Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:221 Primary Sponsor:Bryan Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Judiciary elections, additional committee members Residing Body:House Computer Document Number:OLDVS/LIBOO/2008 Introduced Date:Jan 08, 1991 Date of Last Amendment:Mar 05, 1992 Last History Body:House Last History Date:Apr 21, 1992 Last History Type:Debate adjourned until Thursday, April 23, 1992 Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Bryan Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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221 House Apr 21, 1992 Debate adjourned until
Thursday, April 23, 1992
221 House Apr 16, 1992 Debate interrupted by
adjournment
221 House Mar 05, 1992 Objection by Representative
221 House Mar 05, 1992 Amended
221 House Feb 26, 1992 Committee Report: Favorable 25
with amendment
221 House Mar 28, 1991 Introduced, read first time, 25
referred to Committee
221 Senate Mar 26, 1991 Read third time, sent to House
221 Senate Mar 21, 1991 Amended, read second time
221 Senate Mar 20, 1991 Committee Report: Favorable 11
with amendment
221 Senate Jan 08, 1991 Introduced and read first 11
time, referred to Committee
221 Senate Oct 01, 1990 Prefiled, referred to 11
Committee
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March 5, 1992
S. 221
S. Printed 2/26/92--H.
Read the first time March 28, 1991.
TO AMEND SECTION 2-19-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE CREATION OF A JOINT COMMITTEE TO REVIEW CANDIDATES FOR OFFICES ELECTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHEN MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY ARE ELECTED.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 2-19-10 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 2-19-10. (A) Whenever an election is to be held by the General Assembly in Joint Session, including members of the judiciary, except as provided in subsection (B), a joint committee, composed of eight members, four of whom shall must be members of the House of Representatives and four of whom shall must be members of the Senate, shall must be appointed to consider the qualifications of the candidates. Each body shall determine how its respective members shall be are selected. Each joint committee shall meet as soon after its appointment as may be practicable and shall elect one of its members as chairman, one as secretary, and such those other officers as it may deem considers desirable.
(B) Where the office to be filled is a family court, circuit court, court of appeals, or Supreme Court judgeship, the joint committee must be composed of eleven members as follows:
(1) four members of the House of Representatives;
(2) four members of the Senate;
(3) three members appointed by the Governor, two of whom must be chosen from a list of not more than ten persons submitted by the South Carolina Bar and one of whom must be from the general public and not a lawyer, judge, or member of the General Assembly. The terms of office for the gubernatorial appointees are coterminous with the Governor's term of office."
SECTION 2. The provisions of Section 2-19-10 of the 1976 Code, as amended by the provisions of Section 1 of this act, apply only to the review of qualifications of judicial candidates to be filled after January 1, 1993.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.