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S 215

Session 125 (2023-2024)

S 0215  General Bill, By McLeod

Similar(H 4989)
 A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-105 SO
 AS TO PROVIDE AFTER JULY 1, 2023, A PERSON MAY NOT BE ELECTED OR APPOINTED TO
 AN OFFICE THAT IS FILLED BY ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IF
 THAT PERSON IS AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF A SITTING MEMBER OF THE GENERAL
 ASSEMBLY, OR A FORMER MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHOSE MOST RECENT TERM OF
 LEGISLATIVE SERVICE ENDED LESS THAN ONE YEAR PRIOR TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S
 ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT OF THE OFFICE IN QUESTION.

   11/30/2022  Senate Prefiled
   11/30/2022  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/10/2023  Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 112)
   1/10/2023  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 112)
   2/8/2023         Scrivener's error corrected

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

11/30/2022
02/08/2023

S 215 General Bill, By McLeod

A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 2-1-105 SO AS TO PROVIDE AFTER JULY 1, 2023, A PERSON MAY NOT BE ELECTED OR APPOINTED TO AN OFFICE THAT IS FILLED BY ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IF THAT PERSON IS AN IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER OF A SITTING MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, OR A FORMER MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHOSE MOST RECENT TERM OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICE ENDED LESS THAN ONE YEAR PRIOR TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT OF THE OFFICE IN QUESTION.

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 2-1-105. (A) Notwithstanding another provision of law, after July 1, 2023, a person may not be elected or appointed to an office that is filled by election or appointment of the General Assembly if that person is an immediate family member of a:

(1) sitting member of the General Assembly; or

(2) former member of the General Assembly whose most recent term of legislative service ended less than one year prior to the General Assembly's election or appointment of the office in question.

(B) The provisions of this section do not apply to an immediate family member of a sitting member of the General Assembly serving in an office described in subsection (A) on the effective date of this section.

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

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