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May 28, 2008
H. 4448
Introduced by Reps. Bales, Ballentine, Bingham, Brady, Cotty, Frye, Haley, Harrison, Hart, Howard, Huggins, McLeod, J.H. Neal, Ott, E.H. Pitts, Rutherford, Scott, Spires, J.E. Smith and Toole
S. Printed 5/28/08--S.
Read the first time January 17, 2008.
TO AMEND SECTION 55-11-330, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS OF THE RICHLAND-LEXINGTON AIRPORT COMMISSION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE CHAIRMANSHIP MUST BE ROTATED AMONG THE THREE PUBLIC MEMBER ENTITIES REPRESENTED ON THE COMMISSION AND THAT THE FREQUENCY OF A MEMBER OF EACH ENTITY SERVING AS CHAIRMAN MUST BE BASED UPON THE PERCENTAGE THAT EACH PUBLIC BODY'S MEMBERSHIP ON THE COMMISSION IS TO THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 55-11-330 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 55-11-330. (A) The commission shall appoint one of its members as chairman, one of its members as vice-chairman, and one of its members, or any other competent person, as secretary of the commission. The chairman of the commission shall serve for a term of two years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The vice-chairman shall likewise serve for a term of two years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The office of chairman of the commission shall must be rotated among the representatives of the three constituent appointing public bodies, so that a representative appointed by each constituent agency shall hold office as chairman, appointed by majority vote of the commission, for a term of two years, and the first chairman so appointed and serving shall then be succeeded by a representative appointed by a second of the two remaining constituent appointing bodies. Upon the expiration of the second two-year term, a representative of the third appointing body shall be elected as chairman to hold office for a term of two years. The pattern of rotation as thus established shall continue in order that no representative of any of the three constituent appointing bodies shall hold office for a full two-year term unless two full intervening terms shall have expired. The frequency of serving as chairman of the commission must be based upon, and substantially equivalent to, the percentage that each public body's membership on the commission is to the total membership of the commission. No representative of the same public body may be appointed chairman unless there has been at least one full two-year intervening term in which a representative of one of the other public bodies has served as chairman. In the event that the office of chairman shall become becomes vacant, the duties of the chairman shall must be temporarily performed by the vice-chairman, but a successor shall must be appointed as expeditiously as possible from the members representing the same constituent public body as did the former chairman who shall have failed to complete his term. Insofar as is practicable, the same scheme of rotation shall must be applied to the office of vice-chairman, but the practice of rotating the office of vice-chairman may be dispensed with, in the event that if the commission, by a two-thirds vote, shall find finds that the rotation of this office is impracticable. Office on the commission shall be is deemed an office of honor within the meaning of the provision provisions of Section 1A of Article 17 of the Constitution of South Carolina. The term of the secretary of the commission shall have such term as shall must be fixed by the commission."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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