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Bill 4138

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4138
Type of Legislation:              Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990520
Primary Sponsor:                  Askins
All Sponsors:                     Askins, Leach, R. Smith
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\pt\1553dw99.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     20000406
Date of Last Amendment:           20000404
Subject:                          The Honorable W. Odell Venters Highway 
                                  named in Florence, Williamsburg counties; 
                                  Resolutions, Transportation


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20000406  Concurred in Senate amendment
House   20000405  Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep.            Leach
                                                                 R. Smith
------  20000405  Scrivener's error corrected
Senate  20000404  Amended, adopted, returned
                  to House with amendment
Senate  20000404  Recalled from Committee                15 ST
Senate  20000309  Introduced, referred to Committee      15 ST
House   20000308  Adopted, sent to Senate
------  20000308  Scrivener's error corrected
House   20000307  Committee report: Favorable            24 HIMR
House   19990520  Introduced, referred to Committee      24 HIMR


              Versions of This Bill
Revised on March 7, 2000 - Word format
Revised on March 8, 2000 - Word format
Revised on April 4, 2000 - Word format
Revised on April 5, 2000 - Word format

RECALLED, AMENDED AND ADOPTED

April 4, 2000

H. 4138

S. Printed 4/4/00--S. [SEC 4/5/00 4:29 PM]

Read the first time March 9, 2000.

TO REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NAME THAT PORTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 41-51 IN FLORENCE COUNTY AS THE "W. ODELL VENTERS HIGHWAY" IN HONOR OF THE HONORABLE W. ODELL VENTERS WHO SERVED THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE COUNTY OF FLORENCE WITH DISTINCTION AS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR FIFTEEN YEARS; AND TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT TO ERECT APPROPRIATE SIGNS AND MARKERS REFLECTING THIS DESIGNATION.

Amend Title To Conform

Whereas, The Honorable W. Odell Venters was born March 29, 1917, in Johnsonville, South Carolina, to Willie and Lizzie (Abrams) Venters; and

Whereas, Odell Venters was educated in the public schools of Florence County; and

Whereas, July 4, 1970, he married Dorothy G. Eaddy of Johnsonville; and

Whereas, Mr. Venters was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1961 and served through 1968; and

Whereas, while during that time he served with distinction in the House of Representatives on the Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee and the Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee; and

Whereas, he was again elected to the House of Representatives in 1971 and served through 1977; and

Whereas, during this period of service to the House of Representatives he was an active member of the Ways and Means Committee; and

Whereas, Odell Venters served his native town of Johnsonville with distinction on the town council from 1950 through 1955 and was elected mayor in 1955 and served through 1960; and

Whereas, Representative Odell Venters was a progressive and highly effective political leader of Florence County on the municipal, county, and statewide levels; and

Whereas, he helped recruit new industry into the area; and

Whereas, his wisdom and determined manner saw to it that his area of the State has benefited from the offices to which the citizens had elected him; and

Whereas, it is fitting and proper that that portion of South Carolina Highway 41-51 located in Florence County be named the "W. Odell Venters Highway" in honor of this distinguished South Carolinian. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, request the Department of Transportation to name that portion of South Carolina Highway 41-51 in Florence County the "W. Odell Venters Highway" in honor of The Honorable W. Odell Venters who has served the State of South Carolina and the County of Florence with distinction as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives for fifteen years; and to request the department to erect appropriate signs and markers reflecting this designation.

Be it further resolved that copies of this resolution be forwarded to The Honorable W. Odell Venters and to the Department of Transportation.

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