Reference is to Printer's Date 3/6/13.
Amend the joint resolution, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. It is proposed that Section 7, Article VI of the Constitution of this State be amended to read:
"Section 7.
There shallmust be elected
by the qualified voters of the State a Secretary of State, an
Attorney General, a Treasurer, a Superintendent of Education, a
Comptroller General, and a Commissioner of
Agriculture, and an Adjutant General who shall
hold their respective offices for a term of four years,
coterminous with that of the Governor. The duties and
compensation of suchthese offices
shallmust be prescribed by law and their
compensation shallmust be neither
increased nor diminished during the period for which they
shall have beenare elected."
SECTION 2. The proposed amendment must be submitted to the qualified electors at the next general election for representatives. Ballots must be provided at the various voting precincts with the following words printed or written on the ballot:
"Must Section 7, Article VI of the Constitution of this State relating to state constitutional officers be amended so as to delete the Adjutant General from the list of state officers which the Constitution requires to be elected?
Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'Yes', and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'No'."
SECTION 3. It is proposed that Section 4, Article XIII of the Constitution of this State be amended to read:
"Section 4.
(A) There
shallmust be an Adjutant and
Inspector General elected by the qualified
electors of the State at the same time and in the same manner as
other State officers members of the General Assembly
meeting in joint session, who shall rank as
Brigadier Major General, and whose
duties and compensation shallmust be
prescribed by law. The Governor shall, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint
such other staff officers as the General
Assembly may direct.
(B) Beginning
with the expiration of the term of the Adjutant General serving
in office on the date of the ratification of the provisions of
this paragraph, to offer as a candidate for the office of
Adjutant General, an individual must be a qualified elector of
South Carolina and have been federally recognized in the rank of
Colonel (O-6) or higher in at least one of the branches of the
United States Armed Forces."
SECTION 4. The proposed amendment must be submitted to the qualified electors at the next general election for representatives. Ballots must be provided at the various voting precincts with the following words printed or written on the ballot:
"Must Section 4, Article XIII of the Constitution of this State, relating to state constitutional officers, be amended so as to delete an obsolete reference to the Inspector General; to require that the Adjutant General be elected by the members of the General Assembly meeting in joint session; to make a conforming change to the rank of the Adjutant General; and to provide that upon the expiration of the term of the Adjutant General serving in office on the date of the ratification of this provision, to offer as a candidate for the office of Adjutant General, an individual must be a qualified elector of South Carolina and have been federally recognized in the rank of Colonel (O-6) or higher in at least one of the branches of the United States Armed Forces." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.