S 0685 General Bill, By Land, Bryan, Cork, Courson, Courtney, Giese, Hayes, Holland, Jackson, Martin, McConnell, Moore, Patterson, Rankin, Russell, Saleeby, G. Smith, J.V. Smith, Thomas, Waldrep, M.B. Williams and Wilson
    A Bill to amend Section 14-5-610, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to judicial circuits so as to increase the at-large number of judges from ten to thirteen; to amend Section 14-8-10, relating to the Court of Appeals, so as to increase the number of associate judges from five to eight; to amend Section 14-8-80, relating to panels on the Court of Appeals so as to increase the number of panels from two to three; to amend Section 14-8-90, relating to the Court of Appeals sitting en banc so as to conform to the increase in the number of associate judges; to amend Section 20-7-1410, relating to Family Court judges, so as to increase the number of judges in the Ninth and Thirteenth Circuits from four to five and to increase the number in the Fifteenth Circuit from two to three; to provide that the terms of all judges added by this Act begin January 1, 1996; and to provide that the terms of the associate judges of the Court of Appeals added by this Act are staggered.
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03/29/95	Senate	Introduced and read first time
03/29/95	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary