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H*2361 (Rat #0342, Act #0327 of 1986) General Bill, By J.C. Hearn and Harvin
A Bill to amend Section 7-9-50, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the meeting of clubs of political parties, so as to require clubs to meet no later than two weeks prior to the county convention instead of requiring them to meet in each general election year; to amend Section 7-9-70, as amended, relating to county conventions of political parties, so as to provide that county conventions must be held during a twelve-month period ending March thirty-first of every general election year, to authorize the county committees to set the date, time, and location which must be at least two weeks prior to the state convention, to provide that the county convention must be held for the purpose of reorganization only, to require the county committee to establish the date, time, and location that the county convention must be reconvened during the general election year to nominate candidates for public office to be filled in the general election; and to amend Section 7-9-100, as amended, relating to state conventions of political parties, so as to provide that state conventions must be held during a twelve-month period ending April fifteenth of every general election year, to require the state committee, if the date for the state convention is fixed in a non-general election year, to be held for the purpose of reorganization only, to require the convention, which is held for the purpose of nominating candidates for public office to be filled in the general election, to be held in the general election year, to require the state committee, when it sets the date for the state convention, to set the month during the twelve-month period ending March thirty-first of every general election year in which the convention is to be held, to require the committee, if it sets a month in a non-general election year for the county convention, to set a month during the general election year for the county convention to be reconvened for the purpose of nominating candidates for public office to be filled in the general election, and to require the committee to provide advance notice of the month set for county conventions.
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A Bill to amend Section 7-9-50, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the meeting of clubs of political parties, so as to require clubs to meet no later than two weeks prior to the county convention instead of requiring them to meet in each general election year; to amend Section 7-9-70, as amended, relating to county conventions of political parties, so as to provide that county conventions must be held during a twelve-month period ending March thirty-first of every general election year, to authorize the county committees to set the date, time, and location which must be at least two weeks prior to the state convention, to provide that the county convention must be held for the purpose of reorganization only, to require the county committee to establish the date, time, and location that the county convention must be reconvened during the general election year to nominate candidates for public office to be filled in the general election; and to amend Section 7-9-100, as amended, relating to state conventions of political parties, so as to provide that state conventions must be held during a twelve-month period ending April fifteenth of every general election year, to require the state committee, if the date for the state convention is fixed in a non-general election year, to be held for the purpose of reorganization only, to require the convention, which is held for the purpose of nominating candidates for public office to be filled in the general election, to be held in the general election year, to require the state committee, when it sets the date for the state convention, to set the month during the twelve-month period ending March thirty-first of every general election year in which the convention is to be held, to require the committee, if it sets a month in a non-general election year for the county convention, to set a month during the general election year for the county convention to be reconvened for the purpose of nominating candidates for public office to be filled in the general election, and to require the committee to provide advance notice of the month set for county conventions.
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| 02/07/85 | House | Introduced and read first time HJ-595 |
| 02/07/85 | House | Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-596 |
| 03/13/85 | House | Committee report: Favorable Judiciary HJ-1249 |
| 03/19/85 | House | Read second time HJ-1422 |
| 03/20/85 | House | Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-1486 |
| 03/20/85 | Senate | Introduced and read first time SJ-939 |
| 03/20/85 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-940 |
| 01/29/86 | Senate | Committee report: Favorable Judiciary SJ-290 |
| 02/06/86 | Senate | Read second time SJ-514 |
| 02/06/86 | Senate | Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-514 |
| 02/12/86 | Senate | Read third time and enrolled SJ-553 |
| 02/18/86 | Ratified R 342 | |
| 02/20/86 | Signed By Governor | |
| 02/20/86 | Effective date 02/20/86 | |
| 02/20/86 | Act No. 327 | |
| 03/06/86 | Copies available |