S 0248 General Bill, By McElveen and Johnson
Summary: Department of Transportation Commission
    A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 57-1-310(A) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, TO PROVIDE THAT THE JUDICIAL CIRCUITS OF THIS STATE ARE CONSTITUTED AND CREATED AS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DISTRICTS, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION WILL BE COMPRISED OF ONE MEMBER ELECTED FROM EACH TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT AND ONE MEMBER FROM THE STATE AT LARGE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR; TO AMEND SECTION 57-1-320, TO ELIMINATE REFERENCES TO DIVIDED COUNTIES, TO LIMIT COUNTY RESIDENT REPRESENTATION TO TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS; TO AMEND SECTION 57-1-325, TO PROVIDE THAT ALL MEMBERS OF EACH TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT DELEGATION ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE FOR TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION CANDIDATES, TO PROVIDE THAT THE VOTE TAKEN MUST BE A WEIGHTED VOTE; TO AMEND SECTION 57-1-330 TO LIMIT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONERS TO TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS; TO MAKE CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 57-1-730(4), SECTION 57-1-740(A), SECTION 57-1-740(B)(1), SECTION 57-1-740(D)(2)(a)(iii), AND SECTION 57-1-740(D)(2)(c) TO REFLECT THE NEW COMPOSITION OF THE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICTS; TO AMEND 57-1-740(D)(2)(a)(iii), (b), AND (c) TO PROVIDE FOR THE REPORTING OF THE REVIEW COMMITTEE'S FINDINGS; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSITION TO THE NEW COMMISSION COMPOSITION.
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12/10/14	Senate	Prefiled
12/10/14	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/13/15	Senate	Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 152)
01/13/15	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation (Senate Journal-page 152)
01/21/15		Scrivener's error corrected