H*3976(Rat #0083, Act #0129 of 2007)  General Bill, By Ott
 AN ACT TO ABOLISH THE CALHOUN COUNTY BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND THE
 CALHOUN COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION AND TO CREATE THE CALHOUN COUNTY BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATION. - ratified title

   04/25/07  House  Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar
                     without reference HJ-4
   04/26/07  House  Read second time HJ-7
   04/27/07         Scrivener's error corrected
   05/01/07  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-12
   05/02/07  Senate Introduced, read first time, placed on local &
                     uncontested calendar SJ-10
   05/17/07  Senate Read second time SJ-9
   05/17/07  Senate Unanimous consent for third reading on next
                     legislative day SJ-9
   05/18/07  Senate Read third time and enrolled SJ-1
   05/29/07         Ratified R 83
   06/01/07         Signed By Governor
   06/05/07         Copies available
   06/05/07         Effective date 06/01/07
   07/30/07         Act No. 129

(A129, R83, H3976)

AN ACT TO ABOLISH THE CALHOUN COUNTY BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND THE CALHOUN COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION AND TO CREATE THE CALHOUN COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATION.

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

Board of Elections and Registration created

SECTION    1.    (A)(1)    There is created the Calhoun County Board of Elections and Registration. There are ten members of the board who must be appointed upon recommendation of a majority of the Calhoun County Legislative Delegation who are appointed for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify, except that initially in order to stagger terms, five members must be appointed for terms of two years. At the expiration of these two-year terms, successors must be appointed for terms of four years.

(2)    Between the first day of January and the fifteenth day of March of every even-numbered year, the delegation shall appoint the members of the board.

(3)    A vacancy on the board must be filled by appointment in the manner of original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(4)    Members of the board and its staff receive compensation as may be appropriated by the governing body of Calhoun County.

(5)    The Calhoun County Legislative Delegation shall select from the ten members a chairman and vice chairman.

(6)    Staff may be appointed and may be removed for cause by a majority vote of the members of the board.

(7)    A member who misses three consecutive meetings of the board is considered to have resigned his office and a vacancy on the board exists which must be filled in the manner provided by item (3).

(B)    The Calhoun County Election Commission and the Calhoun 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 Calhoun County Board of Elections and Registration created by subsection (A).

(C)    The current members of the Calhoun County Election Commission and the Calhoun County Registration Board shall act as the governing board of the new Calhoun County Board of Elections and Registration established pursuant to the provisions of this act until the ten members of this board appointed in the manner provided by subsection (A) take office. At this time, the terms of these former commissioners of election and registration board members expire.

Time effective

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

Ratified the 29th day of May, 2007.

Approved the 1st day of June, 2007.