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Bill 3219

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3219
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20010110
Primary Sponsor:                  Altman
All Sponsors:                     Altman
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\skb\18056som01.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Subject:                          House of Representatives, honorary 
                                  position of Speaker Emeritus; General 
                                  Assembly, Motor vehicle license plate for


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20010110  Introduced, read first time,           25 HJ
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND CHAPTER 3, TITLE 2, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY ADDING SECTION 2-3-115, SO AS TO ESTABLISH THE HONORARY POSITION OF SPEAKER EMERITUS, TO PROVIDE THAT THE POSITION IS HELD BY ANY PERSON WHO SERVED AS SPEAKER SUBSEQUENT TO HIS SERVICE IN THE HOUSE, TO PROVIDE THE SPEAKER EMERITUS MAY PERFORM SUCH FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES AS ASSIGNED BY THE SPEAKER AND ALLOWED BY LAW, AND TO PROVIDE A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE FOR THE SPEAKER EMERITUS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 2-3-110, RELATING TO THE SPEAKER AS CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE SPEAKER, AS ALLOWED BY LAW, TO APPROVE EXPENSE MONEY, STATIONERY, AND A PARKING SPACE IN THE MCEACHERN PARKING FACILITY FOR EACH SPEAKER EMERITUS.

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

SECTION    1.    The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    "Section 2-3-115.    Any member having served the House of Representatives in the capacity of Speaker shall be known, subsequent to the member's service in the House, as Speaker Emeritus. The position of Speaker Emeritus is an honorary one and is not an office of honor or profit as that term is defined in the Constitution of this State. The Speaker Emeritus may perform the functions and duties as assigned by the Speaker and allowed by law. Each Speaker Emeritus is entitled without charge to a special motor vehicle license plate imprinted with the title 'Speaker Emeritus'. The plates must be numbered sequentially with the Speaker Emeritus who served the most distant in time having the plate imprinted with the number 'One'."

SECTION    2.    Section 2-3-110 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "Section 2-3-110.    (A)    The Speaker is hereby designated as the department head and chief administrative officer of the House of Representatives. He is authorized to furnish his office and those of the various standing committees of the House with such the supplies and equipment as he deems considers necessary to be paid for from the approved accounts of the House.

    (B)    As allowed by law, the Speaker is authorized to approve a monthly expense allowance of one hundred dollars, stationery, and a parking space in the McEachern Parking Facility for each Speaker Emeritus to be paid for from the approved accounts of the House. Nothing in this subsection is meant or shall be construed to override the provisions of Act 248 of 1991, the State Ethics Act. The provisions of the Ethics Act apply to any person who has the honorary title of Speaker Emeritus."

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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