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Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
RECALLED
May 19, 2004
S. 430
S. Printed 5/19/04--H.
Read the first time May 8, 2003.
TO AMEND SECTION 57-23-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SCENIC HIGHWAYS, SO AS TO UPDATE AND INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE SCENIC HIGHWAYS COMMITTEE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 57-23-50 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 57-23-50. (A) There is created a Scenic Highways Committee composed of eleven fifteen members as follows:
(1) the Director of the Department of Transportation or the director's designee;
(2) the Chairman of the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Commission or the chairman's designee;
(3) two representatives of the outdoor advertising industry who are active members of an organization such as the Outdoor Advertising Association of South Carolina;
(4) a representative of the South Carolina hotel and motel industry Hospitality Association;
(5) a representative of the agricultural industry who is active in an organization such as the State Farm Bureau;
(6) a representative of the petroleum marketing industry;
(7) a representative of the tourism industry in South Carolina;
(8) a representative of highway beautification efforts, such as South Carolina Clean and Beautiful Keep South Carolina Beautiful;
(9) a representative of beautification efforts such as Palmetto Pride;
(10) a representative of the Department of Transportation Enhancement Advisory Committee;
(11) a representative of the South Carolina Litter Control Association;
(12) a representative of the Citizens for a Scenic South Carolina;
(9) (13) a representative involved with parks and recreation, such as the South Carolina Recreation and Parks Association;
(10) (14) a member of the general public.
(B) All members of the committee shall serve for a term of two years and, with the exception of the appointments made pursuant to items (1) and (2), all appointments must be made by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Members of the committee shall serve without compensation or reimbursement.
(C) If a committee member fails to attend at least fifty percent of the committee meetings during a fiscal year, then the committee member loses his voting rights during the subsequent fiscal year unless his absence is excused by a licensed physician.
(D) Committee members appointed pursuant to subitems (A)(1), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), and (14) may not be employed in the tourism, outdoor advertising, petroleum, or agriculture industries."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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