S 0198 Joint Resolution, By Wilson
    A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to Section 5 of Article III of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, relating to apportionment of members of the House of Representatives, so as to provide also that no apportionment of senators may take effect until the General Election which succeeds the apportionment; proposing an amendment to the Constitution by adding Section 5A to Article III so as to provide for apportionment of the House of Representatives and the Senate by the South Carolina Reapportionment Commission when the General Assembly fails to apportion the bodies by certain dates and to provide for the membership of the Commission; proposing an amendment to Section 13 of Article VII of the Constitution, relating to arrangement by teh General Assembly of counties into judicial circuits and congressional districts and precincts, so as to provide that if the General Assembly fails to establish congressional districts by the first day of July following the census required by Section 3 of Article III, the South Carolina Reapportionment Commission shall make the arrangement, to delete an obsolete reference and to provide that judicial circuits and congressional districts may be comprised of counties and parts of counties; and proposing an amendment to Article XVII of the Constitution by adding Section 15 so as to create the South Carolina Reapportionment Commission and to provide its powers and duties.
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10/17/94	Senate	Prefiled
10/17/94	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
01/10/95	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-68
01/10/95	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-68