WHEREAS, S.C. Code Ann. § 1-3-240(B) provides that "[a]ny person appointed to a state office by a Governor, either with or without the advice and consent of the Senate, other than those officers enumerated in subsection (C), may be removed from office by the Governor at his discretion by an Executive Order removing the officer"; and

WHEREAS, the undersigned is, pursuant to Act 680 of 1973, authorized to appoint members of the Greenwood Metropolitan District for a term of six years; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Jon Alan Owings of Greenwood County, South Carolina, was on June 25, 2001, appointed to the Greenwood Metropolitan District.

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Statutes of this State, I hereby remove Mr. Jon Alan Owings from the Greenwood Metropolitan District and declare the position vacant.

This Order shall take effect immediately.

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, THIS 5th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2002.

JIM HODGES
Governor

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