S*0771(Rat #0367, Act #0337 of 2000)  General Bill, By Martin
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-110, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
 RELATING TO POLL MANAGERS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE ANY PERSON AT LEAST SIXTEEN
 YEARS OF AGE WHO HAS COMPLETED THE NECESSARY TRAINING AND WHO IS NOT OTHERWISE
 DISQUALIFIED BY LAW TO BE APPOINTED AS A POLL MANAGER'S ASSISTANT BY THE
 APPROPRIATE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION, AND TO PROVIDE THAT NO POLLING PLACE
 MAY EMPLOY MORE THAN ONE SIXTEEN OR SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD ASSISTANT POLL
 MANAGER.-AMENDED TITLE

   04/28/99  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-9
   04/28/99  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-9
   01/19/00  Senate Committee report: Favorable Judiciary SJ-8
   01/20/00  Senate Read second time
   01/20/00  Senate Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments
   04/11/00  Senate Amended SJ-11
   04/13/00  Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-28
   04/18/00  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-10
   04/18/00  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-10
   05/24/00  House  Committee report: Favorable Judiciary HJ-2
   05/25/00  House  Read second time HJ-23
   05/25/00  House  Unanimous consent for third reading on next
                     legislative day HJ-24
   05/26/00  House  Read third time and enrolled HJ-3
   05/31/00         Ratified R 367
   06/06/00         Signed By Governor
   06/06/00         Effective date 06/06/00
   06/21/00         Copies available
   06/22/00         Act No. 337

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-110, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO POLL MANAGERS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE ANY PERSON AT LEAST SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE WHO HAS COMPLETED THE NECESSARY TRAINING AND WHO IS NOT OTHERWISE DISQUALIFIED BY LAW TO BE APPOINTED AS A POLL MANAGER'S ASSISTANT BY THE APPROPRIATE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION, AND TO PROVIDE THAT NO POLLING PLACE MAY EMPLOY MORE THAN ONE SIXTEEN OR SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD ASSISTANT POLL MANAGER.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Poll manager's assistants age sixteen or seventeen

SECTION 1. Section 7-13-110 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 7-13-110. All managers of election for the various polling places in the State must be residents and registered electors of the respective counties in which they are appointed to work or in an adjoining county. Any person at least sixteen years of age who has completed the training required by Section 7-13-72 and who is not otherwise disqualified by law may be appointed as a poll manager's assistant by the appropriate county election commission. Sixteen and seventeen-year-olds appointed as poll manager's assistants may not serve as chairman of the managers or clerk in the polling place to which they are appointed. They must serve under supervision of the chairman of the managers of the polling place and their specific duties must be prescribed by the county election commission. No polling place in this State may employ more than one sixteen or seventeen-year-old assistant poll manager."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 31st day of May, 2000.

Approved the 6th day of June, 2000.