Reference is to Printer's Date 4/24/13--H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 2, beginning on page 3 and inserting:
/ SECTION 2. This act
takes effect upon approval by the Governor and is implemented
according to the following schedule:
(1) the terms of
members of the South Carolina State University Board of Trustees
elected by the General Assembly before 2013 are terminated
effective July 1, 2013, except that the members occupying Seats
Three and Four as of June 30, 2013, pursuant to the former
provisions of Section 59-127-20, shall continue to serve in a
holdover capacity through June 30, 2014, after which those
holdover seats are abolished. These two holdover trustees are
not affected by the provisions of items (3) and (4) of this
section;
(3)(a) the three
members of the board elected by the General Assembly in 2013
pursuant to the former provisions of Section 59-127-20 of the
1976 Code from congressional districts 5, 6, and 7 are deemed to
be elected to Seats Five, Six, and Seven pursuant to the
provisions of Section 59-127-20 of the 1976 Code as amended by
this act for terms beginning July 1, 2013;
(b)
the three at-large members of the board elected in 2013
pursuant to the former provisions of Section 59-127-20 of the
1976 Code, become members of the reconstituted board as follows:
(i)
an at-large member of the board
elected by the General Assembly in 2013, who, when elected
resided in congressional district 1, 2, 3, or 4, and who was the
only board member elected from that district in 2013, is deemed
to have been elected as the board member for the applicable seat
number. If two such at-large members reside in one congressional
district, at the time of election, then one such member is
deemed to have been elected to at-large Seat Eight and the other
is deemed to have been elected from that congressional district,
selected alphabetically by last name. The person selected to
occupy at-large Seat Eight shall serve for an initial term of
two years beginning July 1, 2013; and
(ii)
any other at-large member of the board elected in 2013 who
is not deemed to have been elected from a congressional district
pursuant to item (3)(b)(i) of this section is deemed to have
been elected to at-large Seat Nine, and takes office July 1,
2013, and shall serve for a term of four years, after which
that member's successor on the board must be elected as provided
pursuant to Section 59-127-20 of the 1976 Code as amended by
this act;
(4) notwithstanding the
four-year terms of office for board members provided pursuant to
Section 59-127-20 of the 1976 Code, members elected to, or,
pursuant to item (3) of this section, deemed to be elected, to
Seats One, Three, and Four, shall serve for an initial term of
two years, beginning July 1, 2013, and until their successors
are elected or appointed and qualify;
(5)
during the transition period, vacancies in
the board attributable to unrepresented congressional districts
must be filled in the order that the General Assembly shall
provide in the concurrent resolution setting the election. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.