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S. 611
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Rankin
Document Path: l:\s-jud\bills\rankin\jud0056.pb.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 4360
Introduced in the Senate on April 11, 2013
Introduced in the House on March 6, 2014
Last Amended on February 26, 2014
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Minority Affairs Commission
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4/11/2013 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 6) 4/11/2013 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 6) 4/25/2013 Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Rankin (ch), Scott, Thurmond 2/5/2014 Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 26) 2/6/2014 Scrivener's error corrected 2/26/2014 Senate Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 22) 2/26/2014 Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 22) 2/26/2014 Senate Roll call Ayes-40 Nays-1 (Senate Journal-page 22) 2/27/2014 Scrivener's error corrected 3/5/2014 Senate Read third time and sent to House (Senate Journal-page 25) 3/6/2014 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 7) 3/6/2014 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 7)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
4/11/2013
2/5/2014
2/6/2014
2/26/2014
2/27/2014
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED
February 26, 2014
S. 611
S. Printed 2/26/14--S. [SEC 2/27/14 3:15 PM]
Read the first time April 11, 2013.
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 1-31-60, SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT THE COMMISSION FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS ELIMINATE ELIGIBILITY FOR A NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN GROUP TO RECEIVE OFFICIAL RECOGNIZED STATUS IN THIS STATE, TO REPEAL ANY REGULATIONS PROVIDING FOR RECOGNITION AS A NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN GROUP, AND TO REQUIRE THAT THE COMMISSION FOR MINORITY AFFAIRS REVISE ANY OF ITS REGULATIONS TO DELETE ANY REFERENCES OR ELIMINATE ANY PROCEDURES FOR RECOGNIZING A NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN GROUP.
Amend Title To Conform
Whereas, Chapter 139 of the South Carolina Code of Regulations provides for recognition of Native American Indian Groups; and
Whereas, under the definition of "Native American Indian Group" found in Chapter 139, a group "means a number of individuals assembled together, which have different characteristics, interests, and behaviors that do not denote a separate ethnic and cultural heritage today, as they once did. The group is composed of both Native American Indians and other ethnic races. They are not all related to one another by blood. A tribal council and governmental authority unique to Native American Indians govern them"; and
Whereas, while the number of entities that may be recognized as Native American Indian Tribes is finite, recognition of Native American Indian Groups is unlimited; and
Whereas, by continuing to recognize Native American Indian Groups, all of which are entitled membership on the Advisory Committee of the Commission for Minority Affairs, the number of Group members could easily outnumber and outvote the number of Tribe members on the Advisory Committee; and
Whereas, the recognized Tribes of the Beaver Creek Indians, the Edisto Natchez Kusso Tribe of South Carolina, the Pee Dee Nation of Upper South Carolina, the Pee Dee Indian Tribe of South Carolina, the Santee Indian Organization, and the Waccamaw Indian People, all of whom are voting members of the Advisory Committee, have passed a resolution recommending the elimination of recognition of Native American Indian Groups in order to preserve the Tribes' voting strength on the Advisory Committee. Now, therefore,
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 31 of Title 1 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 1-31-60. (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon and after the effective date of this statute:
(1) any Native American Indian Group that on the effective date of this section has been recognized by the Commission for Minority Affairs through its regulatory process remains and continues to be:
(a) recognized as a Native American Indian Group, and
(b) eligible to exercise the privileges and obligations authorized by that designation;
(2) the Commission for Minority Affairs must:
(a) eliminate the eligibility for any additional Native American Indian Groups to receive official recognized status in the State; and
(b) cease to recognize any additional entities as Native American Indian Groups; and
(3) any regulations providing for recognition as a Native American Indian Group are repealed.
(B) The Commission for Minority Affairs must revise any regulations to:
(a) eliminate any recognition procedure as a Native American Indian Group; and
(b) provide for the privileges and obligations a Native American Indian Group that continues to be recognized is authorized to exercise."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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