Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:188 Primary Sponsor:Land Committee Number:11 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Governor, appointments made by Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Computer Document Number:S.188 Introduced Date:19930113 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:19930113 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Land Type of Legislation:General Bill
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188 Senate 19930113 Introduced, read first time, 11
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TO AMEND ARTICLE 5, CHAPTER 3 OF TITLE 1, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF OFFICERS, BY ADDING AN APPROPRIATELY NUMBERED SECTION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ALL APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE GOVERNOR, WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE, SHALL EXPIRE ON JANUARY THIRTIETH OF EACH YEAR FOLLOWING A GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE REMOVAL OF SUCH OFFICERS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 5, Chapter 3 of Title 1 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately numbered section to read:
"Section . (A) Beginning in 1995, all appointments made by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate as present in subsection (B) shall expire on January thirtieth of each year following a gubernatorial election. Thereafter, the Governor shall, with the advice and consent of the Senate, make such appointments as may be necessary. All persons appointed to such offices pursuant to this section shall be subject to removal by the Governor, at any time at his discretion, either with or without cause. Upon the expiration of an office holder's term, such individual may continue to serve until a successor has been appointed and qualifies. Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter, diminish, or expand the authority of the Governor to make appointments to the respective boards and commissions in subsection (B). Only the term of office of the various board and commission members are effected by the provisions of this section.
(B) Appointments to the following offices shall be subject to the provisions of subsection (A):
(1) Director of the State Worker's Compensation Fund as contained in Section 42-7-20.
(2) Permanent Advisory Committee of the State Development Board as contained in Section 13-3-130.
(3) South Carolina Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse as contained in Section 44-49-10.
(4) South Carolina State Development Board as contained in Section 13-3-40.
(5) South Carolina Worker's Compensation Commission as contained in Section 42-3-20. (1) Advisory Committee to the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium Director as contained in Section 48-45-80.
(6) Advisory Committee to the South Carolina Department of Insurance as contained in Section 38-3-90.
(7) Advisory Council to the Board for Continuum of Care for Emotionally Disturbed Children as contained in Section 20-7-5630.
(8) Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission as contained in Section 50-7-10.
(9) Board of Continuum of Care for Emotionally Disturbed Children as contained in Section 20-7-5620.
(10) Board of Directors of the Jobs-Economic Development Authority as contained in Section 41-43-40.
(11) Board of Directors of the South Carolina Public Service Authority as contained in Section
58-31-20.
(12) Board of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control as contained in Section 44-1-20.
(13) Board of the South Carolina Department of Youth Services as contained in Section 20-7-3120.
(14) Board of Trustees of the Children's Trust Fund of South Carolina as contained in Section 20-7-5020.
(15) Chief of the South Carolina Law-Enforcement Division as contained in Section 23-3-10.
(16) Children's Bureau of South Carolina as contained in Section 20-7-2310.
(17) Commissioner of the Department of Labor as contained in Section 41-3-20.
(18) South Carolina Advisory Board for Victim Assistance as contained in Section 16-3-1160.
(19) South Carolina Aeronautics Commission as contained in Section 55-5-30.
(20) South Carolina Apprenticeship Council as contained in Section 41-21-20.
(21) South Carolina Arts Commission as contained in Section 60-15-20.
(22) South Carolina Board of Directors for Review of Foster Care of Children as contained in Section 20-7-2379.
(23) South Carolina Board of Juvenile Parole as contained in Section 20-7-3350.
(24) South Carolina Board of Probation, Parole & Pardon Services as contained in Section 24-21-10.
(25) South Carolina Board of Real Estate Appraisers as contained in Section 40-60-50.
(26) South Carolina Commission for the Blind as contained in Section 43-25-10.
(27) South Carolina Commission on Consumer Affairs as contained in Section 37-6-502.
(28) South Carolina Commission on Hearing Aid Specialists as contained in Section 40-25-40.
(29) South Carolina Commission on Mental Retardation as contained in Section 44-20-210.
(30) South Carolina Commission on Women as contained in Section 1-15-10.
(31) South Carolina Department of Archives and History as contained in Section 60-11-40.
(32) South Carolina Forestry Commission as contained in Section 48-23-10.
(33) South Carolina Insurance Commission as contained in Section 38-3-20.
(34) South Carolina Interagency Council on Hunger and Nutrition as contained in Section 44-85-20.
(35) South Carolina Joint Underwriting Association for Day Care as contained in Section 38-89-160.
(36) South Carolina Legal Professional Liability Insurance Joint Underwriting Association as contained in Section 38-81-370.
(37) South Carolina Mental Health Commission as contained in Section 44-9-30.
(38) South Carolina Mining Council as contained in Section 48-21-20.
(39) South Carolina Public Railways Commission as contained in Section 58-19-10.
(40) South Carolina Real Estate Commission as contained in Section 40-57-50.
(41) South Carolina Residential Builders Commission as contained in Section 40-59-20.
(42) South Carolina Rural Water and Sewer Grants Advisory Committee as contained in Section 6-19-30.
(43) South Carolina Single Cooperative for Interagency Merit System of Personnel Administration for Grant-In-Aid Agencies as contained in Section 8-19-20.
(44) South Carolina State Agency of Vocational Rehabilitation as contained in Section 43-31-40.
(45) South Carolina State Athletic Commission as contained in Section 52-7-10.
(46) South Carolina State Board of Barber Examiners as contained in Section 40-7-30.
(47) South Carolina State Board of Financial Institutions as contained in Section 34-1-20.
(48) South Carolina State Board of Medical Examiners as contained in Section 40-47-10.
(49) South Carolina State Board of Social Work Examiners as contained in Section 40-63-10.
(50) South Carolina State Commission on Higher Education as contained in Section 59-103-10.
(51) South Carolina State Fire Commission as contained in Section 23-8-10.
(52) South Carolina State Fire Marshall Board of Appeals as contained in Section 23-9-510.
(53) South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority as contained in Section 31-13-30.
(54) South Carolina State Human Affairs Commission as contained in Section 1-13-40.
(55) South Carolina State Parks, Recreation & Tourism Commission as contained in Section 51-1-10.
(56) South Carolina State Ports Authority as contained in Section 54-3-20.
(57) South Carolina Tax Board of Review as contained in Section 12-5-10.
(58) South Carolina Tax Commission as contained in Section 12-4-30.
(59) South Carolina Tobacco Advisory Commission as contained in Section 46-32-10.
(60) South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Commission as contained in Section 50-3-10.
(61) Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact as contained in Section 48-47-330.
(62) State Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators and Community Residential Care Facility Administrators as contained in Section 40-35-20.
(C) The Code Commissioner is empowered and directed to modify all code sections which are inconsistent with this act."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.