H 4261 General Bill, By Sheheen, J.I. Rogers and Wilkins
    A Bill to amend Section 14-5-610, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the judicial circuits of this State and the number of circuit judges to be elected for the State, so as to authorize certain additional resident and at-large circuit judges; to amend the 1976 Code by adding Section 14-1-215 so as to provide that a judge or justice retired from the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Circuit Court, or Family Court of this State may not be assigned to preside over any official proceeding in any circuit or family court of this State except in cases of an emergency as determined by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; to amend Section 9-8-120, relating to the authorization for justices or judges who are retired under the Judicial Retirement System to perform judicial duties in certain courts, so as to conform the provisions of this Section to the limitations contained in Section 14-1-215; and to amend the 1976 Code by adding Section 14-1-216 so as to provide that no active Family Court Judge may be assigned to preside over any official proceeding in the Circuit Court.

01/09/90	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-56
01/09/90	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-56
01/16/90	House	Tabled in committee