South Carolina General Assembly
113th Session, 1999-2000

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Bill 3000

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                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3000
Type of Legislation:              House Resolution HR
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19981201
Primary Sponsor:                  Wilkins
All Sponsors:                     Wilkins, D. Smith
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\pt\1075dw99.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     19981201
Subject:                          House of Representatives, procedure for 
                                  allotting seats for members; General Assembly, 
                                  Rules


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
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House   19981201  Introduced, adopted


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A HOUSE RESOLUTION

TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR ALLOTTING SEATS TO MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE 1999 AND 2000 SESSIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That for the purposes of allotting seats to members of the House of Representatives for the 1999 and 2000 sessions of the General Assembly the following procedure is adopted:

"As soon as practicable, after the House has been organized, the seats of the members must be allotted as follows:

The Clerk shall prepare a ballot for each county with only its name printed on it. These must be put in a closed box. The Speaker shall then direct a person or persons to draw them out, one by one. As each ballot is drawn, the delegation from that county shall select their seats, in accordance with the county in which the member resides. In the event a member's district consists of more than one county, the member may elect to be seated with the delegation the member desires, provided the member indicates the preference to the Clerk of the House prior to balloting. No delegation may select more than one seat on the main aisle."

Be it further resolved that when the House adopts its rules for the 1999 and 2000 sessions, they shall incorporate the above provision as part of the House rules with an appropriate numerical designation.

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