Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3625 Ratification Number:320 Act Number:293 Primary Sponsor:Kinon Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Public Service Commission, nomination Date Bill Passed both Bodies:Mar 18, 1992 Computer Document Number:436/11216.DW Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:Mar 26, 1992 Introduced Date:Feb 28, 1991 Date of Last Amendment:Feb 20, 1992 Last History Body:------ Last History Date:Mar 26, 1992 Last History Type:Act No. 293 Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Kinon Haskins Quinn Harwell Burch J. Harris Carnell McAbee Cato L. Elliott Wright Rama J. Brown Cooper Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN ---- ------ ------------ ------------------------------ --- 3625 ------ Mar 26, 1992 Act No. 293 3625 ------ Mar 26, 1992 Signed by Governor 3625 ------ Mar 25, 1992 Ratified R 320 3625 House Mar 18, 1992 Concurred in Senate amendment, enrolled for ratification 3625 House Mar 05, 1992 Debate adjourned on Senate amendments until Tuesday, March 17, 1992 3625 Senate Feb 25, 1992 Read third time, returned to House with amendment 3625 Senate Feb 20, 1992 Amended, read second time, ordered to third reading with notice of general amendments 3625 Senate Feb 19, 1992 Committee Report: Favorable 11 3625 Senate May 23, 1991 Introduced, read first time, 11 referred to Committee 3625 House May 22, 1991 Read third time, sent to Senate 3625 House May 16, 1991 Amended, read second time 3625 House May 09, 1991 Committee Report: Favorable 25 with amendment 3625 House Feb 28, 1991 Introduced, read first time, 25 referred to CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
(A293, R320, H3625)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 58-3-23, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PROCEDURE FOR THE NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE MERIT SELECTION PANEL BY A VOTE OF SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF ITS TOTAL MEMBERSHIP INSTEAD OF UNANIMOUS VOTE TO SUBMIT, IN ADDITION TO THE NUMBER OF NAMES AUTHORIZED, FOUR NAMES FOR A VACANCY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Nomination of candidates
SECTION 1. The first paragraph of Section 58-3-23 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(A) The Merit Selection Panel shall nominate candidates for election to the South Carolina Public Service Commission in the manner provided in this section. When a vacancy occurs on the Public Service Commission after July 1, 1979, by reason of expiration of a term or otherwise, or when the number of members of the Public Service Commission is to be increased or decreased, the Merit Selection Panel shall submit to the General Assembly while in regular or special session the names of two persons qualified as candidates to fill the vacancy and in selecting persons for nomination to the Public Service Commission they shall endeavor to select the most qualified persons for each vacancy. However, the panel, by a vote of seventy-five percent of its total membership, may submit only one name, three names or four names for a vacancy. Each name submitted must receive eight votes from the panel before submission to the General Assembly not less than ninety days before the expiration of the term of a member of the commission elected under the provisions of this chapter. Upon selecting persons for nomination to the commission their names must be made public and submitted to the General Assembly for election or nonelection. If the General Assembly is not in regular or special session when such vacancy occurs, the Merit Selection Panel shall submit the names in the same manner as provided in this section to the General Assembly at the beginning of its next regular or special session. The General Assembly shall elect one of the candidates to fill the vacancy on the Public Service Commission. However, nothing prevents the General Assembly from rejecting all candidates nominated. If the General Assembly rejects the persons first nominated, the Merit Selection Panel shall submit in the same manner as provided in this section the names of other persons qualified as candidates. Further nominations shall continue to be made until the vacancy is filled. Nothing may be considered to exclude incumbent members of the commission from being eligible for re-election to the commission and the Merit Selection Panel when submitting the names of persons qualified as candidates for election to the commission may include names of incumbent members."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 26th day of March, 1992.