H 4160 General Bill, By Fleming, Allison, J.M. Baxley, Canty, Davenport, 
Hawkins, J. Hines, M. Hines, Inabinett, Jennings, Lee, Littlejohn, Lloyd, 
McCraw, V.T. Mullen, J.H. Neal, Neilson, Phillips, Rodgers, Sharpe, D. Smith, 
Walker and Wilder
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 57-1-320, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
 RELATING TO DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT
 OF TRANSPORTATION ARE ELECTED, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ALL COUNTIES WITHIN A
 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT MUST HAVE A RESIDENT COMMISSION MEMBER
 BEFORE ANY OTHER COUNTY IN THAT DISTRICT MAY HAVE A RESIDENT COMMISSION MEMBER
 FOR A SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT TIME WITHOUT EACH COUNTY IN DISTRICT FIRST HAVING A
 RESIDENT COMMISSION MEMBER IN THE INTERVAL.

   05/15/97  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-85
   05/15/97  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works HJ-85

TO AMEND SECTION 57-1-320, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DISTRICTS FROM WHICH MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE ELECTED, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ALL COUNTIES WITHIN A DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT MUST HAVE A RESIDENT COMMISSION MEMBER BEFORE ANY OTHER COUNTY IN THAT DISTRICT MAY HAVE A RESIDENT COMMISSION MEMBER FOR A SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT TIME WITHOUT EACH COUNTY IN THE DISTRICT FIRST HAVING A RESIDENT COMMISSION MEMBER IN THE INTERVAL.

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

SECTION 1. Section 57-1-320(B) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 181 of 1993, is amended to read:

"(B) No county within a Department of Transportation district shall have a resident commission member for more than one consecutive term and in no event shall any two persons from the same county serve as a commission member simultaneously except as provided hereinafter. All counties within a Department of Transportation district must have a resident commission member before any other county in that district may have a resident commission member for a second or subsequent time without each county in the district first having a resident commission member in the interval."

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