South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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H. 3919

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. King, Rutherford, Gilliard, Mitchell and Hart
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11452dg11.docx

Introduced in the House on March 10, 2011
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: General Assembly shall grade the Governor's accomplishments

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/10/2011  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 12)
   3/10/2011  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 12)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/10/2011

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-265 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, SHALL GRADE THE GOVERNOR'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PERFORMANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, AND TO SPECIFY THE CATEGORIES ON WHICH THE GOVERNOR MUST BE GRADED.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 1, Title 2 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 2-1-265.     (A)    After May first of each year but before the first Thursday in June, the General Assembly, by Concurrent Resolution, shall grade the Governor's accomplishments and performance for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, and adopt by majority vote a Concurrent Resolution that specifies the Governor's grade for that fiscal year for each of the categories specified in subsection (B). The Concurrent Resolution must be introduced jointly by the majority and minority party leaders in the House of Representatives without any grades being attributed to the Governor.

(B)    The Governor must be graded on:

(1)    economic development advances attributable to the Governor; and

(2)    whether the Governor operated in a transparent manner."

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

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