FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1999

Friday, April 16, 1999

(Statewide Session)

Indicates Matter Stricken

Indicates New Matter

Pursuant to the motion by Senator Moore of the Legislative Day of Thursday, April 15, 1999, the Senate assembled at 11:30 A.M., the hour to which it stood adjourned, and was called to order by the PRESIDENT.

A quorum being present, the proceedings were opened with a devotion by the Chaplain as follows:

Beloved, hear the Word of God, through His Prophet Isaiah, Chapter 35 (vv.3-8):

“Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Say to

those who are of a fearful heart, 'Be strong, do not fear! Here is

your God . . . He will come and save you . . . A highway shall be

there, and it shall be called the Holy Way’.”

Let us pray.

Our Father, decision time is here and we are not yet quite prepared for it. We don't think we've lost our way, but we face stumbling blocks in our way.

Isaiah told his people about a Holy Way! May we ask for it also? We're stumbling over each other! Help us to lift up each other.

We pray again for what we often pray: IF WE ARE WRONG, CORRECT US! IF WE ARE RIGHT, CONFIRM US!

Give us the mind and the heart for the Holy Way. Then we shall all, sisters and brothers, remember Isaiah's words, "They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God."

Amen.

SECOND READING BILL

The following Joint Resolution, having been read the second time, was ordered placed on the third reading Calendar:

S.733 -- Senators Bauer, Wilson and Courson: A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE THAT THE SCHOOL DAY MISSED ON FEBRUARY 24, 1999, BY THE STUDENTS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT FIVE OF RICHLAND AND LEXINGTON COUNTIES FOR SCHOOL YEAR 199899 WHEN THE SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED DUE TO ICE AND WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXEMPTED FROM THE MAKEUP REQUIREMENT OF THE DEFINED MINIMUM PLAN THAT FULL SCHOOL DAYS MISSED DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER OR OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES BE MADE UP.

(By prior motion of Senator BAUER, with unanimous consent)

MOTION ADOPTED

On motion of Senator WILSON, with unanimous consent, the Senate stood adjourned out of respect to the memory of Evelyn Faye Kyzer of Lexington, S.C., Lexington County’s first Register of Mesne Conveyance (R.M.C.).

ADJOURNMENT

At 11:35 A.M., on motion of Senator MOORE, the Senate adjourned to meet on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at 12:00 Noon.

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