Reference is to Printer's Date 1/23/19-S.
Amend the resolution, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. SECTION 1 of Act 289 of 2018 is amended to read:
"SECTION 1. There is hereby created a South Carolina American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission, which shall have the authority and responsibility to plan and execute, insofar as authorized and funded by the General Assembly, a proper observance of the Sestercentennial of the American Revolution in South Carolina, and in cooperation with the South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust; a national organization, if any; and other similar commemorative organizations in other states. This proper observance of the Sestercentennial must include the role of persons of African-American descent in the Revolutionary War."
SECTION 2. SECTION 3 of Act 289 of 2018 is amended to read:
"SECTION 3.
(A) Membership of the
South Carolina American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission
shall consist of thirteen fifteen
persons as follows:
(a)
the Governor, ex officio, or his designee;
(b)
the Lieutenant Governor, ex officio, or his
designee;
(c)
the Chairman of the Archives and History
Commission, ex officio;
(d)(c) the
Director of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, ex
officio;
(e)(d)
four three members to be appointed
by the President of the Senate from the membership of
the Senate, at least one of whom must be of
African-American descent;
(f)(e)
four three members to be appointed
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from the
membership of the House of Representatives, at least
one of whom must be of African-American descent; and
(g)(f)
four three members to be appointed
by the Governor, at least one of whom must be of
African-American descent, who shall serve initial terms of
one, two, and three years, respectively, and whose successors
shall serve for terms of four years.
(B) Any
member who was appointed by the Lieutenant Governor shall be
deemed to have been appointed by the President of the Senate and
may continue to serve on the commission."
SECTION 3. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.