South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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H. 4436

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Gilliard and Atwater
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5048cm12.docx

Introduced in the House on January 10, 2012
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works

Summary: Naming of state building, road, highway, bridge, interchange or intersection

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  11/29/2011  House   Prefiled
  11/29/2011  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
   1/10/2012  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 38)
   1/10/2012  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works 
                        (House Journal-page 38)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

11/29/2011

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTIONS 10-1-220 AND 57-3-605 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A STATE BUILDING, ROAD, HIGHWAY, INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, BRIDGE, INTERCHANGE, OR INTERSECTION MAY NOT BE NAMED FOR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO IS NOT DECEASED.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 1, Title 10 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 10-1-220.    A state building may not be named for an elected official who is not deceased."

SECTION    2.    Article 7, Chapter 3, Title 57 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 57-3-605.    A state road, highway or interstate highway, any portion of a state road, highway, or interstate highway, or a state bridge, interchange, or intersection may not be named for an elected official who is not deceased."

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies with respect to state buildings, roads, highways, interstate highways, and any part of them, and state bridges, interchanges, and intersections not yet officially named for a living elected official as of this act's effective date.

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