S 1188  General Bill, By Washington and Mescher
 A Bill to create the Colleton County Board of Elections and Registration,
 provide for the number and manner of appointment of its members, terms,
 filling of vacancies, election of the Board's chairman, and related matters
 and to abolish the Colleton County Election Commission and Colleton County
 Registration Board and devolve their powers and duties upon this new board.
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   02/15/94  Senate Intd. & placed on local & uncontested cal. w/o
                     reference SJ-6
   02/24/94  Senate Read second time SJ-29
   02/25/94  Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-371
   03/01/94  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-19
   03/01/94  House  Referred to delegation from  Colleton HJ-19
   03/03/94  House  Delegation report: Favorable with amendment 
                     Colleton HJ-3
   03/07/94  House  Amended HJ-11
   03/07/94  House  Read second time HJ-12
   03/22/94  House  Read third time and returned to Senate with
                     amendments HJ-19
   03/30/94  Senate House amendment amended SJ-8
   03/30/94  Senate Returned to House with amendments SJ-8
   04/05/94  House  Non-concurrence in Senate amendment HJ-36
   04/07/94  Senate Senate insists upon amendment and conference
                     committee appointed  Sens. Mescher, Washington,
                     and Passailaigue SJ-7
   04/12/94  House  Conference committee appointed  Reps. McTeer,
                     Inabinett & Rhoad HJ-2

March 30, 1994

S. 1188

Introduced by SENATORS Washington and Mescher

L. Printed 3/30/94--S.

Read the first time February 15, 1994.

A BILL

TO ESTABLISH THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS COMMISSION FOR COLLETON COUNTY, TO ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTION AND THE REGISTRATION BOARD FOR COLLETON COUNTY AND DEVOLVE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTION AND THE REGISTRATION BOARD UPON THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS COMMISSION, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE COLLETON COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION AND THE COLLETON COUNTY REGISTRATION BOARD SHALL ACT AS THE GOVERNING COMMISSION OF THE NEW COLLETON COUNTY REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS COMMISSION UNTIL THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW COMMISSION APPOINTED AS PROVIDED BY THIS ACT TAKE OFFICE, AT WHICH TIME THE TERMS OF THE FORMER COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTION AND REGISTRATION BOARD MEMBERS SHALL EXPIRE.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION 1. (A) There is created the Colleton County Board of Elections and Registration. There are nine members of the board who must be appointed by the Governor, four of whom must be appointed upon the recommendation of the Senators representing Colleton County and the remaining upon the recommendation of a majority of the Colleton County Legislative Delegation for terms of fours years until their successors are appointed and qualify except that of those first appointed, five must be appointed for initial terms of two years each, the initial terms of all members to be designated by the appointing authority.

(B) Vacancies on the board must be filled by appointment in the manner of original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(C) Members of the board and its staff shall receive that compensation as may be appropriated by the governing body of Colleton County upon the recommendation of the county legislative delegation.

(D) One of the nine members of the board shall serve as its chairman and the member to serve as chairman must be designated by the county legislative delegation.

(E) A member who misses three consecutive unexcused meetings of the board is considered to have resigned his office and a vacancy therein shall exist which must be filled in the manner provided by subsection (B).

SECTION 2. The Colleton County Election Commission and the Colleton County Registration Board are abolished on the effective date of this act and the powers and duties of the commissioners of Election and the Registration Board are devolved upon the new Board of Elections and Registration created by Section 1 of this act.

SECTION 3. The current members of the Colleton County Election Commission and the Colleton County Registration Board shall act as the governing body of the new Colleton County Board of Elections and Registration established pursuant to the provisions of this act until such time as the nine members of this board appointed in the manner provided by this act take office. At this time, the terms of these former commissioners of election and registration board members expire.

SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.