H*4448(Rat #0384, Act #0306 of 2008)  General Bill, By Bales, Ballentine, 
Bingham, Brady, Cotty, Frye, Haley, Harrison, Hart, Howard, Huggins, McLeod, 
J.H. Neal, Ott, E.H. Pitts, Rutherford, Scott, Spires, J.E. Smith and Toole

Similar(H 3992)
 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 55-11-330, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
 RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS OF THE RICHLAND-LEXINGTON AIRPORT
 COMMISSION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE CHAIRMANSHIP MUST BE ROTATED AMONG THE
 THREE PUBLIC MEMBER ENTITIES REPRESENTED ON THE COMMISSION AND THAT THE
 FREQUENCY OF A MEMBER OF EACH ENTITY SERVING AS CHAIRMAN MUST BE BASED UPON
 THE PERCENTAGE THAT EACH PUBLIC BODY'S MEMBERSHIP ON THE COMMISSION IS TO THE
 TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION. - ratified title

   01/10/08  House  Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar
                     without reference HJ-351
   01/11/08         Scrivener's error corrected
   01/16/08  House  Read second time HJ-15
   01/17/08  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-17
   01/17/08  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-8
   01/17/08  Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-8
   05/28/08  Senate Recalled from Committee on Transportation SJ-3
   05/28/08  Senate Read second time SJ-3
   05/29/08  Senate Read third time and enrolled SJ-36
   06/05/08         Ratified R 384
   06/11/08         Signed By Governor
   06/19/08         Copies available
   06/19/08         Effective date 06/11/08
   06/19/08         Act No. 306

(A306, R384, H4448)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 55-11-330, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS OF THE RICHLAND-LEXINGTON AIRPORT COMMISSION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE CHAIRMANSHIP MUST BE ROTATED AMONG THE THREE PUBLIC MEMBER ENTITIES REPRESENTED ON THE COMMISSION AND THAT THE FREQUENCY OF A MEMBER OF EACH ENTITY SERVING AS CHAIRMAN MUST BE BASED UPON THE PERCENTAGE THAT EACH PUBLIC BODY'S MEMBERSHIP ON THE COMMISSION IS TO THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION.

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

Richland-Lexington Airport Commission officers, procedures for appointment revised

SECTION    1.    Section 55-11-330 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 55-11-330.    (A)    The commission shall appoint one of its members as chairman, one of its members as vice chairman, and one of its members, or any other competent person, as secretary of the commission. The chairman of the commission shall serve for a term of two years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The vice chairman shall likewise serve for a term of two years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The office of chairman of the commission must be rotated among the representatives of the three constituent appointing public bodies, appointed by majority vote of the commission, for a term of two years. The frequency of serving as chairman of the commission must be based upon, and substantially equivalent to, the percentage that each public body's membership on the commission is to the total membership of the commission. No representative of the same public body may be appointed chairman unless there has been at least one full two-year intervening term in which a representative of one of the other public bodies has served as chairman. In the event that the office of chairman becomes vacant, the duties of the chairman must be temporarily performed by the vice chairman, but a successor must be appointed as expeditiously as possible from the members representing the same constituent public body as did the former chairman who failed to complete his term. Insofar as is practicable, the same scheme of rotation must be applied to the office of vice chairman, but the practice of rotating the office of vice chairman may be dispensed with, if the commission, by a two-thirds vote, finds that the rotation of this office is impracticable. Office on the commission is deemed an office of honor within the meaning of the provisions of Section 1A of Article 17 of the Constitution of South Carolina. The term of the secretary of the commission must be fixed by the commission."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 5th day of June, 2008.

Approved the 11th day of June, 2008.