A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE MAJOR GENERAL STEPHEN B. "BRAD" OWENS, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD, UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT, TO SALUTE HIM FOR MORE THAN THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS OF EXCEPTIONALLY MERITORIOUS SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND THE GUARD, AND TO EXTEND BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS AND FULFILLMENT IN THE YEARS TO COME.
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A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE ETHAN NORMAN ADAMS OF RICHLAND COUNTY FOR HIS REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND TO SALUTE HIM UPON HIS ACHIEVING THE CELEBRATED RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT, THE HIGHEST AWARD IN SCOUTING.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE EDWARD ("TED") LAWRENCE DAUGHTREY UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AS PRINCIPAL OF WHITE KNOLL HIGH SCHOOL, TO COMMEND HIM FOR OVER FORTY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE IN EDUCATION, AND TO WISH HIM MUCH HAPPINESS AND FULFILLMENT IN ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 49-3-60 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN ENTITY THAT HAS CONTRACTED FOR THE RIGHT TO STORE WATER IN A RESERVOIR OWNED BY THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAS EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO ANY RETURN FLOWS GENERATED TO THAT RESERVOIR.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO DECLARE TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2022, AS "CLEMSON DAY" IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 4-9-30, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE POWERS OF A COUNTY GOVERNMENT, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING BODY OF A COUNTY TO ADOPT BY ORDINANCE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PROPERTY OWNER SHALL KEEP A LOT OR OTHER PROPERTY CLEAN AND FREE OF RUBBISH, AND TO AUTHORIZE A COUNTY TO PLACE A LIEN ON REAL PROPERTY FOR ACTUAL COSTS UNDERTAKEN BY THE COUNTY TO ABATE A PUBLIC NUISANCE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS PROFOUND SORROW UPON THE PASSING OF HARRY BANCROFT "BUCK" LIMEHOUSE, JR., AND TO EXTEND THE DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO REMEMBER THE LIFE OF FRAZIER B. BAKER, POSTMASTER OF LAKE CITY WHO WAS MURDERED BY A WHITE MOB OUTSIDE HIS BURNING HOME ON FEBRUARY 22, 1898, AND TO DECLARE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2022, AS A DAY TO HONOR HIS MEMORY.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO HONOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO DEVOTED THEMSELVES TO THE SUCCESS OF THE CHARLESTON NAVAL SHIPYARD AND TO DESIGNATE APRIL 2, 2022, AS "CHARLESTON NAVAL SHIPYARD DAY" IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 24-13-150, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE EARLY RELEASE OF AN INMATE, SO AS TO REDUCE THE PERCENTAGE OF TIME AN INMATE WHO HAS COMMITTED A "NO PAROLE OFFENSE" MUST SERVE BEFORE HE MAY BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR EARLY RELEASE, DISCHARGE, OR COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FROM EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT TO SIXTY-FIVE PERCENT FOR CERTAIN DRUG OFFENSES, AND TO PROVIDE THIS REDUCTION APPLIES TO INMATES CURRENTLY INCARCERATED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-370, RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL POSSESSION, MANUFACTURE, AND TRAFFICKING OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, SO AS TO REVISE THE PENALTIES AND WEIGHT PRESUMPTIONS, AND ELIMINATE MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 44-53-375, RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL POSSESSION, MANUFACTURE, AND TRAFFICKING OF METHAMPHETAMINE, COCAINE BASE, OR OTHER CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, SO AS TO REVISE THE PENALTIES AND WEIGHT PRESUMPTIONS, AND ELIMINATE MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES.