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Bill 4948

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4948
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20000413
Primary Sponsor:                  McGee
All Sponsors:                     McGee and Simrill
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\skb\18088som00.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Subject:                          Flags, U.S., S.C., State, Confederate; 
                                  display or placement of; Confederacy, 
                                  Buildings, State House


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20000413  Introduced, read first time,           25 HJ
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO PROVIDE THAT, ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, THE CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG MUST BE REMOVED FROM ATOP THE STATE HOUSE, PLACED IN A SUITABLE LOCATION ON THE STATE HOUSE GROUNDS AS DETERMINED BY THE DIVISION OF GENERAL SERVICES, BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD, AND APPROVED BY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY; AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY, BY ADDING SECTION 10-1-165 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ONLY THE UNITED STATES FLAG AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FLAG SHALL FLY ATOP THE STATE HOUSE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on the effective date of this act, the Confederate Battle Flag must be removed from atop the State House and placed in a suitable location on the State House grounds as determined by the Division of General Services of the Budget and Control Board and as approved by concurrent resolution of the General Assembly.

SECTION 2. Chapter 1, Title 10 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 10-1-165. Only the United States Flag and the South Carolina State Flag shall fly atop the State House."

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon ratification of an amendment to the Constitution of this State which adds a section providing that no monument, marker, painting, sculpture, memorial, building, street, highway, bridge, or park located on public property of the State or its political subdivisions which is named in honor of an individual or as a memorial to a historic event may be removed or renamed without two-thirds vote of each branch of the General Assembly if a state property, or two-thirds vote of the governing body of the political subdivision if a local property, as appropriate.

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