Senator SUTTON proposes the following amendment (SMIN-508.MW0006S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, by striking Section 10-1-165(A)(1) and inserting:

(1) No colonial war, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, War Between the States, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, any armed conflict involving South Carolinians, Native American, or African-AmericanAfrican American History monuments or memorials erected on public property of the State or any of its political subdivisions may be relocated, removed, disturbed, or altered. No historical monument or memorial, erected on public property of the State or any of its political subdivisions may be relocated, removed, disturbed, or altered. The within prohibition shall apply to plaques, markers, or other messages, including those accessible by a QR code or other similar barcode, that are related to the historical monument or memorial but are not original to the monument or memorial and are located anywhere on the property upon which the monument or memorial is located. No street, bridge, structure, park, preserve, reserve, installation, nameplate, or other public area of the State or any of its political subdivisions dedicated in memory of or named for any historic figure, or historic group of people, historic event, or commemorated event may be renamed or rededicated. No person may prevent the public body responsible for the monument or memorial from taking proper measures and exercising proper means for the protection, preservation, and care of these monuments, memorials, or nameplates.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 1, by striking Section 10-1-165(A)(4), (5), and (6) and inserting:

  (4) If the real property upon which a monument or memorial is erected is to be sold or transferred to a private entity, the monument or memorial shall be relocated before the sale or transfer solely to an area on public property of equal or greater prominence and visibility within the same political subdivision.
  (5) If necessary for public utility-related infrastructure improvements, or for the erection of a new government structure or expansion of an existing structure, a monument or memorial may be relocated solely to an area of public property of equal or greater prominence and visibility within the same political subdivision or removed temporarily during construction projects.
  (6) This section does not apply to a governmental entity when temporarily relocating or removing monuments or memorials, including road dedication signs, pursuant to Sections 57-3-610, when their locations are in conflict with a highway, bridge, roadway maintenance, or construction project. Upon completion of the project, the monument or memorial shall be returned to the same location or placed in a location in the closest proximity possible to its original site.

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.