Reference is to Printer's Date 4/14/15-H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking Section 57-1-310(A), as contained in SECTION 3, and inserting:
/ (A) The
congressional judicial districts of this
State are constituted and created Department of Transportation
Districts of the State, designated by numbers corresponding to
the numbers of the respective congressional
judicial districts. The Commission of the Department of
Transportation shall be composed of one member from each
transportation district elected by the delegations of
the congressional district and one member
appointed by the Governor from the State at
large, all appointed by the Governor. Such
elections or appointment, as the case may be,
Appointments shall take into account race and gender so
as to represent, to the greatest extent possible, all segments
of the population of the State; however, consideration of these
factors in making an appointment or in an
election in no way creates a cause of action or basis
for an employee grievance for a person appointed or elected or
for a person who fails to be appointed or elected.
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Amend the bill further, by striking Section 57-1-740(B)(1), as contained in SECTION 6, and inserting:
SECTION 6. Section 57-1-740 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 253 of 2010, is further amended to read:
/ (1)
The review committee must forward a notice of the
transportation commission district member
vacancy appointment to:
(a)
a newspaper of general circulation within the
congressional judicial district from
which a commission member must be elected is
appointed with a request that it be published at least once
a week for four consecutive weeks;
(b)
any person who has informed the committee that he desires
to be notified of the vacancy
appointment; and
(c)
to each member of the congressional district
delegation that represents a portion of the judicial
district.
The committee may provide such additional
notice that it deems appropriate. /
Amend the bill further, by striking SECTION 8 and inserting:
/ SECTION 8. Sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 as contained in this Part, take effect July 1, 2015, except that the members of the Commission of the Department of Transportation serving on June 30, 2015, shall continue to serve until their current term expires, and until their successor is appointed and found qualified. These commissioners are deemed to represent the judicial circuit in which they reside. If a vacancy occurs in the seat of a member serving on June 30, 2015, before the member's term otherwise expires, the vacancy must be filled in the same manner as the current member was elected or appointed, and the member filling the vacancy shall serve until the term expires. The members serving on June 30, 2015, may be reappointed pursuant to Section 57-1-310, as amended by this act. A new member shall be appointed to take office on July 1, 2015, in any judicial circuit in which a current member does not reside. /
Amend the bill further, by striking SECTION 9.A. and inserting:
/ SECTION 9. A. Section 11-43-140 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 11-43-140.
The board of directors is the governing board of the bank.
The board consists of seven thirteen
voting directors as follows: the Chairman of the
Department of Transportation Commission, ex officio; one
director appointed by the Governor who shall serve as chairman;
one director appointed by the Governor seven members
appointed by the Governor that represent a transportation
district on the Commission of the Department of Transportation,
ex officio; one director two
directors appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives; one member of the House of Representatives
appointed by the Speaker, ex officio; one
director two directors appointed by the
President Pro Tempore of the Senate; and one member of the
Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, ex
officio. All directors serve at the pleasure of the
appointing authority. Directors appointed by the
Governor, the Speaker, and the
President Pro Tempore shall serve terms coterminous with those
of their appointing authority. The terms for the legislative
members are coterminous with their terms of office. The
Governor shall designate which member of the Commission of the
Department of Transportation shall serve as chairman. The
vice chairman must be elected by the board. A director may
not serve more than twelve years, regardless of when the term
was served. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy must be
appointed in the same manner as the original appointee for the
remainder of the unexpired term."
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Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.