Download This Bill in Microsoft Word format

Bill 335

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      335
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  19990114
Primary Sponsor:                  Passailaigue
All Sponsors:                     Passailaigue and McConnell
Drafted Document Number:          l:\s-res\elp\021port.efd.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Transportation Committee 15 ST
Subject:                          Ports Authority Board, composition of


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  19990114  Introduced, read first time,           15 ST
                  referred to Committee


                             Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 54-3-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO APPOINTMENT AND TERMS OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE STATE PORTS AUTHORITY, SO AS TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD AND TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 54-3-20 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 54-3-20. (A) The members of the board shall be are appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for terms of seven years each and until their successors shall have been are appointed and have qualified. In the event of a vacancy, however caused, a successor shall be is appointed in the manner of original appointment for the unexpired term.

(B) Of the eleven members of the board, three must be selected from individuals engaged in the private maritime transportation industry in general or who have worked at least five years in the private maritime transportation industry in general, but reasonable efforts must be made to ensure corporate port operations representation.

(C) For the purposes of this section, the private maritime transportation industry includes, but is not limited to, any company or individual that ships, receives, transports, stores, handles, distributes, or otherwise manages any ocean borne cargo. Port operations include, but are not limited to, those services provided directly to vessels calling the ports of South Carolina."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

This web page was last updated on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 9:05 A.M.