South Carolina General Assembly
111th Session, 1995-1996

Bill 441

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    441
Ratification Number:            106
Act Number:                     66
Type of Legislation:            General Bill GB
Introducing Body:               Senate
Introduced Date:                19950201
Primary Sponsor:                Richter 
All Sponsors:                   Richter 
Drafted Document Number:        res9599.ler
Companion Bill Number:          3928
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19950525
Date of Last Amendment:         19950419
Governor's Action:              S
Date of Governor's Action:      19950612
Subject:                        Public works commissioners
History



Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

------  19950612  Act No. A66
------  19950612  Signed by Governor
------  19950606  Ratified R106
House   19950525  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
House   19950524  Read second time
House   19950523  Recalled from Committee                  25 HJ
House   19950425  Introduced, read first time,             25 HJ
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19950420  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  19950419  Amended, read second time
Senate  19950418  Committee report: Favorable with         11 SJ
                  amendment
Senate  19950201  Introduced, read first time,             11 SJ
                  referred to Committee
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(A66, R106, S441)

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 31, TITLE 5, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 5-31-215 SO AS TO PROVIDE A MECHANISM FOR THE ADDITION OF EX OFFICIO MEMBERS ON A COMMISSION OF PUBLIC WORKS IN A CITY WITH MORE THAN THIRTY THOUSAND RESIDENTS AND FEWER THAN FIFTY THOUSAND RESIDENTS.

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

Commissioners added

SECTION 1. Chapter 31, Title 5 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 5-31-215. In a city with a population of more than thirty thousand persons and fewer than fifty thousand persons, according to the most recent official United States Census, in addition to the commissioners of public works to be elected as provided in Section 5-31-210, the mayor and the chairman of the committee on water supply, if there be such a committee, shall be ex officio commissioners of public works, if requested by a resolution approved by seventy-five percent or more of the commissioners of public works and authorized by an ordinance approved by seventy-five percent or more of the members of the municipal council of the municipality. The board of commissioners of public works in any such city shall fill any vacancy occurring in the commission by appointment for the unexpired term, appointment to be made by the remaining commissioners, except in the case of an ex officio member of the commission."

Time effective

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

Approved the 12th day of June, 1995.