H*3603(Rat #0386, Act #0351 of 1980)  General Bill, By 
 House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
 A Bill to amend Section 40-9-30, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976,
 relating to the Board of Chiropractic Examiners so as to increase the
 membership of the board and provide for an advisory election to select
 nominees for submission to the Governor for the purpose of making appointments
 to the initial Board and provide for the State Election Commission to conduct
 such initial election and thereafter to provide for the Board to conduct such
 election.-at

   03/06/80  House  Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar
                     without reference HJ-1284
   03/12/80  House  Amended HJ-1369
   03/12/80  House  Read second time HJ-1369
   03/13/80  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-1407
   03/13/80  Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar
                     without reference SJ-11
   03/14/80  Senate Read second time SJ-3
   03/14/80  Senate Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-3
   03/19/80  Senate Read third time and enrolled SJ-104
   03/25/80  House  Ratified R 386 HJ-1668
   03/26/80         Signed By Governor
   03/26/80         Effective date 03/26/80
   03/26/80         Act No. 351
   04/07/80         Copies available

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-9-30, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA 1976, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS, SO AS TO INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD AND PROVIDE FOR AN ADVISORY ELECTION TO SELECT NOMINATIONS FOR SUBMISSION TO THE GOVERNOR FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING APPOINTMENTS TO THE INITIAL BOARD AND PROVIDE FOR THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION TO CONDUCT SUCH INITIAL ELECTION AND THEREAFTER TO PROVIDE FOR THE BOARD TO CONDUCT SUCH ELECTION.

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

South Carolina Board of Chiropractic Examiners created

Section 1. The first and second paragraphs of Section 40-9-30, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended by Act 307 of 1980, are amended to read:

"There is hereby created the South Carolina Board of Chiropractic Examiners consisting of eight members. The Governor shall appoint to the Board of Chiropractic Examiners from each Congressional District one chiropractor licensed pursuant to this chapter and residing in that Congressional District. Such appointment shall be made from two nominees who shall have received the highest number of votes in an advisory election by the chiropractors licensed pursuant to this chapter and residing in that Congressional District.

If the Governor declines to appoint either of such nominees so submitted, additional nominees shall be submitted in the same manner. Two members of the Board shall be appointed, without an advisory election, by the Governor from the State-at-large, neither of whom shall be members of the chiropractic or medical professions. The conduct of the advisory election for the first nominees for the Board from the respective Congressional District shall be the responsibility of the South Carolina Election Commission and thereafter shall be conducted by the Board of Chiropractic Examiners. The South Carolina Election Commission shall conduct the initial election as provided in Section 2."

Advisory election--conduct of

Section 2. Each chiropractor, licensed pursuant to Title 40, Chapter 9, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, and residing within the congressional district from which the appointment is to be made, shall be entitled to vote in the advisory election. A ballot shall be sent by certified mail to each licensed chiropractor residing in that congressional district from which the appointment is to be made. The ballot shall contain the name of each chiropractor licensed pursuant to this chapter and residing within the congressional district from which the appointment is to be made, as indicated by the records of the Board of Chiropractic Examiners or its predecessor. For the initial election the records used shall be the records of the South Carolina Board of Chiropractic Examiners on May 10, 1978. A space shall be provided for write-in votes for qualified candidates whose names do not appear on the ballot. The ballot shall specify the date by which the returned ballot must be received by the agency conducting the advisory election. The ballots shall be opened at 9:00 A. M. on the day following the date specified for the receipt of the ballots and the results shall be tabulated. The tabulated results shall be immediately forwarded to the Governor.

Time effective

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.