Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4128 Primary Sponsor:Wilkins Committee Number:25 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Joint committee to review candidates for judges Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Computer Document Number:436/11933.DW Introduced Date:Jan 14, 1992 Last History Body:House Last History Date:Jan 14, 1992 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Wilkins Harwell Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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4128 House Jan 14, 1992 Introduced, read first time, 25
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 2-19-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE JOINT COMMITTEE TO REVIEW CANDIDATES FOR OFFICES ELECTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SO AS TO REVISE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE WHEN REVIEWING CANDIDATES FOR A FAMILY COURT, CIRCUIT COURT, COURT OF APPEALS, OR SUPREME COURT JUDGESHIP.
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, one of whom must be chosen from a list of five persons submitted by the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, one of whom must be chosen from a list of five persons submitted by the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association, 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.