republican Party

Bronze Elephant Club

. Greenville County Private Industry Council

. Greenville Coalition for Women on Boards & Commissions

. SC Local Option Sales Tax Task Force

. City of Greenville Accommodations Tax Committee

Profession Organizations/other present & past memberships:

. National Association of Manufacturers

. SC Chamber of Commerce

. Greenville Professional Women's Forum

SC Carolina Commission of the Arts

The Alliance for Quality Education

SC Theatre Association

Greenville Fine Arts Center


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St. Mary's Catholic Church

Winthrop College Alumni

The Emerys Foundation

The Saint's Society

The Altamont Club

The Greenville Symphony

Centre Stage-SC

Upstate Visual Art Alliance

The Greenville County Museum of Art

Paris Mountain Watershed Association

Piedmont Council for Prevention of Child Abuse

Honors and Awards:

. Greenville Chamber of Commerce

Small Business Person of the Year Finalists 1986

Special Events Chair Appreciation Award1987-1988

Department Board chair Appreciation Award 1990

Doug Smith Roast FWA Fundraiser Chair Award 1990

Board of Directors Appreciation Award 1991

Executive Board Appreciation Award 1991

Board of Directors Appreciation Award 1992

TR Area Council President's Award 1993

Board of Directors Appreciation Award 1995

Northern Area Council President's Award 1995

. Who's Who of Women Executives1989-1990

. Greenville Sertoma Club

Outstanding Service Award 1987

GEM Award 1988

Sertoman of the Year Award 1989

Centurian Award 1989

Tribune Award 1990

Senator I Award 1991

Senator II Award 1992

Sertoman of the Year Award 1992

Upstate Pioneer District Sertoman of the Year 1992

. Roundtowners Outstanding Service Award 1988

Roundtowner of the Year Award 1990

. American Association of University Women

Community Leadership Award 1993

. The Order of the Jessamine 1994

. Travelers Rest Mayor's Community


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Leadership Service Award 1994

. Greenville County Library Director's Community

Appreciation Award/Sargent Branch 1994

Greenville Business Magazine/Spartanburg WSPA-TV's 1995

Upstate Business Person of Year Finalists

10. Employment since high school or college as applicable: Liberty Life Corporation (Executive Assistant to Mr. George H. Hipp) 1960-1964; B. League & Associates (Owner/Manager full service secretarial business) 1965-1970; G.F. League Manufacturing Co., Inc. (President and C.E.O.) 1970-Present.

21. Five (5) letters of recommendations: Timothy C. Lincolnhol, Vice President of Wachovia Bank of SC in Greenville, SC, David G. Brown, President of Greenville Chamber of Commerce, Glenda E. MacDonald, President of Better Business Bureau of the upstate in Greenville SC, Gary R. Ault, Publisher of Greenville Business Magazine, and Lewis T. Smoak, Ogletree Law Firm in Greenville.

MR. BELL: That's all.
THE CHAIRMAN: Okay. Is there any other nomination for Seat
#4? Do I hear that the nominations be closed and Ms.
League is nominated by acclamation?
REP. WHIPPER: Yes.
REP. TROTTER: I second that motion.
THE CHAIRMAN: All in favor say I. (The vote was unanimous.)
THE CHAIRMAN: All opposed? (None.)
THE CHAIRMAN: So moved. Thank you Ms. League. We
appreciate it.
THE CHAIRMAN: Good morning Mr. Randolph.
MR. RANDOLPH: Good morning to all of you.
THE CHAIRMAN: Mr. Bell, would you like to go ahead and swear
him in?
LONNIE RANDOLPH, JR., having been duly sworn, testified as
follows:
MR. RANDOLPH - EXAMINATION BY MR. BELL:
Q: You have served since 1979, is that correct?
A: Correct.
Q: And you chair the Commission now?
A: Correct.
Q: Do you affirm that the answers you have provided on the


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Personal Data Questionnaire and the Statement of
Economic Interest are true and correct?
A: Correct.
Q: Do you have anything to add at this time?
A: Nothing.
Q: That's all I have at this time.

PERSONAL DATA QUESTIONNAIRE SUMMARY

1. Lonnie Randolph, Jr.

Home Address:Business Address:

1011 Oak Street2213 Hampton Street

Columbia, SC 29205Columbia, SC 29204

2. He was born in Columbia, South Carolina, on June 3, 1950. He is presently 45 years old.

Social Security Number: ***-**-****

5. He was married to Patricia Reuben Randolph on June 16, 1973.

7. He graduated from Dreher High School in 1968 and received a (B.S. Biology) from Benedict College in 1972. He also attended Southern College of Optometry, (Doctor of Optometry), 1977.

8. He has served as a commissioner on the SC Department of Consumer Affairs Commission since May 1979 and is presently serving as chairman.

9. Dr. Randolph has been active in the United Black Fund of the Midlands, and has served on the Board of advisors of the Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation. He served as President of the Midlands Optometric Society, Chairman of the South Carolina Optometric Association's Public Relations Committee, and is a recipient of the South Carolina Optometric Association's Outstanding Service Award. After serving on the Association's Executive Committee he rose to President of the Association, the first African American to so serve. He is a mentor at Keenan High School, Eau Claire High School and Benedict College. He also is an adviser for the Fighting Back Program. He serves as the Optometrist for the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice. He has a contractual agreement to


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serve as the Optometrist for the South Carolina Department of Corrections.

