S 1035 Joint Resolution, By Elliott
Summary: Governor
    A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 12, ARTICLE IV OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO DISABILITY OF THE GOVERNOR, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE GOVERNOR IS PHYSICALLY ABSENT FROM THE STATE FOR A PERIOD OF TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OR MORE, HE SHALL NOTIFY THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF HIS ABSENCE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BUT NOT LATER THAN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AFTER THE ABSENCE HAS BEGUN, AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SHALL AT THAT TIME BECOME ACTING GOVERNOR FOR THE DURATION OF THE ABSENCE, AND TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE ABSENCE OCCURS FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS OR MORE, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE GOVERNOR SHALL RESUME THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF HIS OFFICE OR WHETHER THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SHALL CONTINUE TO DISCHARGE THESE POWERS AND DUTIES AS ACTING GOVERNOR.
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01/12/10	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-62
01/12/10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-62
01/19/10	Senate	Referred to Subcommittee: L.Martin (ch), Knotts, Campbell, Coleman, Nicholson