South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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H. 3564

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Davenport, Walker, Anthony, Kelly, Littlejohn, Mahaffey, Mitchell, W.D. Smith and Talley
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3185dw07.doc

Introduced in the House on February 21, 2007
Introduced in the Senate on February 27, 2007
Currently residing in the Senate

Summary: Spartanburg County Board of Elections and Registration

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/21/2007  House   Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference HJ-46
   2/22/2007  House   Read second time HJ-14
   2/22/2007  House   Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day HJ-15
   2/23/2007  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-1
   2/27/2007  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on local & 
                        uncontested calendar SJ-6

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/21/2007
2/21/2007-A
2/27/2007

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

INTRODUCED

February 27, 2007

H. 3564

Introduced by Reps. Davenport, Walker, Anthony, Kelly, Littlejohn, Mahaffey, Mitchell, W.D. Smith and Talley

L. Printed 2/27/07--S.

Read the first time February 27, 2007.

            

A BILL

TO CREATE THE SPARTANBURG COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATION, TO PROVIDE THAT THE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE SPARTANBURG COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION AND THE SPARTANBURG COUNTY REGISTRATION BOARD SHALL ACT AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE NEW SPARTANBURG COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATION UNTIL THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW BOARD ARE APPOINTED, AT WHICH TIME THE TERMS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ELECTION COMMISSION AND REGISTRATION BOARD EXPIRES, TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD, AND TO ABOLISH THE ELECTION COMMISSION AND THE REGISTRATION BOARD FOR SPARTANBURG COUNTY AND DEVOLVE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ELECTION COMMISSION AND THE REGISTRATION BOARD UPON THE SPARTANBURG COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATION.

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

SECTION    1.    (A)    There is created the Spartanburg County Board of Election and Registration. There are seven members of the board who must be appointed by the Governor upon recommendation of a majority of the Spartanburg County Legislative Delegation for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify, except that initially in order to stagger terms, three members must be appointed for terms of two years. At the expiration of these two-year terms, successors must be appointed for terms of four years.

(B)    A vacancy on the board must be filled by appointment in the manner of original appointment for the unexpired term.

(C)    A member of the board may receive compensation and may receive per diem and mileage as may be appropriated by the Spartanburg County Council.

(D)    Staff must be appointed and may be removed by a majority vote of the members of the board. Staff is subject to the county employee policies.

(E)    The board must be headed by a chairman. The first chairman, vice chairman, and secretary must be appointed by a majority of both the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives. After that time, these officers must be elected bi-annually by the members of the board.

(F)    If a member of the board does not attend three consecutive meetings of the board for an unexcused reason, his seat is declared vacated. The chairman of the board shall notify the Governor who shall appoint a successor as provided in subsection (B).

(G)    The current members of the Spartanburg County Election Commission and the Spartanburg County Registration Board shall act as the governing body of the new Spartanburg County Board of Elections and Registration established in this section until such time as the seven members of this board appointed in the manner provided by this section take office. At that time, the terms of these former commissioners of election and registration board members expire.

SECTION    2.    The Spartanburg County Election Commission and the Spartanburg County Registration Board are abolished on the effective date of this section and the powers and duties of the commissioners of election and the registration board are devolved upon the new Spartanburg County Board of Elections and Registration pursuant to the provisions of Section 1(A).

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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