A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO CONGRATULATE BRUTON'S FORK BAPTIST CHURCH OF MARLBORO COUNTY ON THE OCCASION OF ITS HISTORIC ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SECOND ANNIVERSARY, AND TO WISH THE CHURCH LEADERS AND CONGREGATION GOD'S RICHEST BLESSINGS AS THEY CONTINUE TO SERVE THE LORD IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR JAMES E. "JIM" KNIGHT, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION, ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT, TO THANK HIM FOR NEARLY FORTY YEARS OF OUTSTANDING AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND TO WISH HIM MUCH SUCCESS AND FULFILLMENT IN ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO AMEND RULE 1.9 OF THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES AND THE ELECTION OF COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE CHAIRMAN OF A COMMITTEE MAY NOT SERVE MORE THAN FIVE CONSECUTIVE TERMS.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO COMMEND TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF CLIO FOR MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF CENTURIES OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO EXTEND WARMEST CONGRATULATIONS ON THE OCCASION OF THE CHURCH'S HISTORIC TWO HUNDRED SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF THE ORIGINAL GULLAH FESTIVAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR ITS MEANINGFUL INFLUENCE IN PRESERVING THE HISTORIC GULLAH CULTURE AND FOR ITS ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE'S VITAL TOURISM INDUSTRY.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO HONOR LOCAL HERO BERNADINE REED FOR HER COURAGE AND MINDFULNESS IN THE FACE OF A HARROWING SITUATION AND TO OFFER HER A HEARTY OVATION FOR PERFORMING HER DUTIES TO EXEMPLARY STANDARDS.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR REVEREND ROBERT JAMES STOKES, PASTOR OF MT. HORR AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH ON YONGES ISLAND, AS HE RETIRES AFTER YEARS OF EXEMPLARY MINISTRY AND TO WISH HIM CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS IN ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
A BILL TO AMEND SECTIONS 63-7-10 AND 63-7-1620, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PRINCIPLES OF THE STATE'S CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM AND LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES IN CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT PROCEEDINGS, RESPECTIVELY, SO AS TO CLARIFY THAT LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT MUST ENSURE THAT CHILD WELFARE AND SAFETY ARE THE SOLE BASIS OF DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS AND DECISIONS IN SUCH PROCEEDINGS AND THAT THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES HAVE THE SOLE DISCRETION ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT OVER ANY DECISIONS PERTAINING TO SUCH PROCEEDINGS.
A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR SMYRNA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN BENNETTSVILLE FOR ITS MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AND TO CONGRATULATE THE PASTOR AND THE CONGREGATION AS THEY CELEBRATE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THEIR GOD.
A BILL TO AMEND SECTIONS 44-7-110, 44-7-120, 44-7-130, 44-7-140, 44-7-150, AND 44-7-320, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, ALL RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN THE STATE, SO AS TO ELIMINATE REFERENCES TO CERTIFICATE OF NEED REQUIREMENTS; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 44-7-160, 44-7-170, 44-7-180, 44-7-190, 44-7-200, 44-7-210, 44-7-220, 44-7-225, 44-7-230, AND 44-7-240 ALL RELATING TO THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROGRAM; TO RENAME ARTICLE 3, CHAPTER 7, TITLE 44 AS "STATE HEALTH FACILITY LICENSURE ACT"; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
