Bill 1188

                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               Senate
Bill Number:                    1188
Primary Sponsor:                Washington
Committee Number:               98
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Colleton County Elections and
                                Registration Board
Current Committee:              Conference Committee
Computer Document Number:       PT/1040DW.94
Introduced Date:                19940215    
Date of Last Amendment:         19940330    
Last History Body:              House
Last History Date:              19940412    
Last History Type:              Conference powers granted,
                                appointed Reps. to Committee
                                of Conference
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Washington
                                Mescher
Type of Legislation:            General Bill

Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN  Leg Involved
____  ______  ____________  ______________________________  ___  ____________

1188  House   19940412      Conference powers granted,      98   McTeer
                            appointed Reps. to Committee         Inabinett
                            of Conference                                  Rhoad
1188  Senate  19940407      Conference powers granted,      98   Washington
                            appointed Senators to                     Mescher
                            Committee of Conference                   Passailaigue
1188  Senate  19940407      Insists upon amendment
1188  House   19940405      Non_concurrence in Senate
                            amendment
1188  Senate  19940330      House amendments amended,
                            returned to House
1188  House   19940322      Read third time, returned
                            with amendment
1188  House   19940307      Amended, read second time
1188  House   19940303      Colleton Delegation Report:     00
                            favorable with amendment
1188  House   19940301      Introduced, read first time,    00
                            referred to Colleton
                            Delegation
1188  Senate  19940225      Read third time, sent to House
1188  Senate  19940224      Read second time, unanimous
                            consent for third reading on
                            Friday, February 25, 1994       
1188  Senate  19940215      Introduced, read first time,
                            placed on local and
                            uncontested Calendar without
                            reference

HOUSE AMENDMENTS AMENDED

March 30, 1994

S. 1188

L. Printed 3/30/94--S.

Read the first time February 15, 1994.

A BILL

TO ESTABLISH THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS COMMISSION FOR COLLETON COUNTY, TO ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTION AND THE REGISTRATION BOARD FOR COLLETON COUNTY AND DEVOLVE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTION AND THE REGISTRATION BOARD UPON THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS COMMISSION, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE COLLETON COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION AND THE COLLETON COUNTY REGISTRATION BOARD SHALL ACT AS THE GOVERNING COMMISSION OF THE NEW COLLETON COUNTY REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS COMMISSION UNTIL THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW COMMISSION APPOINTED AS PROVIDED BY THIS ACT TAKE OFFICE, AT WHICH TIME THE TERMS OF THE FORMER COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTION AND REGISTRATION BOARD MEMBERS SHALL EXPIRE.

Amend Title To Conform

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. (A) There is created the Colleton County Board of Elections and Registration. There are nine members of the board who must be appointed by the Governor, four of whom must be appointed upon the recommendation of the Senators representing Colleton County and the remaining upon the recommendation of a majority of the Colleton County Legislative Delegation for terms of fours years until their successors are appointed and qualify except that of those first appointed, five must be appointed for initial terms of two years each, the initial terms of all members to be designated by the appointing authority.

(B) Vacancies on the board must be filled by appointment in the manner of original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(C) Members of the board and its staff shall receive that compensation as may be appropriated by the governing body of Colleton County upon the recommendation of the county legislative delegation.

(D) One of the nine members of the board shall serve as its chairman and the member to serve as chairman must be designated by the county legislative delegation.

(E) A member who misses three consecutive unexcused meetings of the board is considered to have resigned his office and a vacancy therein shall exist which must be filled in the manner provided by subsection (B).

SECTION 2. The Colleton County Election Commission and the Colleton County Registration Board are abolished on the effective date of this act and the powers and duties of the commissioners of Election and the Registration Board are devolved upon the new Board of Elections and Registration created by Section 1 of this act.

SECTION 3. The current members of the Colleton County Election Commission and the Colleton County Registration Board shall act as the governing body of the new Colleton County Board of Elections and Registration established pursuant to the provisions of this act until such time as the nine members of this board appointed in the manner provided by this act take office. At this time, the terms of these former commissioners of election and registration board members expire.

SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.