South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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S. 859

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Shealy
Document Path: l:\s-res\ks\021nami.hm.ks.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 14, 2014
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Finance

Summary: Naming of a state building, road, highway, etc

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/10/2013  Senate  Prefiled
  12/10/2013  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance
   1/14/2014  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 49)
   1/14/2014  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance (Senate Journal-page 49)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/10/2013

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A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 10 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY, BY ADDING SECTION 10-1-220 TO PROVIDE THAT A STATE BUILDING, ROAD, HIGHWAY, INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, BRIDGE, INTERCHANGE, OR INTERSECTION MAY NOT BE NAMED FOR ANY ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICIAL, COMMISSIONER, DIRECTOR, OR JUDGE WHO HAS NOT BEEN DECEASED FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS; AND TO AMEND ARTICLE 7, CHAPTER 3, TITLE 57, RELATING TO THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BY ADDING SECTION 57-3-605 TO PROVIDE THAT A STATE BUILDING, ROAD, HIGHWAY, INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, BRIDGE, INTERCHANGE, OR INTERSECTION MAY NOT BE NAMED FOR ANY ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICIAL, COMMISSIONER, DIRECTOR, OR JUDGE WHO HAS NOT BEEN DECEASED FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS.

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 any elected or appointed official, commissioner, director, or judge who has not been deceased for a period of five years."

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 any elected or appointed official, commissioner, director, or judge who has not been deceased for a period of five years."

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

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