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TO AMEND SECTION 10-1-161, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO FLAGS FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF ON THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE GOVERNOR MAY DETERMINE THAT THE FLAGS BE FLOWN HALF-STAFF IN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES OTHER THAN THOSE DESIGNATED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 10-1-161, as last amended by Act 207 of 2004, is further amended by adding at the end:
"(E) Upon the occurrence of an extraordinary event resulting in death or upon the death of a person of extraordinary stature, the Governor may order that the flags atop the State Capitol Building be lowered to half-staff at a designated time or for a designated period of time."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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