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Bill 855

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      855
Type of Legislation:              Joint Resolution JR
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20020109
Primary Sponsor:                  Leatherman
All Sponsors:                     Leatherman, Grooms, Giese, Ryberg, Hayes, 
                                  McGill, O'Dell and Elliott
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\dka\4610mm02.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Agriculture and Natural Resources 
                                  Committee 01 SANR
Subject:                          Farmers Market Relocation Oversight 
                                  Committee created


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20020109  Introduced, read first time,           01 SANR
                  referred to Committee


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TO CREATE A FARMERS MARKET RELOCATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCERNING THE SITE SELECTION FOR AND FUNDING, PLANNING, AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW COLUMBIA STATE FARMERS MARKET FACILITY; TO PROVIDE FOR THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE; AND TO REQUIRE THE COMMITTEE TO REPORT ITS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2003, AT WHICH TIME THE COMMITTEE IS ABOLISHED.

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

SECTION 1. (A) There is created a Farmers Market Relocation Oversight Committee to study and make recommendations to the General Assembly in connection with the establishment of a new Columbia State Farmers Market facility, including:

(1) location and acquisition of a highly visible, easily accessible site of at least one hundred twenty acres of developable property in the Columbia Metropolitan Area;

(2) procurement of funding to construct facilities at the new location; and

(3) oversight of the planning and construction of the facilities at the new location.

(B) The Farmers Market Relocation Oversight Committee is composed of the following ten members:

(1) Commissioner of Agriculture;

(2) appointee of the Secretary of Commerce;

(3) two appointees of the Chairman of the Agriculture Commission;

(4) two appointees of the Governor;

(5) appointee of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

(6) appointee of the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(7) appointee of the Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Senate; and

(8) appointee of the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives.

(C) The Farmers Market Relocation Oversight Committee shall elect a chairman and other necessary officers from its membership. The committee shall meet as often as necessary to discharge its duties before making its report to the General Assembly. Committee members are allowed the usual mileage, per diem, and subsistence as provided by law for members of state boards, committees, and commissions.

(D) The Farmers Market Relocation Oversight Committee shall submit its recommendations in a report to the General Assembly before January 1, 2003, at which time the committee is abolished.

SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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