H 3456 General Bill, By Harvin, Allison, Askins, Bailey, J.M. Baxley, Breeland, 
Gamble, Govan, J.L. Harris, B.H. Harwell, J. Hines, W.S. Houck, Inabinett, 
Keegan, Kelley, W.D. Keyserling, M.H. Kinon, McKay, J.H. Neal, Neilson, 
Richardson, Scott, J.S. Shissias, R. Smith, Stuart, P.H. Thomas, Walker, 
C.C. Wells, L.S. Whipper, J.B. Wilder, D. Williams and S.S. Wofford

Similar(S 370)
 A Bill to amend Sections 23-8-10, 23-8-20, and 23-8-30, Code of Laws of South
 Carolina, 1976, relating to the State Fire Commission, so as to reduce the
 Commission membership from nineteen to eighteen members by deleting the fire
 chief elected at large by the General Assembly who serves as chairman and
 providing that the Commission shall elect the chairman, to provide that the
 consumer representative on the Commission may not be from one of the
 professions mandated for other Board members, and to provide that the State
 Budget and Control Board may require the State Fire Commission to recommend
 additional candidates for State Fire Marshal and to delete references to the
 rejection of candidates.

   02/10/93  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-9
   02/10/93  House  Referred to Committee on Medical, Military,
                     Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-10
   02/08/94  House  Tabled in committee

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-8-10, 23-8-20, AND 23-8-30, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE STATE FIRE COMMISSION, SO AS TO REDUCE THE COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP FROM NINETEEN TO EIGHTEEN MEMBERS BY DELETING THE FIRE CHIEF ELECTED AT LARGE BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHO SERVES AS CHAIRMAN AND PROVIDING THAT THE COMMISSION SHALL ELECT THE CHAIRMAN, TO PROVIDE THAT THE CONSUMER REPRESENTATIVE ON THE COMMISSION MAY NOT BE FROM ONE OF THE PROFESSIONS MANDATED FOR OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD MAY REQUIRE THE STATE FIRE COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND ADDITIONAL CANDIDATES FOR STATE FIRE MARSHAL AND TO DELETE REFERENCES TO THE REJECTION OF CANDIDATES.

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

SECTION 1. The first paragraph of Section 23-8-10 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"There is hereby created the South Carolina State Fire Commission to be composed of nineteen eighteen residents of the State eighteen of whom shall be appointed by the Governor upon the advice and consent of the Senate as follows: two members shall must be appointed from each congressional district with one from each district being a volunteer fireman and one from each district being a full-time professional fireman but in no event shall the two from each district may not be appointed from the same county; one shall must be a registered architect; one shall must be a local government building official; one shall must be an electrical inspector; one shall must be a licensed contractor; one shall must be a fire protection engineer, and one shall must be a consumer. The other member shall be a fire chief elected from the State at large by the General Assembly and shall serve as chairman. The consumer representative may not be from any of the professions required to be represented on the commission."

SECTION 2. Section 23-8-20 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 23-8-20. The members shall receive such the mileage, subsistence, and per diem as provided by law for members of boards, committees, and commissions for attendance at commission meetings or when engaged in business of the commission payable from such appropriations made from the general fund of the State upon the issuance of vouchers signed by the chairman.

The commission shall meet at least once each quarter and at such other times upon call of the chairman. The commission shall elect such a chairman and other officers as it deems considers necessary at the first meeting in each year and shall adopt appropriate rules of procedure. Ten members shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of business.

The State Budget and Control Board shall provide administrative support and such other assistance as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter."

SECTION 3. Section 23-8-30(B) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(B) To recommend to the State Budget and Control Board a list of qualified candidates for the position of State Fire Marshal from which the State Fire Marshal shall must be hired. The Budget and Control Board board may reject all candidates on the list and require the submission of commission to submit such additional more candidates as the board considers appropriate."

SECTION 4. Sections 1 and 2 of this act take effect May 31, 1993. Section 3 of this act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.