S 0426 General Bill, By H.U. Fielding
 A Bill to amend Section 7-9-90, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating
 to state committees of political parties, so as to provide that county
 conventions shall elect one member of the committee for every one-forty-sixth,
 or majority fraction of it, of the number of votes cast for the candidate of
 the party in the last preceding general gubernatorial election, to require the
 State Election Commission to furnish information necessary to implement the
 election of county members, to provide that the initial committee of a newly
 formed party must be composed of one member from each county and its state
 chairman and vice-chairman, and to provide for the selection of the executive
 committee of a political party.

   01/09/91  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-24
   01/09/91  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-24

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 7-9-90, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO STATE COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL PARTIES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT COUNTY CONVENTIONS SHALL ELECT ONE MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE FOR EVERY ONE-FORTY-SIXTH, OR MAJORITY FRACTION OF IT, OF THE NUMBER OF VOTES CAST FOR THE CANDIDATE OF THE PARTY IN THE LAST PRECEDING GENERAL GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION, TO REQUIRE THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION TO FURNISH INFORMATION NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE ELECTION OF COUNTY MEMBERS, TO PROVIDE THAT THE INITIAL COMMITTEE OF A NEWLY FORMED PARTY MUST BE COMPOSED OF ONE MEMBER FROM EACH COUNTY AND ITS STATE CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE SELECTION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF A POLITICAL PARTY.

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

SECTION 1. Section 7-9-90 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 7-9-90. The state committee shall be is composed of one member from each county, to be elected by the county conventions, and the state chairman and state vice-chairman, to be elected by the state convention, and each county convention shall elect one member of the state committee for every one-forty-sixth, or majority fraction of it, of the number of votes cast for the candidate of the party in the last preceding gubernatorial election. Each county must be assigned at least one member. Those persons named as members of the national executive committee of a national party shall be are ex officio members of the state committee. If the office of state chairman or state vice-chairman shall become becomes vacant by death, resignation or otherwise, the state committee may fill the vacancy by electing a chairman or vice-chairman to serve until the organization of the next regular state convention. The state committee shall choose its other officers, not necessarily members thereof of it. The state chairman shall may vote only in case of a tie. The state committee shall meet at the call of the state chairman or any five members and at such a time and place as he may appoint. Vacancies on the state committee other than in the offices of state chairman and state vice-chairman, however occurring, shall must be filled by the respective county committees. The members of the state committee shall continue in office for two years from the time of their election, and until their successors have been elected. The state committee shall nominate presidential electors, and any a vacancy in the state ticket of electors or in the national committee of a party, however occurring shall must be filled by the state committee; all by a majority of the whole committee. The initial committee of a newly formed party must be composed of one member from each county and its ex officio members. The State Election Commission shall make all compilations necessary to determine the assignment of committee members from the various counties. The compilations must be furnished by the commission to each registered political party within six months after each statewide general election. A political party may determine the composition and the manner of selecting the members of its executive committee. The determination may be made at a regular state convention of the party by majority vote of the delegates."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.