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Bill 432

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      432
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20010308
Primary Sponsor:                  Ravenel
All Sponsors:                     Ravenel, McConnell, Bauer and Branton
Drafted Document Number:          l:\s-jud\bills\ravenel\jud0042.ar.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 11 SJ
Subject:                          First National Flag of Confederacy (Stars 
                                  and Bars), to fly at Women of the Confederacy 
                                  Monument, Buildings, State House


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20010308  Introduced, read first time,           11 SJ
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND CHAPTER 10, TITLE 1 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 1-10-40, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE FLYING OF THE FIRST NATIONAL FLAG OF THE CONFEDERACY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE 'STARS AND BARS,' AT A POINT CENTERED ON THE MONUMENT TO THE WOMEN OF THE CONFEDERACY.

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

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

"Section 1-10-40. (A) The First National Flag of the Confederacy, commonly known as the 'Stars and Bars,' must permanently fly at a height of thirty feet from a flagpole located at a point centered on the Monument to the Women of the Confederacy, not more than ten feet from the edge of the monument. This flag is the only flag authorized to be flown from this flagpole, and an appropriate size of the flag must be determined by the Budget and Control Board, Division of General Services. The flagpole must be illuminated at night and an appropriate decorative iron fence must be erected around the flagpole.

From funds appropriated to the Budget and Control Board, the Division of General Services of the Budget and Control Board or its successor in interest must ensure that this flag is placed at all times as directed in this subsection and must replace flags at appropriate intervals as may be necessary due to wear.

(B) The provisions of this section shall only be amended or repealed upon passage of an act which has received two-thirds vote on the third reading of the bill in each body of the General Assembly."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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