S*180 Session 112 (1997-1998)
S*0180 Resolution, By McConnell, Alexander, Drummond and Holland
A SENATE RESOLUTION TO ADOPT RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE SENATE AS AUTHORIZED
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 12 OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONSTITUTION, SO AS
TO FURTHER DEFINE THOSE MATTERS WHICH ARE GERMANE TO AND WITHIN THE
JURISDICTION OF THE COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE.
01/15/97 Senate Introduced SJ-5
01/15/97 Senate Referred to Committee on Rules SJ-5
01/21/97 Senate Polled out of committee Rules SJ-23
01/21/97 Senate Committee report: Favorable Rules SJ-23
01/23/97 Senate Amended and adopted SJ-32
Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
AMENDED AND ADOPTED
January 23, 1997
S. 180
Introduced by Senators McConnell, Drummond, Holland and
Alexander
S. Printed 1/23/97--S.
Read the first time January 15, 1997.
A SENATE RESOLUTION
TO ADOPT RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE SENATE AS
AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 12 OF
THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONSTITUTION, 1895, SO AS TO
FURTHER DEFINE THOSE MATTERS WHICH ARE GERMANE
TO AND WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMITTEES
OF THE SENATE.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it resolved by the Senate:
RULE 19.
Standing and Special Committees of the Senate
The Standing Committees of the Senate shall be as follows and
shall have jurisdiction over legislation, appointments and other
matters which fall within the title or titles of the Code of Laws as are
herein below enumerated for each of the Committees:
Agriculture and Natural Resources - Titles 39, 46, 47, 48 (land
resources, soil & water conservation, mining, oil & gas, and
wetlands), and 49
Banking and Insurance - Titles 29, 34, 35, 36, 37, and 38
Corrections and Penology - Titles 2 (community corrections), and
24
Education - Titles 51, 59, and 60 (school governance &
structure at all levels)
Ethics
Finance - Titles 1 (matters relating to the State Budget and
Control Board only), 4, 5, 6 (bonding authority, taxation,
finances), 8 (employment standards, retirement, deferred
compensation), 9, 10, 11, and 12
Fish, Game and Forestry - Titles 48 (forestry, fire protection, sea
grants, soil & water conservation, and wetlands), 49, and 50
General Committee - Titles 25, 39, 43, and 52
Invitations
Judiciary - Constitution, Titles 1 (except for matters relating to
the State Budget and Control Board), 2, 3, 4 (structure &
powers), 5 through 8, 14 through 23, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33,
36, 39, 42, 44 (drug related offenses), 53, 56
(criminal offenses), 58, 61, and 62
Labor, Commerce and Industry - Titles 6, 13, 31, 39, 40, 41, 45,
and 51
Medical Affairs - Titles 39, 40 (health care professionals), 43, 44,
and 48 (pollution control, waste management, water & sewer)
Rules - Senate Rules, Joint Rules
Transportation - Titles 54, 55, 56, 57, and 58 (Regional
Transportation Authorities and railroads)
(1) The membership of the above listed committees shall be not
less than five (5) nor more than eighteen (18), except as otherwise
provided herein. The Committee on Ethics shall be composed of ten
(10) members. Of the ten (10) members selecting a seat, five (5) shall
be members of the majority party and five (5) shall be members of
the minority party. The Committee on Invitations shall be
limited to not more than ten (10) members. The several committees
shall have such powers and duties as provided for in these rules.
(2) In addition to the above listed Standing Committees, there
shall be two (2) Special Committees to be known as the Committee
on Interstate Cooperation which shall be composed of five (5)
members and the Chairmen's Committee to be composed of the
Chairmen of the fourteen (14) Standing Committees. The Chairman
of the Chairmen's Committee and Interstate Cooperation Committee
shall in all cases be the President Pro Tempore or the most senior
senator serving thereon.
(3) Members of the Senate shall be limited to serve on not more
than five (5) Standing Committees. Membership on the Committee
on Ethics, the Committee on Invitations, and the Committee on
Interstate Cooperation are not included in limiting membership on
Standing Committees. No member shall chair more than one (1)
Standing Committee but may chair a Standing Committee and a
Special Committee concurrently.
