South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session, 2017-2018

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S. 111

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Courson
Document Path: l:\s-res\jec\003vote.eb.jec.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 10, 2017
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Voter registration and elections

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/13/2016  Senate  Prefiled
  12/13/2016  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/10/2017  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 66)
   1/10/2017  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 66)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/13/2016

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

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 7-5-10 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF BOARD MEMBERS OF COUNTY BOARDS OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS, TO ALLOW THE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION OF A COUNTY TO REMOVE THE GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY OVER THE COUNTY BOARDS OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS AND DEVOLVE THE POWER ON THE COUNTY'S GOVERNING BODY.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 7-5-10 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"(E)    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the legislative delegation of a county may by delegation resolution remove the appointment authority of its county board of voter registration and elections from the Governor and devolve it on the governing body of the county."

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

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