S 1039 Joint Resolution, By Bryan
    A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to Section 7, Article VI of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, relating to the constitutional officers of this State, so as to delete the Adjutant General, the Superintendent of Education, and the Commissioner of Agriculture from the list of state officers which the Constitution requires to be elected and to provide that upon the expiration of the terms of the Adjutant General and Commissioner of Agriculture serving on the date of the 1998 general election, these offices must be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for terms coterminous with that of the Governor with those qualifications the General Assembly shall provide by law and to provide that upon the expiration of the term of the Superintendent of Education serving in office on the date of the 1998 General Election, the Superintendent of Education must be appointed by the State Board of Education and must have those qualifications as prescribed by law except that the Superintendent does not have to possess the qualifications of an elector; proposing an amendment to Section 4 of Article XIII, relating to the Adjutant General and his staff officers, to conform with that portion of the amendment to Section 7, Article VI stated above that applies to the Adjutant General and to update references to the military rank of the Adjutant General; and proposing an amendment to Section 2 of Article XI, relating to the State Superintendent of Education, to conform with that portion of the amendment to Section 7, Article VI stated above that applies to the Superintendent of Education.
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01/18/96	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-6
01/18/96	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-6