Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:291 Primary Sponsor:Rose Committee Number:06 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:State property, naming of after individual Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Finance Computer Document Number:291 Introduced Date:Jan 08, 1991 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:Jan 08, 1991 Last History Type:Introduced and read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Rose Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN ---- ------ ------------ ------------------------------ --- 291 Senate Jan 08, 1991 Introduced and read first 06 time, referred to Committee 291 Senate Nov 05, 1990 Prefiled, referred to 06 CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 10-1-180 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE NAMING OF PUBLIC PROPERTY PURCHASED OR CONSTRUCTED WITH STATE FUNDS OR OWNED BY THE STATE FOR A LIVING PERSON OR A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN DECEASED FOR LESS THAN FIVE YEARS; TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION; AND TO EXEMPT PROPERTY ALREADY NAMED FOR THE PERSON ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT.
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 10-1-180. No public property, including, but not limited to, a park, a bridge, a highway or a building, or an addition to any of them, purchased or constructed with state funds or otherwise acquired or owned by the State, may be named for a living person or a person who has been deceased for less than five years; provided, however, public property may be named for a living person who has served the public in an elected capacity for at least twenty-five years upon the approval of all county and local governments in which the named property is located."
SECTION 2. The provisions of Section 1 of this act do not affect property already named for a living person or a person who has been deceased for less than five years on the effective date of this act.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 1992.