Current Status Bill Number:4046 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19950412 Primary Sponsor:Rogers All Sponsors:Rogers Drafted Document Number:gjk\21699sd.95 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW Subject:University of S.C. trustees, Student Government President
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House 19950412 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTIONS 59-117-10 AND 59-117-20, BOTH AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA - COLUMBIA CAMPUS IS AN EX OFFICIO MEMBER OF THE BOARD.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-117-10 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 6, Act 248 of 1991, is further amended to read:
"Section 59-117-10. The board of trustees of the University of South Carolina shall be composed of the Governor of the State (or his designee), the State Superintendent of Education, and the President of the Greater University of South Carolina Alumni Association, and the Student Government President of the University of South Carolina - Columbia Campus which three four shall be members ex officio of the board; and seventeen other members including one member from each of the sixteen judicial circuits to be elected by the general vote of the General Assembly as hereinafter provided, and one at-large member appointed by the Governor. The Governor shall make the appointment based on merit regardless of race, color, creed, or gender and shall strive to assure that the membership of the board is representative of all citizens of the State of South Carolina."
SECTION 2. Section 59-117-20 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 6, Act 248 of 1991, is further amended to read:
"Section 59-117-20. The regular term of office of each trustee elected by the General Assembly is four years; however, the trustee shall continue to function as a trustee after his term has expired until his successor is elected and qualifies. Trustees from the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth judicial circuits whose terms expire March 31, 1982, must next be elected for terms commencing on April 1, 1982, and those terms expire on June 30, 1986. Trustees from the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth judicial circuits elected for terms to commence April 1, 1984, shall have their terms extended to June 30, 1988, and must next be elected for terms commencing on July 1, 1988. Thereafter, the General Assembly shall hold elections every two years for the purpose of selecting successors of those trustees whose terms are then expiring. The term of office of an elective trustee commences on the first day of July of the year in which the trustee under this plan is scheduled to be elected and the term continues until the thirtieth day of June of the year in which the term is scheduled to expire. After its 1984 session, the General Assembly shall elect successors to those elective trustees whose terms are expiring not earlier than the first day of April of the year the term expires. In electing members of the board, the General Assembly shall elect members based on merit regardless of race, color, creed, or gender and shall strive to assure that the membership of the board is representative of all citizens of the State of South Carolina.
The term of office of the at-large trustee appointed by the Governor is effective upon certification to the Secretary of State and is four years. If the Governor, chooses to designate a member to serve in his stead as permitted by Section 59-117-10, the appointment is effective upon certification to the Secretary of State and shall continue, at the pleasure of the Governor making the appointment, so long as he continues to hold the specified office.
The term terms of the President of the Greater University of South Carolina Alumni Association and the Student Government President of the University of South Carolina - Columbia Campus is are for the active term terms of office as president these presidents."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.