Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:80 Primary Sponsor:Rose Committee Number:11 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Ethics Committees of House and Senate Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Computer Document Number:80 Introduced Date:Jan 08, 1991 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:Jan 08, 1991 Last History Type:Introduced and read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Rose Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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80 Senate Jan 08, 1991 Introduced and read first 11
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80 Senate Sep 10, 1990 Prefiled, referred to 11
Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 8-13-210, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ETHICS COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE COMMITTEES TO BE COMPOSED OF AN EQUAL NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE TWO POLITICAL PARTIES HAVING THE LARGEST NUMBER OF MEMBERS IN EACH BODY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 8-13-210 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 8-13-210. There is hereby created a House of Representatives Legislative Ethics Committee and a Senate Legislative Ethics Committee. Each such committee shall must be composed of six members with an equal number of members of the two political parties having the largest number of members in the respective legislative body. Terms shall be are coterminous with the term for which members are elected to the House or Senate. Vacancies shall must be filled for the unexpired term in the manner of the original selection.
The members of each committee shall must be elected by the House or the Senate, as appropriate. One member of each committee shall must be elected as chairman by a majority of the members of the committee."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.