Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3119 Primary Sponsor:Wilkins Committee Number:25 Type of Legislation:JR Subject:Executive Cabinet of Governor Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Companion Bill Number:290 Computer Document Number:JIC/5126SD.93 Introduced Date:19930113 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19930113 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Wilkins Gonzales Harrison H. Brown Koon Hallman Baker Shissias Fair Sturkie Corning Fulmer Waldrop Haskins Kirsh Meacham J. Wilder Quinn Elliott Wofford Vaughn Gamble Sharpe Cato Cooper A. Young Huff Simrill Jaskwhich Clyborne Robinson M.O. Alexander Wells Tucker Cromer Richardson Allison Davenport Kelley Lanford Thomas Marchbanks Wright Riser Klauber Keegan R. Young Graham Type of Legislation:Joint Resolution
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3119 House 19930113 Introduced, read first time, 25
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO STATE OFFICERS BY ADDING SECTION 10 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, NOT LATER THAN JANUARY 15, 1997, BY GENERAL LAW SHALL PROVIDE FOR AN EXECUTIVE CABINET OF THE GOVERNOR CONSISTING OF NOT MORE THAN FIFTEEN MEMBERS AS HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS ORGANIZED AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE ACCORDING TO MAJOR PURPOSES AND FUNCTIONS AS DETERMINED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TO PROVIDE THAT THOSE AGENCIES OR DEPARTMENTS OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF STATE GOVERNMENT INCLUDED IN THE EXECUTIVE CABINET SHALL PERFORM THEIR FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THE AUSPICES AND SUPERVISION OF THE CABINET DEPARTMENT HEAD UNDER WHOSE JURISDICTION THEY COME, AND TO PROVIDE THAT NO SUCH GENERAL LAW SHALL AFFECT THE LEGISLATIVE OR JUDICIAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT, AND THEIR AGENCIES OR FUNCTIONS, AND THAT NOTHING IN SUCH GENERAL LAW SHALL AFFECT OR DIMINISH THE OFFICE, POWERS, OR DUTIES OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS OF THIS STATE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article VI of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, is amended by adding:
"Section 10. The General Assembly, not later than January 15, 1997, by general law shall provide for an executive cabinet of the Governor consisting of not more than fifteen members as heads of departments organized as far as practicable according to major purposes and functions as determined by the General Assembly. The department heads in the cabinet so established must be appointed by the Governor upon the advice and consent of the General Assembly by recorded vote. They shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor with that compensation as provided by law. No person, or member of his immediate family, may be appointed to the cabinet who has contributed, individually or collectively, one thousand dollars or more to the Governor in a one-year period.
Those agencies or departments of the executive branch of state government included in the executive cabinet shall perform their functions and responsibilities under the auspices and supervision of the cabinet department head under whose jurisdiction they come. No legislative or judicial branches of government or the agencies or functions of it may be made a part of the executive cabinet's jurisdiction, and nothing in this section shall affect or diminish the office, powers, or duties of the constitutional officers of this State."
SECTION 2. The proposed amendment must be submitted to the qualified electors at the next general election. Ballots must be provided at the various voting precincts with the following words printed or written on the ballots:
"Shall Article VI of the Constitution of this State relating to state officers be amended by adding Section 10 so as to provide that the General Assembly, not later than January 15, 1997, by general law shall provide for an executive cabinet of the Governor consisting of not more than fifteen members as heads of departments organized as far as practicable according to major purposes and functions as determined by the General Assembly, to provide that those agencies or departments of the executive branch of state government included in the executive cabinet shall perform their functions and responsibilities under the auspices and supervision of the cabinet department head under whose jurisdiction they come, and to provide that no such general law shall affect the legislative or judicial branches of government, and their agencies or functions, and that nothing in such general law shall affect or diminish the office, powers or duties of the constitutional officers of this State?
Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word `Yes', and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word `No'."