South Carolina General Assembly
123rd Session, 2019-2020

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H. 4596

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Finlay and Hill
Document Path: l:\council\bills\cc\15500zw19.docx

Introduced in the House on May 9, 2019
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: College and University governing board vacancies

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    5/9/2019  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 109)
    5/9/2019  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 109)
   5/21/2019  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hill

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

5/9/2019

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

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 2-20-320, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO FILLING VACANCIES ON THE GOVERNING BOARDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S STATE-SUPPORTED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON IS INELIGIBLE TO SERVE ON ONE OF THE BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS ENUMERATED IN SECTION 2-20-320 IF, WITHIN THE PREVIOUS TWELVE MONTHS, THAT PERSON MADE A CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION TO A MEMBER OF OR A CANDIDATE FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 2-20-320 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered subsection to read:

"( )    A person is ineligible to serve on one of the boards or commissions enumerated in subsection (A) if, within the previous twelve months, that person made a campaign contribution, as defined by Section 8-13-1300(7) to a member of or a candidate for the General Assembly."

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

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