(4) Members of the Senate shall make their committee selections
at the commencement of the session following the election of
Senator(s) or at such session called for that purpose. For the
members to make their Standing Committee selections, the Clerk of
the Senate (or if the Clerk has not been elected, the Clerk of the
Senate during the preceding General Assembly or an assistant clerk)
shall prepare a roll of the Senate listing the members in the order of
length of continuous service, beginning with the longest continuous
service. Where two or more members have equal continuous service
they shall be listed in alphabetical order. The Clerk of the Senate
shall then call the roll twice. Each member, upon his or her name
being called during the first call of the roll, shall select four (4)
unfilled Standing Committees on which he wishes to serve (and shall
also select at this same time a seat on each or all of the Ethics,
Invitations and Interstate Cooperation Committees so long as a
vacancy exists). When the roll is called the second time, each
member upon his or her name being called, shall select one additional
unfilled Standing Committee on which he wishes to serve. In the
event any member is unable to be present for selection of Standing
Committees, that member may authorize in writing any member of
the Senate to make selections in his or her behalf. This procedure
shall be followed on the first day of the session following the election
of Senators and at any other session where the Senate proceeds to fill
vacancies on a committee by whatever reason caused. Any Senator
who served on a Standing Committee in the session immediately past
shall have the right to serve on such committee regardless of the
Senator's seniority in the Senate, unless the Senator shall elect to be
removed from such committee.
(5) Membership on the Judiciary Committee excludes membership
on the Finance Committee and vice versa.
(6) Except as otherwise provided herein, in the selection by
members of a seat on a Senate Standing Committee, the seniority
system shall be retained so as to become a part of these rules and
shall be followed without regard to party affiliation.
(7) Committee seniority shall be determined by tenure within the
committee rather than tenure within the Senate. When members with
seniority transfer to a new committee, their seniority will be counted
ahead of newly-elected Senators.
(8) Where two or more Standing Committees are combined, initial
membership on such committees shall be based on tenure within the
Senate.
(9) In the election of the Chairmen of the Standing Committees,
the Senate shall proceed viva voce, severally, to elect the Chairman
of each committee by a majority vote.
(10) Matters shall be referred to a committee in accordance with
jurisdiction of the committee as hereinabove established, or to such
other committee as the Senate may order by majority vote on the
motion of any member at the time the matter is before the Senate and
subject to referral.
(11) The membership on committees of conference and free
conference between the two Houses shall be determined by the
President Pro Tempore of the Senate in consultation with the
chairman of the committee with jurisdiction over the Bill which is the
subject of the request for appointment of a conference committee.
(12) Time schedules for committee meetings. The following
schedule shall be the regular meeting times for Standing Committees
when the General Assembly is in session. The time and date may be
changed by the Chairmen's Committee and any additional meeting
may be called by individual Committee Chairmen.
Every Tuesday 3:00 p.m. -
Finance and Judiciary
1st and 3rd Wednesday 9:00 a.m. - Education
10:00 a.m. -
Fish, Game & Forestry
3:00 p.m. - Transportation
2nd and 4th Wednesday 9:00 a.m. -
Medical Affairs and General
3:00 p.m. -
Banking & Insurance
1st and 3rd Thursday 9:00 a.m. -
Corrections & Penology
Agriculture & Natural
Resources
2nd and 4th Thursday 9:00 a.m. -
Labor, Commerce & Industry
The Rules Committee, Ethics Committee, Chairmen's Committee,
Interstate Cooperation Committee, and the Invitations Committee
shall meet at the call of the Chair. Provided, however, that nothing
herein shall prohibit the Chairman of a Standing Committee from
canceling a committee meeting.
The above listed dates refer to calendar weeks as opposed to session
weeks. The date, time and place of any called meetings shall be
reported to the Clerk of the Senate who shall post such information
in the lobby of the Gressette Senate Office Building and the State
House. Notice of regular scheduled meetings, as well as called
meetings, shall be posted at least 24 hours in advance whenever
feasible.
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