Current Status Bill Number:73 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19970114 Primary Sponsor:Rose All Sponsors:Rose Drafted Document Number:s-res\rose\res1092.mtr Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 11 SJ Subject:Public officers, appointed whose term expires; holdover capacity limited to one year, ethics
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Senate 19970114 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ
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TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 8, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 8-1-200, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN APPOINTED PUBLIC OFFICIAL WHOSE TERM OF OFFICE HAS EXPIRED WHO HAS NOT BEEN REAPPOINTED, AND FOR WHOM A SUCCESSOR HAS NOT BEEN APPOINTED, MAY NOT CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THAT OFFICE IN A HOLDOVER CAPACITY FOR A PERIOD IN EXCESS OF ONE YEAR.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Title 8 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 8-1-200. An appointed public official whose term of office has expired who has not been reappointed, and for whom a successor has not been appointed, may not continue to serve in that office in a holdover capacity for a period in excess of one year. After a period of one year has expired without reappointment of the current officeholder and without a successor being appointed, the office is considered vacant until a reappointment or an appointment to that office is made."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.