View Amendment Current Amendment: 4950R009.DR.LKG.DOCX to Bill 4950     Senator GROOMS proposes the following amendment (4950R009.DR.LKG.DOCX):
    Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 117, GENERAL PROVISIONS, page 519, proviso 149, line 36, by striking /     117.149.     (GP: Prohibition of Discriminatory Practices) DELETED/ and inserting /117.149.     (GP: Prohibition of Discriminatory Practices)     (A)     In the current fiscal year and from the funds appropriated to public colleges and universities, when reviewing, investigating, or deciding whether there has been a violation of a college or university policy prohibiting discriminatory practices on the basis of religion, South Carolina public colleges and universities shall take into consideration the definition of anti-Semitism for purposes of determining whether the alleged practice was motivated by anti-Semitic intent.
    (B)     Nothing in this proviso may be construed to diminish or infringe upon any right protected under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States or Section 2, Article I of the South Carolina Constitution, 1895.
    (C)     For purposes of this proviso, the term "definition of anti-Semitism" includes:
            (1)     the definition of anti-Semitism set forth by the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism of the Department of State in the fact sheet issued on June 8, 2010; and
            (2)     the examples set forth under the headings "Contemporary Examples of Anti-Semitism" and "What is Anti-Semitism Relative to Israel?" in the fact sheet./

    Renumber sections to conform.
    Amend sections, totals and title to conform.