2005-2006 Bill 3888: State Flag Requested to Be Flown at Half-Staff Friday, April 8, 2005

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 116th Session, 2005-2006 3 4 H. 3888 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. J.E. Smith, Wilkins, Agnew, Allen, Altman, Anderson, Anthony, Bailey, Bales, 10 Ballentine, Barfield, Battle, Bingham, Bowers, Brady, Branham, Breeland, G. Brown, J. Brown, 11 R. Brown, Cato, Ceips, Chalk, Chellis, Clark, Clemmons, Clyburn, Coates, Cobb-Hunter, Coleman, 12 Cooper, Cotty, Dantzler, Davenport, Delleney, Duncan, Edge, Emory, Frye, Funderburk, Govan, Hagood, 13 Haley, Hamilton, Hardwick, Harrell, Harrison, Harvin, Haskins, Hayes, Herbkersman, J. Hines, M. Hines, 14 Hinson, Hiott, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Jennings, Kennedy, Kirsh, Leach, Lee, Limehouse, 15 Littlejohn, Lloyd, Loftis, Lucas, Mack, Mahaffey, Martin, McCraw, McGee, McLeod, Merrill, Miller, 16 Moody-Lawrence, J.H. Neal, J.M. Neal, Neilson, Norman, Ott, Owens, Parks, Perry, Phillips, Pinson, 17 E.H. Pitts, M.A. Pitts, Rhoad, Rice, Rivers, Rutherford, Sandifer, Scarborough, Scott, Simrill, Sinclair, 18 Skelton, D.C. Smith, F.N. Smith, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.R. Smith, W.D. Smith, Stewart, Talley, 19 Taylor, Thompson, Toole, Townsend, Tripp, Umphlett, Vaughn, Vick, Viers, Walker, Weeks, Whipper, 20 White, Whitmire, Witherspoon and Young 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11670ac05.doc 22 23 Introduced in the House on April 7, 2005 24 Introduced in the Senate on April 7, 2005 25 Adopted by the General Assembly on April 7, 2005 26 27 Summary: State Flag requested to be flown at half-staff Friday, April 8, 2005 28 29 30 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 31 32 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 33 4/7/2005 House Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate HJ-32 34 4/7/2005 Senate Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence SJ-14 35 4/7/2005 Scrivener's error corrected 36 37 38 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 39 40 4/7/2005 41 4/7/2005-A 42 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO DIRECT THAT THE FLAGS ON THE STATEHOUSE 12 DOME BE FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF ON FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 13 2005 OUT OF DEEPEST RESPECT FOR HIS HOLINESS POPE 14 JOHN PAUL II. 15 16 Whereas, beloved Catholic Church and spiritual leader Pope John 17 Paul II is being laid to rest Friday, April 8, 2005; and 18 19 Whereas, Pope John Paul II, the first Pole elected to the papacy 20 and first non-Italian elected Pope in over 455 years, was elected to 21 the papacy on October 16, 1978; and 22 23 Whereas, the Pope distinguished his Pontificate through extensive 24 travel, working to bring down communism, and fostering peace 25 among nations, religions, and cultures; and 26 27 Whereas, among his travels, the Pope made seven trips to the 28 United States and South Carolinians were honored when he visited 29 the Palmetto State in 1987, where the Holy Father was warmly 30 welcomed by people of all faiths; and 31 32 Whereas, the members of the General Assembly wish to express 33 their deepest sorrow and greatest respect for the life and legacy of 34 such a distinguished and beloved world and spiritual leader. Now, 35 therefore, 36 37 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate 38 concurring: 39 40 That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this 41 resolution, direct that the flags on the Statehouse dome be flown at

1 [3888] 1 1 half-staff on Friday, April 8, 2005, out of deepest respect for His 2 Holiness Pope John Paul II. 3 4 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 5 the Director of the Office of General Services, State Budget and 6 Control Board. 7 ----XX---- 8

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