1999-2000 Bill 4948: Flags, U.S., S.C., State, Confederate; Display Or Placement Of;

BIL: 4948

TYP: General Bill GB

INB: House

IND: 20000413

PSP: McGee

SPO: McGee and Simrill

DDN: l:\council\bills\skb\18088som00.doc

RBY: House

COM: Judiciary Committee 25 HJ

SUB: Flags, U.S., S.C., State, Confederate; display or placement of; Confederacy, Buildings, State House

HST:

Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved

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House 20000413 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ

referred to Committee

Versions of This Bill

TXT:

A BILL

TO PROVIDE THAT, ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, THE CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG MUST BE REMOVED FROM ATOP THE STATE HOUSE, PLACED IN A SUITABLE LOCATION ON THE STATE HOUSE GROUNDS AS DETERMINED BY THE DIVISION OF GENERAL SERVICES, BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD, AND APPROVED BY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY; AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY, BY ADDING SECTION 101165 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ONLY THE UNITED STATES FLAG AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FLAG SHALL FLY ATOP THE STATE HOUSE.

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

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on the effective date of this act, the Confederate Battle Flag must be removed from atop the State House and placed in a suitable location on the State House grounds as determined by the Division of General Services of the Budget and Control Board and as approved by concurrent resolution of the General Assembly.

SECTION 2. Chapter 1, Title 10 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

“Section 101165. Only the United States Flag and the South Carolina State Flag shall fly atop the State House.”

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon ratification of an amendment to the Constitution of this State which adds a section providing that no monument, marker, painting, sculpture, memorial, building, street, highway, bridge, or park located on public property of the State or its political subdivisions which is named in honor of an individual or as a memorial to a historic event may be removed or renamed without twothirds vote of each branch of the General Assembly if a state property, or twothirds vote of the governing body of the political subdivision if a local property, as appropriate.

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