South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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Bill 761


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A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 11, TITLE 25 OF THE 1976 CODE BY ADDING SECTION 25-11-90 TO PROVIDE FOR A WAR ROSTER PREPARED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS IN THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR TO INCLUDE THE NAME AND PRINCIPAL ITEMS OF RECORD OF PERSONS WHO SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY DURING CERTAIN CONFLICTS AND AN ORDER OF BATTLE TO INCLUDE THE NAME OF MILITARY UNITS BASED IN SOUTH CAROLINA PARTICIPATING IN CERTAIN CONFLICTS AND TO REPEAL SECTION 73, PART II OF ACT 164 OF 1993.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 11, Title 25 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 25-11-90.    (A)    The Division of Veterans' Affairs shall prepare a complete roster of all South Carolina members of the United States military who served on active duty during the following:

(1)    the Korean conflict,

(2)    the Vietnam conflict,

(3)    Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada),

(4)    Operation Just Cause (Panama),

(5)    Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm (Iraq and Kuwait),

(6)    Operation Restore Hope (Somalia),

(7)    Operations Joint Guard, Joint Forge, and Joint Endeavor (Bosnia-Herzegovina),

(8)    Operation Joint Guardian (Kosovo),

(9)    Operation Noble Eagle (Homeland Defense), and

(10)    Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (Afghanistan, Horn of Africa, Iraq, and Philippines).

The list shall be periodically updated to include persons who serve on active duty or are mobilized in any subsequent named military operation in which United States military personnel are engaged in armed conflict or any future war declared by the United States Congress.

(B)    The roster must contain the principal items of record of all military personnel included on the roster as shown by the service cards or records in the office of State Selective Service, the Adjutant General, and the Department of Defense of the United States. The roster must be arranged in a manner to make the information readily accessible.

(C)    The roster also must contain an Order of Battle to include the name and location of assignment of every unit of the South Carolina National Guard and every active and reserve unit based in South Carolina participating in any of the conflicts listed in subsection (A). The Order of Battle must be periodically updated in conjunction with the roster.

(D)    The Division of Veterans' Affairs shall secure printing of the roster and a copy or set shall be delivered to the Archives Department of the State of South Carolina, Department Headquarters of the American Legion Auxiliary, Department Headquarters of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Headquarters of the Disabled American Veterans, and each County Veterans' Service Officer. Any remaining copies must be placed in the Office of the Division of Veterans' Affairs for distribution as needed.

(E)    The preparation and distribution of the roster is subject to the availability of funds.

(F)    The inclusion of a person's name on the roster does not entitle the person to any additional benefits or any benefits for which the person would not otherwise qualify."

SECTION    2.    Section 73, Part II of Act 164 of 1993 is repealed.

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

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