Floor Fight Brews Over Budget Plan Clash Between Houses
Senate Finance Committee weighs constitutional limits on spending while Gov. Riley's plan wins praise. House looks to pay committee and potential pay hikes as budget tensions grow. Appeals court funding faces Senate opposition amid constitutional dispute over legislative oversight.
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House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Richard W
Dick) Riley
Riley
David Taylor
D-Laurens
Taylor
House of Representatives
Appeals Court
Supreme Court
House Judiciary Committee
Robert Sheheen
D-Kershaw
Marion Gressette
D-Calhoun
Locking device in 1969 Beetle contested in negligence suit
Walhalla AP report describes expert testimony in a $500,000 case against Volkswagen and its U S subsidiary over a rear seat locking mechanism. Ken Morehead accuses the firm of design and manufacture flaws after his daughter Tracy Lynn Morehead died in a 1978 crash involving a Pontiac.
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Tracy Lynn Morehead
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Jack Lytton
Walhalla
Clemson University
Douglas Bradbury
Karl Kenyon
Morehead
Lytton
Bradbury
Volkswagen
Rachael Johnson
Richard Webb
Lawmakers debate budget bills and amendm ents in week long session
Rep Joseph Anderson proposes a 6000 dollar amendment to Oakley Park Shrine and Museum added to parks budget by voice vote. Rep Thomas Huff's 15000 dollar North Augusta Area Medical Center amendment fails 37 to 30. Desegregation funding ban amendment tabled 68 to 17 with Huff Jones Rudnick voting against. A 1.7 million bus monitor program is rejected 58 to 50 with Huff and Jones opposing and Rudnick and Anderson supporting. Jones and 24 others condemn the highway department for bids from Dickerson Construction Co. Rudnick Huff Jones sponsor rate refund bill going to Labor Commerce Committee. Rudnick also files 4 percent excise tax on casual auto sales.
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Joseph Anderson
Edgefield
Oakley Park
Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Thomas Huff
North Augusta
North Augusta Area Medical Center
U.S
Department of Justice
Huff
William Jones
D-Clearwater
Irene K. Rudnick
D-Aiken
House
Jones
Rudnick
Anderson
Carolina
Dickerson Construction Co
Monroe
N.C
House Drops Six-Year Auto Liability Study Committee
The House killed the Automobile Liability Insurance Study Committee founded in 1974 after voting to delete its funding. supporters included Reps Huff Jones Busbee Anderson while Rudnick urged keeping the panel alive. The panel had proposed an assigned risk plan and a nonprofit to handle high risk drivers.
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House of Representatives
Irene K. Rudnick
D-Aiken
Aiken
Delegation Members OK Marijuana Bill In South Carolina
The S C Senate advanced a bill increasing penalties for drug smuggling and sending first offense marijuana cases to magistrate courts. Sen. Setzler sought amendments to curb magistrates power, including requiring circuit court or solicitor approval for conditional discharges. The compromise to require magistrates to clear discharges with circuit solicitors passed, sending the bill to the House.
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S.C. Senate
Aiken Scions
Nikki Setzler
Lexington
Setzler
Lexington Democrat
Ryan Shealy
South Carolina
Shealy
Moore
Russell
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Aiken Standard
State Highway Department
North Carolina
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Happy
Strom Thurmond
Nancy Moore
Washington
Nancy
Ashhurst Agency
John Thomas Certified Insurance Counselor
CIC
Ashhurst
John Thomas
Society OF Certified Insurance Counselors
Clearwater
M. Judson Busbee
D Wagoner
Alll
Thomas Moore
Norma Russell
D-Lexington
Geta
Ann
Xerox
Xerox Corporation
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