Bill Text: SC S1117 | 2017-2018 | 122nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Officers, appointment and removal
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-14 - Referred to Committee on General [S1117 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2017-S1117-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND ARTICLE 5, CHAPTER 3, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF OFFICERS, BY ADDING SECTION 1-3-235, TO ESTABLISH A SOUTH CAROLINA AMBASSADOR OF JAZZ APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 5, Chapter 3, Title 1 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 1-3-235. The Governor may name and appoint some outstanding and distinguished jazz master as ambassador of jazz for the State of South Carolina."
SECTION 2. Thales Thomas "Skipp" Pearson shall be posthumously named the inaugural ambassador of jazz for the State of South Carolina in honor of his extraordinary contributions to the world of jazz music.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
