Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:1017 Primary Sponsor:J. Verne Smith Committee Number:08 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Tiger Swallowtail, State Butterfly Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:General Committee Computer Document Number:NO5/7543BDW.94 Introduced Date:19940112 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:19940112 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:J. Verne Smith Type of Legislation:General Bill
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1017 Senate 19940112 Introduced, read first time, 08
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 1-1-647 SO AS TO DESIGNATE THE TIGER SWALLOWTAIL AS THE OFFICIAL STATE BUTTERFLY.
Whereas, the tiger swallowtail, a large, yellow, black-striped butterfly, is one of the most familiar butterflies in North America and is one of the most common and conspicuous butterflies in the Eastern United States; and
Whereas, documentation of this butterfly in South Carolina dates back to 1725 when it was painted with a native shrub by an English painter, Mark Catesby; and
Whereas, the Garden Club of South Carolina has identified the tiger swallowtail as of particular interest to South Carolinians because it can be seen in deciduous woods, along streams, rivers, and wooded swamps, and in towns and cities throughout South Carolina. Now, therefore,
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 1-1-647. The tiger swallowtail is designated as the official state butterfly."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.