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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.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.
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