Reference is to Printer's Date 3/6/14.
Amend the bill, and if amended, by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Section 25-1-320 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 25-1-320.
(A) There
shall must be an Adjutant General
elected by the qualified electors of this State at the
same time and in the same manner and for the same term of office
as other State officials members of the General
Assembly meeting in joint session. His rank
shall must be that of major-general. He
shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualifies.
He shall must be ex officio chief of
staff. He shall receive such an annual
salary as may be provided by the General Assembly.
(B) Beginning
with the expiration of the term of the Adjutant General serving
in office on the date of the ratification of an amendment to the
provisions of Section 4, Article XIII of the Constitution of
South Carolina, 1895, to offer as a candidate for the office of
Adjutant General, an individual must be a qualified elector of
South Carolina and have been federally recognized in the rank of
Colonel (O-6) or higher in at least one of the branches of the
United States Armed Forces."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon the ratification of amendments to Section 7, Article VI of the Constitution of this State deleting the Adjutant General from the list of state officers which the Constitution requires to be elected, and Section 4, Article XIII of the Constitution of this State deleting an obsolete reference to the Inspector General; requiring that the Adjutant General be elected by the members of the General Assembly meeting in joint session; making a conforming change to the rank of the Adjutant General; and providing that upon the expiration of the term of the Adjutant General serving in office on the ratification date specified above, to offer as a candidate for the office of Adjutant General, an individual must be a qualified elector of South Carolina and have been federally recognized in the rank of Colonel (O-6) or higher in at least one of the branches of the United States Armed Forces. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.