South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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H. 4149

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General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Gilliard, Whipper, H.B. Brown and Mack
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11533bh09.docx

Introduced in the House on June 16, 2009
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works

Summary: Swimming lessons

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   6/16/2009  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-72
   6/16/2009  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-72
   1/12/2010  House   Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Sottile

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

6/16/2009

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-29-75 SO AS TO REQUIRE A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT TO OFFER SWIMMING LESSONS TO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE DISTRICT IF THE DISTRICT HAS WITHIN A TEN-MILE RADIUS OF ITS BOUNDARIES A PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL, TO REQUIRE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE DISTRICT TO COMPLETE TWO YEARS OF SWIMMING INSTRUCTION IN ORDER TO GRADUATE FROM A HIGH SCHOOL WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 29, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 59-29-75.    (A)    If a public school district in this State has within a ten-mile radius of its boundaries a public swimming pool, it must establish and offer a program of swimming instruction free of charge to students enrolled in the district. A student enrolled in a district that offers swimming instruction must complete two years of swimming instruction in order to graduate from a high school within the school district.

(B)    For purposes of this section, 'public swimming pool' means an artificial structure used to impound water to provide for such recreational uses as bathing, swimming, diving, wading, spraying, sliding, floating, rafting, or other similar usage which is not built in connection with a single family residence and the use of which is not confined to the family of the residence and its private guests, or which is not owned, constructed, operated, or maintained by a church, synagogue, or religious organization, and which is equipped with floating safety alarms or door alarms to avoid unlawful use or entry."

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

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