Bill Text: SC H3356 | 2021-2022 | 124th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Higher education

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-12 - Referred to Committee on Ways and Means [H3356 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2021-H3356-Introduced.html

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-101-440 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ANY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING THAT REMOVES THE NAME OF AN HISTORICAL FIGURE FOR WHICH A COLLEGE OR BUILDING IS NAMED SHALL HAVE ALL GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS REDUCED TO ZERO.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 101, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    "Section 59-101-440.    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any public institution of higher learning, as defined in Section 59-103-5, removes the name of an historical figure for which a college or building is named, then the general fund appropriations set forth in the general appropriations act for the current fiscal year are reduced to zero."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.