H. 3825
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Limehouse and Ceips
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\9926ssp07.doc
Introduced in the House on March 29, 2007
Last Amended on May 17, 2007
Rejected by the House on May 17, 2007
Summary: Marsh Tacky horse
A BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 47-9-60 <http://www.scstatehouse.net/code/t47c009.htm#47-9-60>
SO AS TO REQUIRE THE ASSESSMENT OF A FEE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR AN OWNER OF A MARSH TACKY HORSE TO REGISTER
HIS HORSE WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRESERVING AND TRACKING MARSH TACKYS IN THE STATE, TO REQUIRE THE FEES COLLECTED
TO BE USED TO OFFSET THE DEPARTMENT'S COSTS OF MAINTAINING A REGISTRY, AND TO REQUIRE THE UNUSED PORTION OF THE FEES TO BE
REMITTED TO THE GENERAL FUND OF THE STATE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 9, Title 47 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 47-9-60 <http://www.scstatehouse.net/code/t47c009.htm#47-9-60>. (A) The General
Assembly finds:
(1) The Marsh Tacky is a horse with a unique history in South Carolina.
(2) The Marsh Tacky is an almost forgotten breed of horse in our State. Once existing in feral herds on the
barrier islands and mainland of South Carolina's Lowcountry, they have played a unique and pivotal role in the history of
our State.
(3) Modern development of this State's barrier islands slowly forced the Marsh Tacky's removal from these
islands where their breed had lived for more than three hundred years. Once existing by the hundreds on Hilton Head Island
during the 1940's and 1950's, they are virtually unknown to the present day inhabitants.
(4) The pure Marsh Tacky now exist only in small numbers, and presently, there is only one known herd being
carefully preserved in our State.
(5) A registry should be maintained by the State of the Marsh Tackys in South Carolina to help preserve and
track these historically significant breed of horses.
(B) An owner of a Marsh Tacky may register the horse with the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of
preserving and tracking the Marsh Tacky located in the State. The Department of Agriculture shall maintain the registry and
record the name and address of the owner, the location of the horse, and any other relevant information about the horse, including
any historical information available.
(C) The department shall assess a fee of ten dollars for each horse registered with the department. The fees
collected must be used to offset the costs to the department of maintaining the registry and any unused fees must be remitted
to the general fund of the State."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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BUT The Ways and Means Committee wanted none of that. It decided instead to create a new designation. So it proposed to
strike the original bill and replace it with this:
/SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 9, Title 47 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 47-9-60. (A) The General Assembly finds:
(1) The Marsh Tacky is a horse with a unique history in South Carolina.
(2) The Marsh Tacky is an almost forgotten breed of horse in our State. Once existing in feral herds on the
barrier islands and mainland of South Carolina's Lowcountry, they have played a unique and pivotal role in the history of
our State.
(3) Modern development of this State's barrier islands slowly forced the Marsh Tacky's removal from these islands
where their breed had lived for more than three hundred years. Once existing by the hundreds on Hilton Head Island during
the 1940's and 1950's, they are virtually unknown to the present day inhabitants.
(4) The pure Marsh Tacky now exist only in small numbers, and presently, there is only one known herd being
carefully preserved in our State.
(B) The Marsh Tacky is designated as the official South Carolina Heritage horse."
SECTION 2.
This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor./
Rep. LIMEHOUSE explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted by a division vote of 18 to 14.
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Then Rep. Ken Kennedy proposed this additional amendment:
Rep. KENNEDY proposed the following Amendment No. 2 (Doc Name COUNCIL\MS\7332AHB07), which was adopted:
Amend the bill,
as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:
/ "Section 1-1-710. The mule is designated
as the official work animal of the State of South Carolina." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.
Rep. KENNEDY explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted by a division vote of 51 to 19.
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Then, as you can see below, all hell broke loose:
Pursuant to Rule 7.7 the Yeas and Nays were taken resulting as follows:
Yeas 29; Nays 52
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Alexander Anderson
Barfield
Battle Brady
Branham
Brantley
Ceips Chalk
Clemmons
Davenport
Gambrell
Harvin Hodges
Hosey
Howard
Jefferson Kennedy
Kirsh
Knight Limehouse
Lowe
Rutherford
Scarborough
Sellers W. D. Smith
Stavrinakis
White
Williams
Total--29
Those who voted in the negative are:
Agnew Allen
Anthony
Bannister
Bedingfield Bowen
R. Brown
Cato Chellis
Cobb-Hunter
Coleman Cotty
Dantzler
Delleney
Duncan
Frye Funderburk
Govan
Haley Hamilton
Hart
Haskins
Hiott Huggins
Lucas
Mahaffey
McLeod
Moss Mulvaney
J. H. Neal
Ott
Parks Perry
E. H. Pitts
M. A. Pitts Sandifer
Shoopman
Skelton
D. C. Smith
F. N. Smith G. M. Smith
G. R. Smith
J. R. Smith Spires
Stewart
Talley
Taylor Thompson
Toole
Umphlett
Walker
Weeks
Total--52
So, the Bill, as amended, was rejected
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