10. Employment since high school or college, as applicable: Wade Hampton Hotel (waiter); Martin Electric Co.; U.S. Postal Service; Sears (Automotive); Private Practice (Optometrist); SC Department of Corrections Optometrist; and SC Department of Juvenile Justice Optometrist.

21. Five (5) letters of recommendation: Joseph M. McCulloch, Jr. Esq., William C. B. Payne, Jr., Ms. Claire Haltiwanger, Rev. Arnold Williams, H. Kelley Jones, Esq., Mr. Timothy McAllister (Banker).

MR. RANDOLPH - EXAMINATION BY THE CHAIRMAN:
Q: I'm going to ask you the same thing I just asked Ms.
League. She just told me you all had forty-four
meetings this year. What was your attendance record?
A: I've missed one and a half meetings since 1979. The
meeting that I missed last year, I was at a NAACP
Convention in Minneapolis. The meeting that I attended
half of in 1981, I had the flu and I came in and voted
on a issue and then left. But my attendance, I think,
has been excellent over the seventeen years or whatever
... sixteen years that I have served. That's a matter
that I take very serious. My record reflects that as
far as my attendance and participation.
Q: Let me ask you another question. Do you have any input
as to whether the South Carolina Consumer Affairs, the
type of job they are doing, is good or bad? Do you
have anything you want to input?
A: The State would be in quandary without that agency.
I'm sure all state agencies do an excellent job, but
for what we put into it budgetary wise and what we get
out of it, the ratio balance is unbelievable. The
South Carolina consumers benefit from that Agency far
more ... the benefits far out weigh what we put into
it.
THE CHAIRMAN: Does anybody else have any questions?
MR. RANDOLPH - EXAMINATION BY REP. WHIPPER:
Q: You have answered that there is no additional
information that you feel you need to furnish since you


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submitted the application?
A: Since I submitted, yes, ma'am.
THE CHAIRMAN: Mr. Trotter, do you have any questions?
REP. TROTTER: None.
THE CHAIRMAN: I'm going to do just a formality thing, Mr.
Randolph. For Seat #2 on the South Carolina Consumer
Affairs Commission, would anybody like to make any
other nominations?
MR. RANDOLPH: Are you asking me if I'm aware?
THE CHAIRMAN: No. I'm just asking if anyone wants to run
against you. I don't want someone to come back and say
you didn't give anybody else a chance.
REP. WHIPPER: I move that the nominations be closed.
REP. TROTTER: I second that.
THE CHAIRMAN: All in favor say I. (The vote was unanimous.)
THE CHAIRMAN: All opposed? (None.)
THE CHAIRMAN: Thank you Mr. Randolph. We appreciate it.
MR. RANDOLPH: Thank you very much.
(There being no further screenings, the public hearing was
concluded at 10:17 a.m.)

Summary

The following persons were unanimously found qualified:

Seat #4 with term to expire August 31, 2000
Barbara B. League of Greenville, South Carolina

Seat #2 with term to expire August 31, 2000
Lonnie Randolph, Jr. of Columbia, South Carolina

Respectfully submitted,
/s/Senator C. Tyrone Courtney, Chairman
/s/Senator Robert W. Hayes, Jr.
/s/Senator Glenn G. Reese
/s/Senator Dick Elliott
/s/Rep. George Bailey
/s/Rep. James N. Law
/s/Rep. Teddy N. Trotter
/s/Rep. Lucille Whipper

On motion of Senator COURTNEY, with unanimous consent, ordered printed in the Journal.


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The ACTING PRESIDENT called for Petitions, Memorials, Presentments of Grand Juries and such like papers.

MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

April 18, 1996
Mr. President and Members of the Senate:

I am transmitting herewith an appointment for confirmation. This appointment is made with the "advice and consent of the Senate," and is, therefore, submitted for your consideration.

Respectfully,
David M. Beasley

Statewide Appointment

Reappointment, South Carolina Advisory Board for Victim Assistance, with term to commence August 1, 1993, and to expire August 1, 1998:

Victim:

Mr. Dennis H. Taylor, 1208 Evans Road, Aiken, S.C. 29803

Referred to the Committee on Corrections and Penology.

Leave of Absence

At 12:00 Noon, Senator GIESE requested a leave of absence from 6:00 - 7:30 P.M.

Leave of Absence

At 12:00 Noon, Senator RYBERG requested a leave of absence beginning at 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 A.M., Wednesday, May 22, 1996.

Leave of Absence

On motion of Senator HOLLAND, at 12:30 P.M., Senator REESE was granted a leave of absence until 6:30 P.M.

RECALLED, READ THE SECOND TIME

H. 4973 -- Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee: A JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF PILOTAGE FOR THE PORT OF CHARLESTON, RELATING TO CONTROL OF VESSELS DURING


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DOCKING AND UNDOCKING OPERATIONS; INCREASE IN REGISTRATION FEES, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 1910, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.


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