S.C. Code § 53-3-115

Current through 2024 Act No. 225.
Section 53-3-115 - Golden-September Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

The month of September of every year is declared "Golden-September Childhood Cancer Awareness Month" in South Carolina to honor and give courage to all those children in our State who are fighting this terrible disease.

S.C. Code § 53-3-115

Added by 2013 S.C. Acts, Act No. 25 (HB 3973), s 2, eff. 5/3/2013.

2013 Act No. 25, Section 1, provides as follows:

"SECTION 1. The General Assembly finds that:

"(1) cancer is a disease that affects Americans of every sex, gender, race, and ethnicity;

"(2) it is a particularly horrible disease when it strikes children; and

"(3) to declare the month of September of each year as 'Childhood Cancer Awareness Month' in South Carolina and to designate it as 'Golden-September' would honor and give courage to all those children in our State who are fighting this terrible disease."