Current Status Bill Number:5061 Ratification Number:495 Act Number:482 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19980421 Primary Sponsor:G. Brown All Sponsors:G. Brown Drafted Document Number:dka\4928dw.98 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19980604 Governor's Action:U Became law without signature of Governor Date of Governor's Action:19980611 Subject:Lee County Elections and Registration Board created; Commissions, Committees or Boards
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 19980910 Act No. A482 ------ 19980611 Unsigned, became law without signature of Governor ------ 19980604 Ratified R495 Senate 19980604 Read third time, enrolled for ratification Senate 19980603 Read second time, unanimous consent for third reading on Thursday, 19980604 Senate 19980428 Introduced, read first time, placed on local and uncontested Calendar without reference House 19980423 Read third time, sent to Senate House 19980422 Read second time House 19980421 Introduced, read first time, placed on Calendar without referenceView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
(A482, R495, H5061)
AN ACT TO CREATE THE LEE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATION AND TO ABOLISH THE LEE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION AND LEE COUNTY REGISTRATION BOARD AND DEVOLVE THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES UPON THIS NEW BOARD.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Lee County Board of Elections and Registration created
SECTION 1. (A) There is created the Lee County Board of Elections and Registration. There are nine members of the board who must be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of a majority of the Lee County Legislative Delegation for terms of fours years until their successors are appointed and qualify except that of those first appointed, four 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 Lee 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 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).
Powers and duties devolved
SECTION 2. The Lee County Election Commission and the Lee 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.
Time effective
SECTION 3. This act takes effect January 1, 1999.
Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 06/11/98.