Rep. WOOTEN proposes the following Amendment No. to H.4025 as Passed By The House

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EXPLANATION: authorizes the state law enforcement division to maintain an executive protection unit.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 62, STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, page 424, after line 22, by adding an appropriately numbered proviso to read:

/(SLED: Executive protection unit)  (A) of the funds appropriated in part 1A, section 63, The State Law Enforcement Division ("SLED"), for Counter-Terrorism, SLED is authorized to maintain an Executive Protection Unit and shall employ personnel to provide protective services and security to the Governor, the Governor's immediate family, the Lieutenant Governor, the Governor-elect, the Governor-elect's immediate family, and the Lieutenant Governor-elect.

 (B) Upon request and subject to the approval of the Chief of SLED based on a demonstrable need or a specifically identified threat to the individual to be protected, SLED is further authorized to utilize the funds appropriated to provide protective services for, or to support existing security details assigned to, current or former public officials or employees of this State or of the United States, visiting governors from other States and their immediate families, visiting legislative leadership from other States, and officials or dignitaries of the governments of foreign countries who are visiting this State.

 (C) The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Natural Resources are authorized to designate or assign appropriate personnel, equipment, funds, or other resources to support the provision of protective services authorized herein as requested by and in consultation with the Chief of SLED. If SLED requests the assistance of other law enforcement agencies in the State of South Carolina, those officers are authorized to provide such assistance as may be requested by the Chief of SLED.

 (D) Law enforcement officers assigned to any security detail or who provide the protective services authorized herein shall only perform services related to the provision of security to the executives and shall not provide any unrelated law enforcement action during the assignment absent specific directive from the Chief of SLED to address an identified threat to the public, which shall only be considered after all executive(s) have been safeguarded. /

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend totals and titles to conform.