South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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H. 3213

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General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Ballentine, Haley and E.H. Pitts
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3085dw09.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 169

Introduced in the House on January 13, 2009
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Terms

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/13/2009  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-96
   1/13/2009  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-96

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/13/2009

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-190 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ELECTION TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IF THAT PERSON HAS SERVED SIX TERMS IN THE SAME BODY, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ELECTION TO THE SENATE IF THAT PERSON HAS SERVED FOUR TERMS IN THE SAME BODY, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A TERM SERVED FOR WHICH THE ELECTION WAS HELD BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2009, MAY NOT BE COUNTED AS A TERM SERVED.

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 2-1-190.    (A)    For purposes of this section, 'service in office for more than one half of a term' is considered service for a term.

(B)    A person is not eligible for election to the House of Representatives if that person has served six terms in the same body, regardless of the district represented.

(C)    A person is not eligible for election to the Senate if that person has served four terms in the same body, regardless of the district represented.

(D)    For purposes of the number of terms served in the General Assembly, a term served for which the election was held before January 1, 2009, may not be counted as a term served."

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

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