Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4673 Primary Sponsor:Scott Committee Number:25 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Judicial circuit solicitors Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Computer Document Number:436/12339.DW Introduced Date:Apr 02, 1992 Last History Body:House Last History Date:Apr 02, 1992 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Scott White Taylor J. Brown D. Williams Jennings Beatty Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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4673 House Apr 02, 1992 Introduced, read first time, 25
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 1-7-310, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ELECTION OF SOLICITORS, SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT EACH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, FOR PURPOSES OF ELECTING SOLICITORS, MAY NOT HAVE A POPULATION VARIANCE OF MORE THAN TEN PERCENT ACCORDING TO THE LATEST FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS, AND TO REQUIRE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO REAPPORTION EACH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BEFORE THE FIRST THURSDAY IN JUNE OF THE YEAR IN WHICH THE LATEST FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS IS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The first paragraph of Section 1-7-310 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"There shall must be one solicitor for each judicial circuit, to be elected by the qualified electors of the circuit, who shall hold his office for the term of four years. For purposes of electing solicitors, the population of each judicial circuit may not have a variance of more than ten percent according to the latest federal decennial census. The General Assembly shall reapportion each judicial circuit before the first Thursday in June of the year in which the latest federal decennial census is adopted by the General Assembly."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.