South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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S. 366

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General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Mescher, Martin and McGill
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3211dw03.doc

Introduced in the Senate on February 13, 2003
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Elections, certification date changed

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/13/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-4
   2/13/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-4

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2/13/2003

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 7-17-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MEETING AND ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY BOARDS OF CANVASSERS, SO AS TO CHANGE THE DATE FOR CERTIFICATION OF AN ELECTION FROM BEFORE ONE O'CLOCK ON THE FRIDAY AFTER THE ELECTION TO NO LATER THAN ONE O'CLOCK ON THE FRIDAY AFTER THE ELECTION.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 7-17-10 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 261 of 2002, is further amended to read:

"Section 7-17-10.    The commissioners of election for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, state officers, circuit solicitors, members of the General Assembly, and county officers or any of these officers shall meet in some convenient place at the county seat on no later than the Friday next following the election, before one o'clock in the afternoon of that day, and shall proceed to organize as the county board of canvassers. They may appoint some competent person as secretary. The chairman shall then proceed to administer the constitutional oath to each member of the board, as canvassers, and shall administer the constitutional oath to the secretary, and the secretary shall administer to the chairman the same oath that he has administered to the other members of the board. The commissioners of election for members of Congress and presidential electors or any of these officers shall likewise meet at the same time at the county seat and shall in the same manner proceed to organize as the county board of canvassers for the election of the federal officers."

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

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