A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF JUANITA WILLMON GOGGINS, THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO SERVE IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND TO REMEMBER HER EFFECTIVE DETERMINATION AS SHE ADVOCATED FOR THE NEEDS OF OTHERS IN THE PALMETTO STATE.
A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 40, TITLE 27, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT, SO AS TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PROPERTY FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER, TO ALTER CERTAIN DEFINITIONS AND TO DEFINE THE TERMS "FEE" AND "MINIMUM HABITABILITY STANDARDS", TO PROSCRIBE CERTAIN RENTAL AGREEMENTS OR PROVISIONS OF RENTAL AGREEMENTS AS UNCONSCIONABLE, TO PROVIDE NOTICE AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO REQUIRE A LANDLORD TO COMPLY WITH MINIMUM HABITABILITY STANDARDS, TO PROVIDE THAT A TENANT SHALL NOT CONDUCT OR PERMIT ACTIVITIES IN FURTHERANCE OF A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE IN THE DWELLING UNIT, TO ALLOW A TENANT TO MAKE REPAIRS AND DEDUCT THE COST FROM RENT AFTER PROVIDING NOTICE TO THE LANDLORD AND PROVIDE OTHER REMEDIES FOR THE LANDLORD'S FAILURE TO ACT, TO PROVIDE WHEN A LANDLORD MAY TERMINATE THE RENTAL AGREEMENT AND TO REQUIRE THE LANDLORD TO GIVE THE TENANT FOURTEEN DAYS TO REPAY PAST DUE RENT, TO PROVIDE THAT A LANDLORD MAY NOT SEEK AN ORDER FOR EVICTION FOR A FAILURE TO PAY FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LATE RENT PAYMENT OR WITHOUT GIVING ADEQUATE NOTICE TO THE TENANT, AND TO ALLOW A TENANT TO MAKE A PAYMENT OF RENT DUE WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS OF A COURT FINDING THAT RENT IS OWED TO THE LANDLORD.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR JOE ENGEL, HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AND COMMUNITY LEADER, FOR HIS ROLE IN HELPING THE WORLD TO REMEMBER; TO MEMORIALIZE YOM HASHOAH, HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY; AND TO DESIGNATE MAY 1, 2019, AS "JOE ENGEL DAY" IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 46-3-290 SO AS TO ESTABLISH THE SOUTH CAROLINA URBAN FARMING GRANT PROGRAM, AND PROVIDE FOR ITS OPERATION AND ADMINISTRATION.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE HAMMOND SCHOOL WRESTLING TEAM, COACHES, AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS FOR A REMARKABLE SEASON AND TO CONGRATULATE THEM FOR WINNING THE 2019 SOUTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL ASSOCIATION CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE PASSING OF KENNETH BRYANT ROSE OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY AND TO EXTEND THEIR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS LOVING FAMILY AND HIS MANY FRIENDS.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR CYNTHIA REID WILLS, AUTHOR, BUSINESSWOMAN, MOVIE PRODUCER, AND PLAYWRIGHT, FOR HER SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND TO WELCOME HER AS SHE RETURNS TO SPARTANBURG FOR A BOOK SIGNING AND FILM VIEWING OF CONTENT OF CHARACTER.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO HONOR SERGEANT ISAAC WOODARD, JR., WHO SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II, UPON THE OCCASION OF THE UNVEILING OF THE HISTORICAL MARKER REMEMBERING HIM.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR MALCOLM MACLEAN GUTTRY OF HARTSVILLE FOR HIS NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM UPON ACHIEVING THE PRESTIGIOUS RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT, THE HIGHEST AWARD IN SCOUTING.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR JAMES "JIM" L. FELDER, ONE OF THE FIRST THREE AFRICAN AMERICANS ELECTED TO SERVE IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE AFTER RECONSTRUCTION, AND TO EXPRESS PROFOUND GRATITUDE FOR HIS SEMINAL CONTRIBUTIONS AS A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER AND ACTIVIST AND IN HIS ROLES IN COUNTY AND STATE GOVERNMENT.
