A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO COMMEND ST. MARK MARLBORO BAPTIST CHURCH OF MARLBORO COUNTY FOR ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE YEARS OF MINISTRY AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO EXTEND WARMEST CONGRATULATIONS ON THE OCCASION OF THE CHURCH'S HISTORIC ANNIVERSARY.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO COMMEMORATE THE MOMENTOUS OCCASION OF THE TWO HUNDRED THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF BROWNSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH IN BLENHEIM, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND TO CELEBRATE OVER TWO CENTURIES OF COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR DR. SCOTT TURNER, SUPERINTENDENT FOR DISTRICT FIVE SCHOOLS OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY, UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AFTER A DISTINGUISHED CAREER OF MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION AND TO WISH HIM CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE COLUMBIA MAYOR STEVE BENJAMIN ON EARNING THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS ON MAY 7, 2018, AND TO WISH HIM MUCH CONTINUED SUCCESS IN HIS ENDEAVORS TO BETTER THE CAPITAL OF OUR GREAT STATE.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR CAROLINE CALDWELL DELLENEY, AFTER MORE THAN TEN YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE PALMETTO STATE, BOTH IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL AND IN COLUMBIA, AND TO WISH HER CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN ALL HER FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE THE TOWN OF LOWRYS IN CHESTER COUNTY UPON THE OPENING OF ITS FIRST TOWN HALL ON THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2019.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO HONOR AND COMMEND DR. CYRIL SPANN ON THE OCCASION OF THE ADDITION OF THE DR. CYRIL O. SPANN MEDICAL OFFICE TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND ITS RECEPTION OF A HISTORICAL MARKER FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR JAMES H. "JIM" SALLEY, ASSOCIATE VICE CHANCELLOR FOR INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT AT AFRICA UNIVERSITY IN ZIMBABWE, AFRICA, FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE AND OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS AND TO WISH HIM MUCH CONTINUED SUCCESS AND FULFILLMENT IN THE DAYS AHEAD.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1-30-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT, SO AS TO INCLUDE THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS; BY ADDING SECTION 1-30-130 SO AS TO ENUMERATE THE ASSETS, RIGHTS, AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE FORMER DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS TRANSFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS; TO AMEND CHAPTER 11, TITLE 25, RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, SO AS TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, REDESIGNATE THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS AS THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS; TO ESTABLISH THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT A SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE, AND TO ENUMERATE THE SECRETARY'S POWERS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS; TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF "VETERAN" FOR PURPOSES OF APPOINTING COUNTY VETERANS' AFFAIRS OFFICERS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A COUNTY VETERANS' AFFAIRS OFFICER IS AN AT-WILL EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT WHO MAY BE REMOVED FOR CAUSE AT ANY TIME BY THE DEPARTMENT SECRETARY, A MAJORITY OF THE SENATORS REPRESENTING THE COUNTY, AND A MAJORITY OF THE HOUSE MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE COUNTY; TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE CHAPTER; TO ESTABLISH THE SOUTH CAROLINA MILITARY BASE TASK FORCE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE TASK FORCE'S COMPOSITION, POWERS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES; AND TO PROVIDE COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS RELATING TO THE REDESIGNATION OF THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS AS THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS. - ratified title
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CELEBRATE THE RIVER BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY CHEER TEAM, COACHES, AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS FOR AN OUTSTANDING SEASON AND TO CONGRATULATE THEM FOR BEING NAMED THE 2019 SOUTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE GAME DAY INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONS.
