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Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Senator Branton
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5882cm04.doc
Introduced in the Senate on March 4, 2004
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation
Summary: Transportation Department Commissioners, nonbinding referendum to determine how to select
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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3/4/2004 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-7
3/4/2004 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-7
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TO PROVIDE A NONBINDING REFERENDUM AT THE TIME OF THE 2004 GENERAL ELECTION TO ASCERTAIN THE WISHES OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THIS STATE AS TO WHETHER THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BE ELECTED BY THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE DISTRICTS THEY REPRESENT, AND WHETHER THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. A statewide nonbinding referendum must be held at the time of the 2004 general election to ascertain the wishes of the qualified electors of each South Carolina Department of Transportation District as to whether the Commissioners of the South Carolina Department of Transportation be elected by the qualified electors of the districts they represent, and whether the chairman of the Commission of the Department of Transportation be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The State Election Commission shall place the question contained in Section 2 on the general election ballot in November 2004. The state election laws shall apply to this referendum, mutatis mutandis. The State Board of Canvassers shall certify the results of the referendum to the Governor, the Speaker of the House, and the President of the Senate.
SECTION 2. The question put before the qualified electors at the 2004 referendum must read as follows:
"Should each Commissioner of the South Carolina Department of Transportation be elected by the qualified voters of the Department of Transportation District he represents, and should the Chairman of the Commission of the Department of Transportation be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate?
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'."
SECTION 3. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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